too much of it, yes! but not all of it, and i'd submit that's not the way it has to be. one upside to bluesky not hyperscaling is that there may still be some room here for the culture to evolve in one direction or another
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I don't define Bluesky by the Catch Up feed 🤷 Like, you're describing tactics that create big, popular posts, but this is an app that goes out of its way to deincentivize the monoculture. I didn't see his post until I saw this thread.
aug 7, 2025, 5:58 pm • 5 0 • view
Maybe picking a post that was optimized to get a bad reaction isn't actually all that meaningful of an indicator of the app's culture. I follow artists and people I like, and I think it's pretty great here 🤷
aug 7, 2025, 5:58 pm • 2 0 • view
that’s great to hear. i would love to think we’re in a world in which social networks can thrive just by being some things to some people rather than all things to all people.
aug 7, 2025, 6:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Okay. I don't know why you don't think that. I thought all of the "journalists have capitalist brainrot" takes were exaggerating a bit, but uh...
aug 7, 2025, 6:21 pm • 1 0 • view
good grief. i said it’s great to hear you’re enjoying it here. and i expressed hope that maybe we’re in a world where niche networks can thrive. but you assumed it was sarcasm and insulted me. which one of us has brain rot?
aug 8, 2025, 12:54 am • 1 0 • view
I didn't assume it was sarcasm. I assumed that you really want that, but don't believe that we're there.
aug 8, 2025, 2:49 am • 0 0 • view
OK. fair enough i guess. i've covered social media for 15 years so i've seen many waves of platforms rise and then implode when they can't sustain the network effects to compete with the giants and deliver the returns investors demand. i'm hopeful bluesky can buck the trend but it's far from certain
aug 8, 2025, 1:44 pm • 1 0 • view