I’ve been reading that BlueSky has reached critical mass and is snowballing well at the moment. I suspect it has drawn people away from the fedi and back into the loving embrace of venture capitalists.

  • technomad@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I feel like I used to have that same feeling too, and I think that may be the wrong mindset to have about how to use it. I think it’s almost like a subconscious expectation that corporate social media has trained into us, which has been draining our drive for healthy interactions online.

    I’m still mostly a lurker on Mastodon, but I’m trying to see the platform as more of an open way to broadcast yourself to certain audiences. I’m trying to realize it’s potential in how it can allow healthy, self-perpetuating interactions in a way that’s kind of different from the types of interactions you get from content aggregators.

    I’ve noticed that it kind of builds on itself over time, if you continue to use it and continue to browse the explore feeds and stuff like that. Anyway, maybe don’t give up on it just yet?

    • EnderMB@lemmy.world
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      43 minutes ago

      I don’t mean this in a disrespectful way, but when the argument is that it’s not empty because “you’re not using it right” the battle is kinda already lost.

      Fundamentally, I don’t disagree, but it’s definitely a platform issue rather than a user issue.