@evan @boris I recently visited Twitter and had a quick look at my timeline and was quite surprised to see tech people (who've stayed there) talking very positively and essentially advocating for BlueSky.
I didn't inquire (or see anything on) why BlueSky and not the fediverse, but I'd guess there's some "reasoning", however cultural or cognitively dissonant.
@evan @boris
Substack notes + BlueSky indicates, to me, that some see this moment as the fracturing of social media into many parts, not its "federation" with one protocol.
Differences in corporate/profiteering strategy aside, there's a real user driven side to this (surely?) where branding, marketing and network effects will lead users into many niches before they realise that fracturing is bad.
I fear @evan 's scenario (https://prodromou.pub/@evan/110045602718122394) is not unlikely.
@evan @boris
Substack notes + BlueSky indicates, to me, that some see this moment as the fracturing of social media into many parts, not its "federation" with one protocol.
Differences in corporate/profiteering strategy aside, there's a real user driven side to this (surely?) where branding, marketing and network effects will lead users into many niches before they realise that fracturing is bad.