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text copy https://archive.ph/G1ZW1 https://archive.ph/G1ZW1 The thing Dorsey got really upset about: Bluesky users demanded moderation and it was put into plac
by davidgerard 2y ago
text copy https://archive.ph/G1ZW1 https://archive.ph/G1ZW1
The thing Dorsey got really upset about: Bluesky users demanded moderation and it was put into place. Yeah, that was it.
It turns out that actual users who want to talk to their friends and make new friends don't like wading through poop.
There is not a single thing in that interview about what people who want to socially interact might want from a site for the purpose of social interaction. Except that Twitter users moving to Bluesky to use it was apparently a bad thing?
Actual users literally did not want the thing Jack was selling, and he stormed out because of it.
He tried again at Nostr, but the only people who wanted his ideas turned out to be crypto bros trying to scam each other. Ordinary users were not interested in this weird nonsense.
What Dorsey actually deleted his Bluesky account over was when he posted advocacy for RFK Jr's anti-vax nonsense and the users made fun of him relentlessly for it. So, the use case for Twitter: when a famous person insists on making an ass of themselves in public and the public can throw rotten tomatoes at them.
Here's a thread from one of the Bluesky devs on this interview with Dorsey: (part 1) https://bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com/post/3ks3iv5iwqs22 https://bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com/post/3ks3iv5iwqs22 (part 2) https://bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com/post/3ks3jv5zv3a2o https://bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com/post/3ks3jv5zv3a2o
- davidgerard 2y agolong version of this is now posted: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-bluesky-decentralised-social-networks-and-the-very-common-crowd/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-...