chapotraphouse

Way to strike while the iron has been at room temperature for many months

I don't blame anyone for going to BlueSky, it does seem like it’s where the ‘cool kids’ all went to and I get it’s fun to follow your favorite bloggers, writers, podcasters, etc.

But man, it’s just gonna go into enshittification like every other platform that runs on VC cash. Eventually, they’re gonna need to monetize you and your content. And I’m just done with that nonsense personally, even if a lot of weird/left twitter went there.

But can I just view a blueskeet somebody links without making an account? Because I'm not gonna make an account.

we don't need a new twitter. we didn't need the first twitter. make something new you unoriginal hacks

Controversial but I honestly really like BlueSky so far. It has its issues, and maybe I'm naively hopeful, but I feel like it's set up to be better than its predecessors. No harm in giving it a go, and it's easy to jump ship if it ends up going down the shitpipe like the other platforms did.

Can you somehow sign up without giving your phone number?

I remember the earliest ads for Twitter making it out to be this mystery product that we wouldn't know about until it was finally unveiled. Never signed on it once and nothing has been making me see the need for it now or any of its imitators.