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So after the honeymoon with Bluesky ends, what will be the next friendlier social media platform? And after that one? Will this just keep repeating?

• jeffparsons 1y ago
  If a new a Twitter/Bluesky replacement is to promote civil discourse, it will need to _restrict_ reach as a core feature. Which... seems antithetical to a social media platform. But as long as "enragement = engagement" holds true, each new social media platform will eventually devolve into the same kind of cesspool as its predecessors.
  • thatnerdyguy 1y ago
    But...restricted reach is exactly how Bluesky works. People you follow show up in your feed, and only them. You can look at other feeds that are not as restricted, but you are making that choice.
    • gs17 1y ago
      Bluesky has the "Discover" feed that is definitely not only people you follow (sometimes, when it feels like it, they'll be on top of it).
      • thatnerdyguy 1y ago
        Correct. But you choose to look at that feed. It's not the only one available to you. I have like 6 different feeds at any one time.
• Alupis 1y ago
  People will just go back to Twitter/X, again, because despite all the falling-sky predictions it remains the single most important social media platform of our day. Governments around the world announce actual world-changing news on it - kind of all you need to know.
• smj-edison 1y ago
  See A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy: https://web.archive.org/web/20080708220307/http://shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080708220307/http://shirky.com...
• int_19h 1y ago
  Yes, because angry rants and lynch mobs have an inherent advantage when it comes to which content spreads better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc