Mike McCueMay 6, 2023

The only feature that matters for any social media experience is the people who are on it. I'm amazed at how many technology leaders forget this and get distracted by the underlying tech, protocols, features, etc.

Elon is a great example. He thinks he bought a platform. But what he really bought was a community. And of the two, the community has degraded far more than the platform.

Show threadSasha FoxMay 6, 2023
@mike Yeah, definitely. And as soon as Bluesky opens up to everyone I feel like Twitter is really going to empty out. The people who want another Twitter will go to Bluesky, and the people who don't but didn't want to leave Twitter while people were still there will head over here.
Show threadMike Fraser
@sashafox @mike My prediction is BlueSky will open too soon and it will break under the weight of moderation issues. You could see backflow to both Twitter and the fediverse.
May 6, 2023 at 6:19amWeb
Show threadShawn in MontrealMay 6, 2023
@mike Surely Jack realizes they'll need a block button before they open it up?
Show threadMike FraserMay 6, 2023
@shawngoldwater Yes they surely will but a block button isn't moderation. They think they can moderate with algorithms when every other monolithic social media, platform sags and sometimes breaks under moderation issues. The fediverse with distributed moderation, although not perfect is best equipped for this.