Within two days of Brazil's X ban, Bluesky gained 500,000 users, with many also joining Mastodon and Threads. People often migrate to these (relatively) decentralized platforms to escape X, but this time, it wasn’t X pushing them away, they couldn’t use it.

Decentralized social media is always open to everyone.

Within two days of Brazil's X ban, Bluesky gained 500,000 users, with many also joining Mastodon and Threads. People often migrate to these (relatively) decentralized platforms to escape X, but this time, it wasn’t X pushing them away, they couldn’t use it.

Decentralized social media is always open to everyone.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/30/24232561/brazil-x-ban-sending-people-bluesky

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god damn farcaster should have milked this opportunity

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Yes, but, you know, it can be a bit challenging for non-English speakers to fit in here.

Lots of barriers but a few quickly spun-up but well-managed channels * could also be good enough for large groups to quickly get accustomed and step by step integrated with other communities here 🙂

* maybe even a standard client/app for communities that need a new home quickly