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Victor Kumar's avatar

I find bluesky so boring I don’t check it for weeks. I forget it exists.

Facebook is ideal in a slightly different way: preferred by philosophers, I know tons of people there, and when I log on the first few posts are funny jokes or insightful criticisms or heartwarming updates, but then I quickly see posts from distant acquaintances that are moronic or cringe, and I immediately close the tab with no temptation to return until the next day.

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Claustrophilia's avatar

Would network effects of Bluesky be capable of some kind of organic growth, once it crosses a threshold, made possible from backhanded compliments such as yours (on Substack, which has its own network effects that are reminiscent of Twitter in the early 2010s) or more explicitly positive ones, or simply from users turned off by other platforms for reasons different to yours?

In which case could you find yourself be dragged back in again because others have discovered you, are now following you and merge your network with theirs? Now, it is no longer boring, because you are enmeshed in the conversation. You may even be tempted to install it on your phone.

Or else be a passive user; only follow, do not post.

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