
Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
oliphant@oliphant.social ("Oliphantom Menace") wrote:
What the fedi taught me is that when people are given the choice and can control their networks, they really don't want to hear from Elon Musk supporters, tradwife fetishists, and fascist TERFs nearly as much as their algorithms seem to suggest.
In fact, the "nice" thing about this place is that you don't have to listen to that shit. This place is like an antidote to that.
Though as a tech-focused space, it has its own culture and its own issues, and I'm not trying to elide those.
I'm really just trying to point out that Bluesky will not save us, in the end. In the end, they'll do what every other startup does:
They'll monetize, and they'll not want to alienate customers by telling them that their speech is unwanted.