Shoq 🌿

"I regret to inform you but Bluesky is fun..and Mastodon will remain as a niche product."

Well there it is folks, Wired has spoken. Let's go home. Nothing to see here. It's all over but the IPO. Nice try, though. A plethora of venture capitalists and a cabal of fascist plutocrats think you're a swell buncha peeps. Sincerely.

https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-is-fun/

I Regret to Inform You That Bluesky Is Fun

The buzzy new Twitter alternative is a throwback to an earlier internet era. The good times might not last—but it shows the blue bird can be replaced.

WIRED
May 2, 2023 at 1:32pmMastodon for Android
Show threadStefan BohacekMay 2, 2023
@shoq Not even mad about the paywall preventing me from reading this.
Show threadShoq 🌿May 2, 2023
@stefan there's no paywall on the mobile site. No matter, it's all in the headline, anyway. Just imagine a blowjob for Jack in every 3rd sentence, and you've got the gist.
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈May 2, 2023
@stefan @shoq 😂 "It's so much fun we don't want the Poors to know"
Wired are so mired in Silicon Valley they just don't understand how detached from the rest of us they really are!
They sound like they're saying "The Coronation will really bring the UK together!🤡 "
Show threadOld Man MikeMay 2, 2023
@shoq ha! Wired is owned by Condé Naste, which is owned by Advance Publications, which is owned by the Newhouse billionaires. And as we know, billionaires stick together.
Show threadCJ PalomaMay 2, 2023

@oldmanmike @shoq so I'm guessing 100% unpaid and gen-u-wine-ly "real" Redditors are already gushing about how fabulous the BS experience really is (pun intended about it all being BS).

Also sort of begs the question: fun for who? Clueless dudebros who aspire to the worst of capitalism''s outcomes? Yeah, kind of thought so.

Show threadProxima CentauriMay 2, 2023

@shoq What will Wired write when some Mastodon admins create a Bluesky-ActivityPub bridge and the Mastodon server acts as Bluesky provider?

Will their minds blow? Because it will happen, federation is the key, not the protocol.

Show threadTim ChambersMay 2, 2023

@proximacentauri @shoq

cc: @activitypubblueskybridge

Show threadKevin LeecasterMay 2, 2023
@tchambers @proximacentauri @shoq @activitypubblueskybridge
It's entirely to be expected. There is less financial incentive for the for-profit media companies to promote the Fediverse as opposed to them pushing for people to go to for-profit social media platforms.
Show threadDave SmithMay 2, 2023
@proximacentauri @shoq I agree, and I'm also curious why there is so much hostility here towards Bluesky. Both are trying to solve the same problems in similar ways.
Show threadDreaMay 2, 2023
@smittyplusplus @proximacentauri @shoq I think it’s more the connection to Dorsey and the fact that Dorsey supported Musk’s buy of Twitter. Makes me skeptical of the whole thing.
Show threadNeilMay 2, 2023
@andricheli @smittyplusplus @proximacentauri @shoq Bluesky is also a for-profit platform and will treat its users as as impressions for advertisers and their posts as resources to be monetized.
Show threadDreaMay 2, 2023
@gneilyo @smittyplusplus @proximacentauri @shoq EXACTLY. It’s been so nice to use social media to connect with people without being an advertising target/source of revenue.
Show threadChristina WarrenMay 2, 2023
@shoq I think that’s incredibly reductive. It might turn out be true, it might not. But I think it’s incredibly reductive to something that is also based on an evolving open protocol.
Show threadAlexBMay 2, 2023
@shoq um.. wat?
Show threadHelgeMay 2, 2023
Making jokes about Bluesky is much more fun than making jokes about Mastodon. Of course, there are plenty of jokes to be had about #ActivityPub: What did the bartender tell to the horse in the ActivitiyPub? { "type": "Question", "name": "Why the long face?"}
Show threadLog 🪵May 2, 2023
@shoq Nice break from the financial press telling us how sad we are about not commuting in to the office every day.
Show threadMike FraserMay 2, 2023
@shoq My response, Mastodon will win: https://thecanadian.online/?p=330
Why Mastodon Will Win - The Canadian Online

