&drewMay 27, 2023

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?

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@schmod a lot of marginalized people moved from mastodon to bluesky not because they are stupid, but because they just wanted a place where they could simply exist online without receiving death threats every time they post. Everyone knows this invite-only period with strong moderation is coming to an end.
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@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.