If Mark Zuckerberg launched a new site called BookFace, and pinky-swore not to do any of the creepy stuff that Facebook does, would you trust him?
Of course not. It's inexplicable that Jack Dorsey's BlueSky is getting a pass for doing exactly that.
The guy is a fascist who enthusiastically gave Trump his largest platform. Why on earth is anybody trusting him a second time?
@raj To be very clear, I'm not arguing that things are perfect here, but I agree that Bluesky's relative period of calm is completely unsustainable, given Dorsey's seeming intentions to not moderate the platform.
On the flipside, I get the impression that the folks influencing fedi genuinely want to make things better.
The sad part is that "Recruit celebrities and ride that wave indefinitely" might actually work for Jack.
Who would you trust?
I'm done with *any* platform that can be purchased by a billionaire. If I'm going to social, it's going to be on Mastodon.
@schmod Of course people would trust the Zuck, just look at how popular #Instagram still is. People love acting like its not owned by the same company that owns facebook.
People keep thinking that "this time the billionaires will not fuck us over".
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