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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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[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 23 points 6 days ago

An even better alternative is to replace it with nothing. The Twitter-like messaging paradigm is only good for trivia and rumor-mongering.

[-] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

Some use/used it as an RSS feed for researchers sharing papers.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

Know what else is great for that? RSS feeds.

[-] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah but no. It's not an RSS feed per se. It's researchers sharing what they publish and what other publish with ints or resumes sometimes. Then people would comment and researchers reply.

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[-] Enekk@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I used Twitter for emergency updates, saved me multiple times.

[-] marx2k@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

...or following people and interests you want to follow and keeping up with their updates.

ffs stop gatekeeping social media

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The facebook/mastadon format is much better for individuals, no? And Reddit/Lemmy for niches, as long as they're supplemented by a wiki or something.

And Tumblr. The way content gets spread organically, rather than with an algorithm, is actually super nice.

IMO Twitter's original premise, of letting novel, original, but very short thoughts fly into the ether has been so thoroughly corrupted that it can't really come back. It's entertaining and engaging, but an awful format for actually exchanging important information, like discord.

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[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago

as a Bluesky / Mastodon user, Mastodon is wayyyy better.

[-] marx2k@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

How so?

[-] horse_tranquilizers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Federation is one, it really helps but the problems that come with the type of media persist but more controllable

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

eh it is good to leave that shit hole behind but Elon already got very high returns from his investment on Shitter (got his daddy elected) so it's too late.

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[-] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I use both Mastodon and BlueSky and I don't really care for platforms like Twitter. Both Mastodon and BlueSky are good in their own ways but I think BlueSky is user friendly. Easy to setup looks super similar to Twitter, easier to navigate.

Plus, I have heard about it pretty much everywhere. It is commonly compared to Threads. I only know and heard about Mastodon on Lemmy.

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago

People doing anything to not use mastodon...

[-] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I am always a little surprised that everyone is surprised as if people are intentionally avoiding Mastodon.

I like Mastodon but it is empty by comparison to BlueSky people want a social media app where there are people to talk to on quantities. BlueSky is also user friendly by comparison, IMO. Easier to setup.

"Well Mastodon would be busier if people would stop going anywhere else."

No one is avoiding Mastodon I think it is odd it has never occurred to anyone that BlueSky is talked about way more. I had never heard Mastodon before Lemmy but I saw talks of BlueSky everywhere.

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[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

I've seen the effect. It's just like after Brazil cut Twitter off. My very niche account has been gaining new followers by the hour.

I have no idea how people interested in Heathcliff are being found by new people. Much less people interested in Heathcliff without Heathcliff.

[-] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

I have never seen Heathcliff, I have no idea what they or it looks like. But I have seen your work.

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

Bluesky? What even is that? Mastodon all the way

[-] andri@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

The most important, how many people will stay.

[-] timconspicuous@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Been there for over a year now and fwiw, this wave feels more sustainable than before. In previous waves, a lot of people went back to Twitter after a week because Twitter still had "the juice" and Bluesky didn't, but with 15 now million members and decent engagement, this is starting to turn around.

[-] Chessmasterrex@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I wonder how long it'll last before it gets all spammy.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My wife signed up and immediately got spam followers peddling their grindset business growth hacking bullshit, a porn bot, and an “inspirational quotes” karma farming bot.

[-] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah, I got all those plus a bunch of furry stuff and all kinds of kink accounts. Blueskys block and filters are really good though and it took me all of 30 mins of marking posts as "show me less of this" and blocking obvious bots. Haven't had an issue since, really.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

I just hate how the platform owners turn a blind eye to spam because of the perverse incentive. It would take like 5 lines of code to auto-ban any IP/account that auto-follows brand new accounts within minutes and never interacts with the account that the bot spam-follows.

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I might give Bluesky a shot, but it better not end up like f'n Reddit.

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[-] Gluca23@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Would be hilarious if Musk buy that too.

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