Social networking makes alternatives particularly difficult. The most important feature of any social network is that everyone uses it. The second best social network in a given niche is rarely worth talking about. After all, what good is a social network with no people?
and that’s the reason bluesky is worth celebrating… sure, it’s not really distributed but the fact that it’s making concessions to look like it is means it’s far more open, and bridges to the real fediverse work… the second social media network becomes a lot more attractive when you can still interact with your family on the first: this is why my parents can still be on gmail and i can make better choices for myself… they’ll eventually come around, because they can switch and not worry about where their contacts are
Social networking makes alternatives particularly difficult. The most important feature of any social network is that everyone uses it. The second best social network in a given niche is rarely worth talking about. After all, what good is a social network with no people?
and that’s the reason bluesky is worth celebrating… sure, it’s not really distributed but the fact that it’s making concessions to look like it is means it’s far more open, and bridges to the real fediverse work… the second social media network becomes a lot more attractive when you can still interact with your family on the first: this is why my parents can still be on gmail and i can make better choices for myself… they’ll eventually come around, because they can switch and not worry about where their contacts are