Erin ConroyJul 3, 2023

You should stay away from #Bluesky, not actively help Jack Dorsey make his next billion & build his power as an owner of another social media empire.

Dorsey helped fund Musk's takeover to the tune of $1 billion, making him one of Musk's top backers (after Qatar).

He owns part of Twitter.

He & Musk planned Musk's takeover at Twitter. They are collaborators, not competitors.

https://progressives.social/@chargrille/110286207887749108

>Edit to add Dave Troy's piece https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d

Erin Conroy (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Dorsey will be happy with one arm of #Bluesky being used by his advisor Ali Alexander to plan the next armed Proud Boys/GOP attack on the Capitol building - and the other arm being used by you to fruitlessly bemoan SCOTUS corruption & the New Jim Crow voting restrictions, & what he & Musk undoubtedly delight, behind closed doors, in referring to as "woke nonsense." The $ & power asymmetry makes this work for the GOP. No content moderation means no pesky Congressional hearings for him & Musk.

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Show threadErin ConroyJul 3, 2023

The thing that makes me sooooooooooo depressed is that I strongly suspect that none of these facts/considerations are likely to change the mind of a single person who's on Bluesky or thinking about joining it.

I'm at a loss to know what matters to people outside of user experience that would possibly lead them to take a longer term outlook.

If you've insights, they are officially solicited.

Show threadSamir Al-BattranJul 3, 2023
@chargrille
The average user doesn't care, they want a reliable service with good content
Show threadErin Conroy
@samir OK so one vote for "no one cares", but what do you think they mean by "good content"?
Jul 3, 2023 at 2:46amWeb
Show threadSamir Al-BattranJul 3, 2023
@chargrille
Not a vote, that's just the reality honestly.
As for good content, I mean people seeing people seeing content you care about. The content I see here is interesting to me (technology), but not much else outside of that
There was a local election for example last week, nothing on that, there is chaos in the middle east, nothing of that.
So tech is interesting to me, but not to most people. Also hardly any of my friends are here 🤷