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I feel like a lot of people don't seem to realize why the average person uses a platform like Bluesky. They're not going down a checklist of features they want to see. Most people see the artists/celebrities/politicians they want to hear from on a given platform, and make an account on that platform so they can follow them.
And sure, nothing is stopping Bluesky from ending up like Twitter, at which point the users will find another platform to use. Such is the circle of Internet life.
Yeah, my brother is only joining Bluesky simply to follow journalists.
And sure, nothing is stopping Bluesky from ending up like Twitter, at which point the users will find another platform to use. Such is the circle of Internet life.
That is with anything, mate. Even South Park made point about enshittification before the the term was coined lol.
you analysis is correct i just disagree in that i think plenty of people realize this :)
even before celebrities, the huge hurdle is “well my friends and family aren’t on there.” very few people who aren’t redditors want a social platform where you can’t be social with people you know.
That's fair, now that I think about it platforms like this are 1000% in the minority of dogital social spaces
yup! and this is exactly why it’s good for the fediverse more widely: we have bridges, so we can slowly entice people over… with twitter etc there’s no interoperability so we have a massive network effect hump to get over