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.

@chargrille
If it's any help, I think there will never be another Twitter. A global groupchat worked because of the novelty and the lack of alternatives. But I think now we'll just end up with fragmentation.

Personally, I think of this in terms of populations. To use food as an analogy, most people don't pick their diet for rational reasons. Occasionally, somebody is ready to change and will then listen to facts. So I try to keep my hopes at that level. I'll explain why they should change their habits, why it is good for them and everybody else. I'm not going to expect more than a modest percentage to do the right but unsatisfying thing. And I'll try to celebrate the progress, with only modest despair at the gap between the current step forward and how far I think we still have to go.