and apparently Nazis are following suit.
Someone should perhaps spin up a Mastodon/Misskey/something instance named swifties.social and bring them into the fediverse.
It would be hilarious if it became the biggest instance of its kind within a very short amount of time.
Tempting.
Do it
Don’t let them win by giving up spaces they go to. The overall majority of blue sky that I’ve seen has been pretty similar to Lemmy/Mastodon in terms of general content. Make a Nazi cry, don’t let them kick you out of your spaces.
They are incompatible with society and it’s time they’re made to feel that way.
the real problem is moving from twitter (x), to twitter (bluesky). expecting it to be better/different. just like all these people currently running from facebook to band.
really, it’s like running away from jason voorhees and intentionally to freddy kreuger, expecting different results.
i mean. we here on lemmy already did this. we went from digg to reddit, we learned our lesson, and came to lemmy. so to constantly advertise bluesky makes absolutely no sense. albeit i guess it’s the same principle, people of twitter need to experience enshitification of bluesky before they learn and settle on the fediverse.
True, though BlueSky is a temporary redoubt at best, though one which, through switching costs, will trap people just as Xitter did. They accepted venture capital funds, and so when the time comes, will have to somehow recoup that from their users. At the moment, they’re in the glue-trap phase, attracting their users with promises to be open and not screw them over (see also: the early days of Facebook). Once enough are there, and have brought their friends and built personally meaningful networks dependent on BlueSky, the trap will close: third-party APIs will be restricted to the point of not providing an escape (as happened with Reddit and Xitter), the user-configurable algorithms will get unremovable additions that gradually increase the amount of ads, influencer content, AI pink-slime and whatever else they want in your feed, and then you’ll lose the ability to see all the content you selected, all the better to keep you refreshing and scrambling for anything you may have missed. And then, since all your friends and the cool people you follow are there, your choices will be to stay and suck it up, or effectively become a hermit.
There’s no way to fight them on platforms where they are welcomed by the platform itself. Bluesky doesn’t want to moderate its platform, so there is no fighting the Nazis there.
Really? I’ve had to block maybe one person, but the moderation lists are really well curated and crowdsourced so it mostly hasn’t been a problem.
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Why the fuck were they even on X?
Twitter has historically been used as a platform by a lot of different fandoms and the network effect is strong enough that they haven’t managed to leave en masse until now
That’s what has kept my partner on x. They also go on way less frequently than they used to, but there’s still some fandom stuff that is only there.
You expect the masses to leave an app that delivers dopamine just to protest someone they envy over a topic they aren’t even aware of? ;)
I promise you in a year you’ll be asking the same question about the same group of people.
Bit late
Has bluesky actually federated yet? Happy to follow from Mastodon but I’m not joining another corporate social media (is this the right term? You know what I mean)
@along_the_road @QuantumEyetanglement Bluesky is partially decentralized. You can setup your own PDS (the server where your data is stored). There are two central parts: The directory of all DID (comparable with a DNS) and the message relay.
They have got a repository with their code that is uses MIT as license.
Thanks for the response but can you ELI5? Can I actually follow/interact with someone from bluesky (via Mastodon specifically)?
Yes and no, they are not natively connected but there are bridges between that can be used
Thanks this makes sense!
Anyone who thought they could “stay and fight” and they wouldn’t just get censored and shadowbanned before the election is an idiot.
“Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky After Trump’s Election”
“Some of Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky After Trump’s Election”
Tens of Taylor Swift fans claim to leave X
I mean bsky gained an influx of 1.5 million in past few days.
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I wonder if Taylor will at some point get an account on bluesky.
Good riddance.
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