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Thanks for marketing push for bluesky via nature!

by boringg 2y ago

Vaslo 2y ago
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- verdverm 2y ago
  Musk has pushed people away with his policies and cult of personality. It's his own fault, maybe he did ** that coming?
- mayneack 2y ago
  What's far left about the platform? The platform seems more open. Given the choice between a left or right user base, seems like the platform fundamentals would be more important.
  - hagbard_c 2y ago
    The platform itself - i.e. the technical bits - is not "far-left", it just ended up absorbing the most recent victims of Musk-phobia. In that way is a mirror image of what happened to Twitter-alternatives from back when Twitter was run by more or less the same crowd as that which now insists on migrating to BS: something like Parler became a haven for those who were pushed out and with that ended up being a "right-wing" platform even though the technology (based on Mastodon) itself was no "right-wing". Wikipedia ended up with a left-wing bias due to the influx of ideologically left-leaning editors (academics and ex-academics with time on their hands), not because Mediawiki is a "left-wing" wiki engine.
    - boringg 2y ago
      Its the continuation of the echo chambers but platform specific instead of say the algorithm on a platform focusing content your way. Or potentially a super concentrated version since you have both a platform that leans one way, so the the content selection via recommender is limited by its range.
- richardw 2y ago
  By all accounts they’re making decisions based on their experiences on each platform, not maximum reach. This doesn’t happen in a vacuum: decisions are made by the executive and those decisions have consequences. If X wants scientists, make it enjoyable for scientists to participate. If anything, put blame at the feet of X’s leadership. Or enjoy the platform but accept that others don’t.
- meristohm 2y ago
  Translation: people who still use Twitter to make money by exploiting user emotions and attention will make less money.
- ohplease 2y ago
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- dang 2y ago
  Could you please stop using HN primarily for ideological battle? We have to ban accounts that do this. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=primarily%20test%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... I don't want to ban you because you've also posted some good things, but I had to scroll pretty far back to find more than one. If you'd please fix this, we'd appreciate it.
  - KrustyTheDev 2y ago
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  - boringg 2y ago
    Thanks for clarifying the flag
- boringg 2y ago
  Why is this comment flagged? (Not that I agree or disagree -- it shouldn't be flagged though)

Thanks for marketing push for bluesky via nature!

Vaslo 2y ago

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verdverm 2y ago
Musk has pushed people away with his policies and cult of personality. It's his own fault, maybe he did ** that coming?
mayneack 2y ago
What's far left about the platform? The platform seems more open. Given the choice between a left or right user base, seems like the platform fundamentals would be more important.
- hagbard_c 2y ago
  The platform itself - i.e. the technical bits - is not "far-left", it just ended up absorbing the most recent victims of Musk-phobia. In that way is a mirror image of what happened to Twitter-alternatives from back when Twitter was run by more or less the same crowd as that which now insists on migrating to BS: something like Parler became a haven for those who were pushed out and with that ended up being a "right-wing" platform even though the technology (based on Mastodon) itself was no "right-wing". Wikipedia ended up with a left-wing bias due to the influx of ideologically left-leaning editors (academics and ex-academics with time on their hands), not because Mediawiki is a "left-wing" wiki engine.
  - boringg 2y ago
    Its the continuation of the echo chambers but platform specific instead of say the algorithm on a platform focusing content your way. Or potentially a super concentrated version since you have both a platform that leans one way, so the the content selection via recommender is limited by its range.
richardw 2y ago
By all accounts they’re making decisions based on their experiences on each platform, not maximum reach. This doesn’t happen in a vacuum: decisions are made by the executive and those decisions have consequences. If X wants scientists, make it enjoyable for scientists to participate. If anything, put blame at the feet of X’s leadership. Or enjoy the platform but accept that others don’t.
meristohm 2y ago
Translation: people who still use Twitter to make money by exploiting user emotions and attention will make less money.
ohplease 2y ago
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dang 2y ago
Could you please stop using HN primarily for ideological battle? We have to ban accounts that do this. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=primarily%20test%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... I don't want to ban you because you've also posted some good things, but I had to scroll pretty far back to find more than one. If you'd please fix this, we'd appreciate it.
- KrustyTheDev 2y ago
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- boringg 2y ago
  Thanks for clarifying the flag
boringg 2y ago
Why is this comment flagged? (Not that I agree or disagree -- it shouldn't be flagged though)