I think the “but there’s no place else that does what twitter does” argument held some water for a while but at this point bsky has added a ton of the features everyone pointed to while making that argument as well as a healthy & growing sports base. there really aren’t good reasons anymore!
*turns to face Bluesky choir* Hey you guys I wrote something
As announced to users Wednesday, X is planning to deprive its users of another vital tool for combating ever-escalating online stalking and harassment on the platform, writes Gwen Snyder.
also the bsky block function is, like, world class
There is no replacing the "network" effect that pre-Musk Twitter had. To add this analogy one more time, it's like bulldozing Central Park or burning down public libraries. Nothing else will fully take its place. But he has burned it down.
Part of what Twitter does though in terms of global dialogue, requires a user base much larger than Bsky has. When Blue sky has an active user base over 100 million that part might be in reach.
Only thing I still need is for it to load posts from my last update, but let me scroll up instead of scrolling back. Still drives me nuts.
The best argument left, IMO, is that many/most journalists still hang out there (because they like the follower count and sometimes the nazis too) and if you abandon it, they’ll only hear the nazi voices and report accordingly. Good argument for news orgs changing social media policy.
Bluesky needs to actively court the institutionals that continue to dwell on an increasingly embarrassing X. Weather reports, local emergency and informational distribution is better handled without the rancor and evil surroundings of bots and misinformation.
There’s even storm chasers here now!
So is it an unwritten rule that no one ever mentions the no ads thing? Did I just jinx it?
Oh man not sports. I liked it better when Jazz v Wizards was two types of drama kid beefing
Why ESPN doesn’t have an RSS feed in its app where you can follow writers insiders and other fans is beyond me. I think sports is the only thing holding Twitter together at this point.