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 threadblake 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.
Show threadblake shaw 🇵🇸Jul 4, 2023
@chargrille also like, most people I talk to say they want quote retweets but its not happening because one of the maintainers got dunked on badly on Twitter back when (apparently), and that kind of stuff adds up to a not very inviting place, a sort of country club vibe, where they club's members are sure that their way is the correct way and if you don't like it you can join a server that is unanimously blocked.
Show threadErin Conroy

@rml

I also would like QTs and searchability, though I also get the reasons they were consciously omitted and I think it's respectful practice to get to know the place you move to before you leap in to change it around. There are workarounds. Have you tried elk.fedified? The QT feature is thoughtfully designed & does an automatic screenshot with alt text, which is awesome.

Jul 4, 2023 at 9:25amWeb
Show threadErin ConroyJul 4, 2023
@rml Anyway, thanks for your thoughtful response, I appreciate it.
Show threadblake shaw 🇵🇸Jul 4, 2023
@chargrille ill check out elk! Thanks
Show threadErin ConroyJul 4, 2023
@rml It's a fork of elk that @DataDrivenMD developed. It's just elk.fedified, not all of elk. FYI.