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   Jami Gibbs :heart_cyber: (jamigibbs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 03:15:48 JST Jami Gibbs :heart_cyber:

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs This seems like a projection.

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     der eazy (eazy@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 03:38:36 JST der eazy

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs For me(!) it's not about a platform. It's about the people :)

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     Peter Fletcher (recta_pete@oldbytes.space)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 03:52:29 JST Peter Fletcher

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs In my admittedly short time on BlueSky the timeline does seem filled with quite a bit of excitement. That said, it also seems filled with the same 20 people being excited over and over again. I haven't had enough time there yet to really get much of a feel for the place, but I'm hoping the conversation there starts to break out of self congratulatory status.

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     Oliver Kohll (okohll@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 04:43:03 JST Oliver Kohll

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs as a British person, I must be drawn towards the one where people are embarrassed!

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     Jamie Lendino (jlendino@oldbytes.space)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 04:55:05 JST Jamie Lendino

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     • Peter Fletcher

     @thomasfuchs @Recta_Pete Starting to think I should just run a new BBS on my Atari 800 with some message bases again like I did in the mid-80s

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     samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 23:16:25 JST samf

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Wow! I've had the exact opposite experience. Mastodon has room to grow and improve, no doubt, but the vibe in my timeline at least is chill, supportive, and optimistic. BlueSky is another Jack Dorsey project, half-baked and basically a tech bro echo chamber. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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     samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 23:41:54 JST samf

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I am not (by choice) but I've done a fair amount of research and have observed other folks’ experiences. There are certainly things BlueSky excels at—UX and search being the two primary areas I've seen—but beyond that, it sounds to be a shallow experience.

     And honestly, just on principle alone, it's not for me. I've been doing web dev long enough to know that “we're a VC funded company with an OSS product" smell, and where it usually leads. Recent example, Google/Chromium/JPEG-XL

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     Joe Nash (joenash@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 00:23:25 JST Joe Nash

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs oh this is news to me, I had apparently looked at the wrong bluesky on crunchbase! Thanks for this, that was one of my major angsts