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Erin Conroy Jul 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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Erin Conroy Jul 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.

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blake shaw 🇵🇸Jul 4, 2023

@chargrille i know from friends who have tried coming here during this migration cycles that they arrive to see posts from people explaining "what not to bring with you from twitter" and various ground rules that long time Mastodon users champion, and they see the warnings posted about various servers people should defederate, and that makes them feel like this won't be a place where their weird, defamiliarizing, negative posts will be allowed to flourish, and so stop trying after a few days.

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Erin Conroy

@rml

Yes, I experienced that unwelcome feeling too. I took a break and came back. I've done that many times because I think speaking the truth is important. I think that as more people have joined, the policing has subsided. As someone used to being constantly attacked on Twitter from all sides, I'm a little confused why it's troublesome to people who've been on Twitter for any amount of time, though. Twitter is far more hostile. But I know the fediverse phenomenon you are talking about.