• Mossy Feathers (She/They)
    link
    fedilink
    English
    29
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Bluesky is literally just old Twitter but better. Why do people insist on hurting themselves with Threads?

    Edit: for those more technically inclined, it looks like there are now instructions on how to host your own Bluesky instance. It sounds like you may need a developer account before you can federate with the official instance though.

    • @psychothumbs@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      321 year ago

      Yeah the only problem with bluesky is that it still has such strict limits on who can join, and even who can see the content. Can’t exactly make it your online home for announcements and such if most people can’t see them there even if they wanted to.

      • ugjka
        link
        fedilink
        English
        -61 year ago

        bsky-social-4stbe-z2k4b (comment if you grabbed this, so that others don’t try)

      • @SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        -6
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        You know what makes the Nobel Prize so valuable? Not everyone gets one.

        Blue sky is following the early Facebook playbook of artificial exclusivity. When the feeling of FOMO is widespread enough, they’ll gradually open the door wider.

        Edit: I don’t mean to imply that blue sky is good like the Nobel prize is good. I just mean they’re using artificial scarcity to drum up demand.

    • @atetulo@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      17
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I’ll never understand why people are so excited for something that is proprietary and invite-only…

      Oh yeah, they’re idiots. I suspect bluesky is paying for a lot of viral marketing.

      • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
        link
        fedilink
        English
        -71 year ago

        Nah, it’s because it’s less of a headache than Mastodon (everyone I’ve talked to likes the idea, but hates the implementation because they find it hard to navigate) and it’s not a mess like Threads or Twitter. What people want is 2015 Twitter because they’re not nerds. They want it to just work.

        As for the invite-only thing, I found it odd at first, but I kinda understand why people like it now. It makes it harder for assholes to join and if they do manage to get an invite, they’ll have to get another one after their account gets banned for bigotry or being a shithead.

        • @atetulo@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          101 year ago

          The problem is its centralized nature. As a business, it’s going to do what businesses do and get people hooked, then slowly enshittify their products/services until a competitor takes over.

        • wagoner
          link
          fedilink
          English
          61 year ago

          It’s hard because people are confused about multiple instances. Bluesky is a solo instance, to date, so they avoid that issue. But it will come.

    • @shunir@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      111 year ago

      Bluesky might be better Twitter, but if people doesn’t hear about it, or does not want to try it out, they’ll stay on Twitter. Or if they can’t stand Musk they go to Threads. Simply because those platforms are the biggest there.

    • Jose
      link
      fedilink
      English
      101 year ago

      Maybe BECAUSE I HAVEN’T RECEIVED THE DAMN CODE!

      • @sheogorath@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        41 year ago

        Although with their proprietary solution, there’s a significant chance that Bluesky is going to be Twitter 2.0 if it ever gains traction. I’m rooting for fediverse to take off because my social media activity has shrunk to a couple of group chats with close friends and family plus occasional comments on Mastodon and Lemmy.

    • @BURN@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      81 year ago

      Because the majority of people don’t even know what bluesky is, and those who do can’t get an invite

      • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
        link
        fedilink
        English
        81 year ago

        They’re a lot more common than you think; you get an invite to give out every 10 days. It’s just that you gotta ask around for them. If you’re looking for an invite, try asking a furry. I think most of the furry community who wants to be on Bluesky is already there at this point, so there are probably a number of furries who have tons of unused invites.

        • @sucricdrawkcab@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          41 year ago

          This explains why I was seeing so many Furries at first. Dialed in the Feeds and don’t see them anymore but I was confused at first

          • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
            link
            fedilink
            English
            61 year ago

            Yup. The furry community is very tight-knit. If you pick any two humans at random, there will be six degrees of separation between them on average. I’d be willing to bet there’s a maximum of six degrees of separation between furries, with the average probably being 2~3 degrees. If you pick people with related interests, the maximum probably drops to 3~4 degrees, with the average being around 1~2. The result is that Bluesky spread like wildfire through the community.

    • @justaveg@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      81 year ago

      You know what would be hilarious? Eventually blue sky buys the leftovers of twitter and renames itself twitter. Although by that time it may not be a prudent move. So maybe not.

      • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
        link
        fedilink
        English
        31 year ago

        I’ve been under the impression that part of the reason for bluesky’s invite system is to help keep out bad actors. It makes it easier to ban someone and keep them from coming back. Buying Twitter would just open the floodgates.

        • @Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          4
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          Just buy twitter the brand but keep none of the user lists or tech stack, just the name. Honestly though I’ve been sick of twitter for years at this point and I would rather it be reduced to a footnote in history, an emblem of the bad times when a handful of billionaire assholes controlled all of our information ecosystems.

    • @sucricdrawkcab@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      51 year ago

      I think the invite system slows people joining vs Threads easy sign up. I agree that it is straight up old Twitter and enjoying myself on it. I just started getting invites , they go fast but definitely give them out. Seems like every time I see a post about it I don’t have a code to give out. Definitely need to just keep one on deck for the Lemmy comment section.