Indeed.
That being said, their series A funding (15 million dollars) came from Blockchain Capital, which funds some super questionable things like Polymarket. So I'm not really surprised
Well I am really thankful for your speaking out about this issue 🙏 the tone of their messages has been really condescending and disrespectful
Congrats John!!!
hard agree, no notes 🙌
But they can’t possibly be all bots. My hunch is that most people do not use the “following” feed, so their content is all algo-based.
I have 1.1k followers here but every time I post it’s basically crickets (zero interactions). It’s a different online experience compared to the other place 🥲
Haha I noticed 😅
In other news: how can you have 6.7k followed and so little engagement here? This would never happen on the Fediverse 😨
I would love to hear your take on KamalaHQ rebranding as Headquarters and launching on Substack… THIS WEEK 😭😫 I can’t believe not a single person in that team raised objections about it
Just two weeks ago, three popular podcasters started an experiment. A community that's free from Big Tech, free from venture capital looking for a big payout one day. No ads.
They're nearly at 10k members now, and can connect with millions of others.
stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediver...
PSST: I personally know several people who bought wsocial [dot] country extension in a spontaneous guerrilla-style way to enlighten people about genuine alternatives that already exist.
And I'm one of them (best 4 Euros I have spent in recent memory TBH) 🤭
Thank you @elenarossini.com !
#Italian #filmmaker #photographer #writer #Paris #FOSS #Director #Illusionists #documentary #Fediverse #promo
#Peertube #VOD - video.firesidefedi.live/w/21bC2eX9wv...
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I LOVED your explainer threads and I’m so grateful for them. Thank you - and take as much time away to recharge as you need 🥲
(P.S.: I think your posts would have been a big success on the Fediverse, generating interesting conversations… just saying)
jason koebler post: so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff, with link to 404. media article
truth social post by trump, calling the democratic party the party of hate, evil and satan
THE FEDERALIST: While this alleged assassin used Discord, there are other platforms that are cesspools of left-wing radicalism — where the standard-bearers of the American liberal movement are openly cheering Kirk’s assassination. Another such platform is Bluesky. While Apple, Amazon, and Google removed the social media app Parler from their platforms after it was falsely said to have had a connection with the January 6 riot at the Capitol, they are silent on the fact that Discord and Bluesky are allowing the celebration and encouragement of political violence. The Big Tech oligarchs could use some encouragement, perhaps in the form of legal liability.
Blueskyism American political pundit Nate Silver wrote about Blueskyism early september. In the article, Silver first sets out the statistics of how user activity on Bluesky is declining (which it is). Then he follows with the statement that Blueskyism predates Bluesky, and describes Blueskyism as behaviour Silver does not approve of: criticising people on other parts of the political spectrum, valuing academic authority, and being too dissatisfied with the current state of the world. Blogger and centrist pundit Noah Smith followed up on Silver’s writing about Blueskyism, in a blog titled ‘The Bluesky-ization of the American left’. The article is mainly about grievances that Bari Weiss got criticised too hard on Twitter in the late 2010s, and how he’s upset that Jamelle Bouie called Smith a ‘a weird antisocial loser’. On the surface these articles are simply grievances from centrist pundits who are extremely online and are very bothered that people on Bluesky criticise them. They are trying to paint a picture of Bluesky as a network in decline. Their articles do not mention it at all, but at least Silver is explicitly aware how important Bluesky has become to the scientific community. However, both articles serve two important purposes: It provides moral cover for people who might otherwise grapple with the implications of being active on X that it’s fine to do so because Bluesky is not a real alternative. It sets up a permission structure where Bluesky is seen as a left and democratic space. This is what makes both articles relevant. I think their arguments are petty and show that they have not grappled with the subject matter well, but that matters little: it is a major contributor to the idea that Bluesky is a ‘left’ space.
connect the dots
Merci pour le partage… et pour le compliment (?!?) 😂🤣
Merciiiiiii 🥰
You could move over to Ghost or Beehiiv or some other platform and still keep your Substack account to publish links to your pieces on Substack Notes for example, if that was important to you. IMHO publishing on Substack and giving them 10% of your earnings is an implicit endorsement, sigh
Taylor, this is the last comments I will make on this because I don't want to bug you, but there are so many solutions. @ghost.org for example has a concierge migration service where they will help you transfer over all your active paying subscribers - for FREE. Source: ghost.org/concierge/
Another must read article about this issue: micahflee.com/not-only-is-...
With all due respect Taylor, moving away from Substack is the ethical choice and it also makes financial sense. The great @molly.wiki compiled a detailed breakdown of how much money creators who rely on subscriptions could save... by switching over to other platforms: hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/...
It's here! An amazing Fediverse explainer video by @elenarossini.com 🙌
If you haven't seen it yet, check it out here: news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-vi...
A huge thank you to Elena, her team, and everyone involved for building something brilliant to help Fediverse awareness and advocacy.
🌟 This week, we’re spotlighting voices in #tech and #media in the Community tab on Flipboard.
@zackwhittaker.bsky.social
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
@karaswisher.bsky.social
@joanwestenberg.bsky.social
@elenarossini.com
@werd.io
This is what makes the social web so awesome!
Have you read Naomi Alderman's The Future? Your list made me think of it. Also add to it: Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott 💁♀️
Logged out view of Bluesky
Logged out view of Threads
Logged out view of Twitter
Front pages of Bluesky, Threads, and Twitter rn
A promotional picture of the cybertruck over a screenshot of Car builder for the Apple 2, that shows a wireframe mockup that looks almost identical to the actual car
I know you’re being sardonic but there was an old game for the Apple II called “Car Builder” and the “ideal” chassis design that would get highest marks in the wind tunnel test looked almost EXACTLY like the Cybertruck
$8chan written with the font of X’s logo
Excellent point. In addition to advertisers, Space Karen also must be one of the most blocked accounts on there... and he knows it
That’s incredibly impressive! I’ve used that expression many times and I was not aware you had coined it 🏆✨
You’re here!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Bonjour Nina ☕️🥐
Your messages are so important and I LOVE IT that they’re filling up the “What’s Hot” feed every day 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
