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Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 40 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Bluesky is not as decentralized as you think.. Just saying.

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That is actually an advantage. Centralized platforms are able to achieve larger audiences, increasing the chance that I will be able to find content I actually care about.

[–] finderscult@lemmy.myserv.one 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Only as long as the centralized authority stays aligned with you. Then you have the same problem.

[–] Grangle1@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Pretty much how Bluesky took off at all. It's just the polarization of the platform style reflecting the polarization of society: Twitter/X went right-wing so the (center-)left made their own platform. It's the same thing the right did when Twitter was politically censoring right-wing content before Musk bought it and Trump made Truth Social, the only difference being that Bluesky got the Big Tech and mainstream media blessing. Musk said he would stop that sort of censorship but just reversed it to censor left-wing content. Nobody actually wants a truly free platform, they just want their echo chamber.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Something something bittorrent.

[–] TseseJuer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what?

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

An example of a non centralized network that has no issues with discoverability.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It just has to be better than the Nazi bar.

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

That's a very low bar.

I'll show myfself out.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Is bluesky not instanced? Cant you just run Bluesky PDS?