@benroyce @mardigroan are you there? I joined yesterday out of curiosity: apparently there is a post-election surge fleeing X and it reminds some of the early days of the old Twitter. (I have same handle as here)
i have an account i barely use to watch #bluesky
my point is not the current tenor of the site
my point is, if you aren't dealing with a #nonprofit, if bluesky grows influential enough and angers #fascists, #plutocracy can move in and control it
that's the essence of #plutocrat manipulation via #corporate control works
bluesky is at best a temporary reprieve and already has #capitalist decisions that render it dubious at best
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@benroyce @JonChevreau @mardigroan
Pardon me while i turn and preach to the choir:
Another factor is the "algorithmic timeline." Whether for-profit or not, if you build your community on top of an algorithmic timeline, you are explicitly building a community on top of an opaque censor who determines what speech is amplified and what speech is suppressed.
The mass acceptance of being spoon-fed what to believe is what makes for-profit social media valuable to those seeking control of society.
@raganwald @benroyce @JonChevreau @mardigroan
Ironically, this point gets constantly ignored/forgotten by the right-wing crowd complaining about "censorship".
@TFFPrisoner @benroyce @JonChevreau @mardigroan
There's no irony involved, it's their entire thing: "In-groups who are protected by the law, but not bound by it, alongside out-groups who are bound by the law but not protected by it.'
That's why an incel can tell a woman on Twitter, "Your body, my choice," but if she uses the word "cisgender" in her response, she's banned.