i think, end of the day, the real problem with Bluesky is that most of its users are here *because* they want to be in a bubble. and they can tell themselves that it’s just about not being around Nazis it supporting Musk, and that’s part of it, but also there’s a palpable desire to be ensconced.

This is a really insightful thread that points out some of the fundamental issues with the Bluesky community vs Bluesky as a decentralized protocol. This thread is also why I think it's a really smart move for Bluesky to appeal to fandoms... (cont.)

Bluesky is not a social network or a product or a service, it is fundamentally a promise - a promise that you can decide — with others in your social geography — where you want to be in the digital world, and you don’t have to lose all of the bits that represent you in the process.

I don't have time to write about this, but the idea that Bluesky is a far left social network is standard propaganda in the culture war to neutralize Bluesky's influence on politics. This narrative is a routine trap designed to force Bluesky to give ground to the far right. (1/4)

X is still better than Bluesky at combating misinformation

1. My new preprint has its own bluesky account. Why? The problems facing social media & scientific publishing are similar: both are dominated by powerful oligopolies. The @atproto.com tech underlying bluesky that aims to solve the social media prob might also help solve the scientific pub prob 🧪 🧵

This article was written, as to my knowledge, by Sascha Pallenberg. He has an account with EuroSky, not with W Social. If you don’t like the content of his articles, you also need to report this to the Content Moderation Team of EuroSky. I hope this was helpful. Thank you! 👋🏻

To be honest, I think this is more the ruling class in America manifesting that bluesky fails, rather than bluesky actually failing because they know they can't control it just by buying it out.