Why you should lean into Mastodon. Mastodon will win. That's a pretty dramatic statement, which should probably prompt a question. How can you be sure Mastodon will win? Let's jump right to the answer: Because someone will develop an app, that app change everything and it will be developed for Mastodon. That's a brash declaration,

The Canadian Online - Companion Blog to The Canadian.Social Mastodon instance
Show threadEthan LascityMay 2, 2023
@shoq The article is seems to imply it’s “fun” because it’s exclusive …. none of those boring plebs to get in the way.
Show threadSlayerranger/CrackamphetamineMay 2, 2023
@shoq The “author” of this shitpost article, smokes the cock of Big Tech.
Show threadExtinction (our fate)May 2, 2023
@shoq Wired was conceived as Silicon valley cheerleaders. I wrote their advertising as a magazine off decades ago.
Show threadElfbiterMay 2, 2023
@shoq But for how long?
Show threadPeter ButlerMay 2, 2023
@shoq https://www.saramccord.com/blog/why-did-clubhouse-fail
Why Did Clubhouse fail? — Sara McCord Communications

Here's what Clubhouse got wrong and what other social media platforms can learn.

Sara McCord Communications
Show threadslyborgMay 2, 2023

@peterbutler @shoq Yeah.

“The vibe reminds me of the weeks when Clubhouse was invite-only and looked like the next big thing, before it got overrun by hustle culture gurus and crypto entrepreneurs. “

Bsky is literally run by a crypto entrepreneur. In short … I like where this is going 😁

Show threadBuckMay 2, 2023
@shoq I’m so happy that Elon bought Twitter.. it broke that addiction for me totally and Mastodon made me realize how much more pleasant this sort of experience could be. My desire to start down a Twitter like path again, with Bluesky, is basically zero
Show threadPyperkubMay 2, 2023
@shoq she kind of forgot to include any analysis of the #enshittification process.
Show threadmorphMay 2, 2023
@shoq No fun we have? :(
@atomicpoet
Show threadWill PhoenixMay 2, 2023
@shoq Doesnt even seem to know Truth.social runs on mastodon. Its just cut off and edited. Badly written article. But Wired and The Verge seem to be blending in to the same non relevant mess anyway.
Show threadMr. PablingtonMay 2, 2023

@shoq “Opening the Bluesky app feels like logging on to Twitter 10 years ago. It’s janky but convivial. It’s horny.”

It sounds like something out of #succession, something Kendall Roy would say

Show threadDreaMay 2, 2023
@shoq I have zero desire to go to the twitter clone made by the same people who made twitter and facilitated its destruction. I don’t trust the whole lot.
Show threadjoel bMay 2, 2023
@shoq ♫ users just wanna have fuh-unn ♫
Show threadD's lack of faith in humanityMay 2, 2023

@shoq "Mastodon is too confusing!"

(honestly though, I like this misconception - it keeps the rubbish out)

Show threadatticus1956May 2, 2023
@shoq
I will revert back to snail mail or carrier pigeons rather than give anything that Elon or Jack have anything to do with!
Show threadEigenseideMay 2, 2023
@shoq Still no block button? No, thanks.
Show threadCount Regal InkwellMay 2, 2023
@shoq It's all over but the cryyyying
Show threadHavardMay 2, 2023
@shoq Guess I'll just have to suffer then.
Show threadDebbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🇺🇦May 2, 2023
@shoq “No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.”
Show threadJoe OrtizMay 2, 2023
@shoq Not to mention that there's no web interface and that's a total barrier for many. As we know, most apps track people and they're no different.
Show threadShoq 🌿May 2, 2023
@joeo10 I assume the web interface is coming. Most twitter traffic still used the web site.
Show threadkikebenllochMay 2, 2023

@shoq A senior writer at Wired actually typing "its brief surge in popularity didn’t last and it will likely remain a niche product. (Too confusing!)"

It's absolutely hilarious.

Show threadaethervision May 3, 2023
@shoq What’s the over/under on this article aging better than a head of cabbage?
Show threadSpaceman SpliffMay 3, 2023
@shoq cool story Conde Nast lol