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A lot of decentralized projects focus on the philosophy, but most people just want something that works smoothly. Platforms like Blacksky probably grew not beca
by Zaylan 1y ago
A lot of decentralized projects focus on the philosophy, but most people just want something that works smoothly. Platforms like Blacksky probably grew not because of cutting-edge tech, but because they made it feel easy to use without overthinking.
- echelon 1y agoAnd yet Threads pushed past that number in half the time. Bluesky and Mastodon are still the fringe of human community.
- bilbo0s 1y agoThat's because Blacksky and Threads address wildly different markets. Blacksky's market is literally orders of magnitude smaller. That's quite a growth curve when adjusted for market size.
- vinyl7 1y agoMeta essentially forces every instagram user to install threads....so it's more forced growth than natural growth
- badc0ffee 1y agoNo, they don't. They do heavily push suggested Threads posts in the IG feed, though.
- krapp 1y agoThat's fine. The mainstream is a cesspool of shit and stupidity, and the rest of the world is welcome to drown in it.