Do even academics not understand the network effect?
Lately, I’m seeing lots of follow-worthy people posting that it’s much nicer over at #BlueSky than it’s here at #Mastodon, persuading us to move to BlueSky too. Sure, I believe that.
But BlueSky is just another (VC-funded) platform owned by capitalists.
If people stayed at Mastodon, we could avoid the forming of the network effect that made it so hard to escape Twitter/X.
A strange notion to escape X just to hop into BlueSky‘s lap instead.
@davidculley I've been here since 20. 16 when I had a GNUSocial instance. I have seen it grow and grow, I really like it, it is the only place I know where microblogging really works and stays true to the connected village feel that 2009 Twitter had, before it became all angry
Bluesky still feels very ragey to me.
@davidculley I truly like the people from all walks of life I encounter here. It feels special.