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bluesky is gaining mindshare because they found PMF with users who want to be surrounded by people who (mostly) agree with them. it’s political affiliation, not vision.

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I’m very skeptical they’d be growing as fast as they are if the sales pitch was “bluesky is twitter but more politically left content moderation”

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that’s why people are joining from twitter, which they now see as right wing coded due to Elon same thing with users defecting from meta “because of AI” which has become right wing coded how else do you explain that Bluesky’s user base is overwhelmingly left wing, a group that has never previously expressed much interest in decentralized anything, whether social apps or otherwise?

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There is rarely a single reason behind any decision someone makes. I’ve been interested in decentralized social since 2017. For people who recognize wealth is power and are tired of signing up for a new social app every couple years, there is deeper ideological interest in bluesky beyond US politics imo.

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Both can be true. Reality is that people are fleeing Twitter. Most because all their friends had already left or because their feeds feel toxic or because they don't want to support Elon or whatever. It doesn't matter. What matters is that Bluesky is there and offers a fairly comparable experience to 2014-era Twitter, which is what most people crave. The app is snappy, the feel is familiar, the API is open, it has some newfangled bells and whistles they heard mentioned but maybe don't care about (less centralized, labellers, choose your own moderation/timeline algo, etc). Maybe the first few people left because of politics, but the last people to leave will do so because they just want to be where their friends are (regardless of their own political affiliation).

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he has to be trolling lmfao what the actual heck i can't reply bc i'm blocked but yeah that is exactly the sales pitch and it won't last

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Because musk is manipulative, controlling, tweaking the algorithm to punish some users and promote hate speech from others. It's full of bots. It's owned by a narcissistic fascist simp. Bluesky on the other hand feels much more welcoming, less toxic, has additional features not found on twitter, isn't owned by a megalomaniac, and you don't need to be a member to view bluesky posts (unlike twitter/x). Why is it overwhelmingly left? Because the "left" is tired of disinformation, misinformation, trolling, racists, nazis, hate speech, pandering to literal fascists, etc that are all rampant on twitter. It's as clear as day to anybody with a rational thought in their head.

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