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   Lauren Weinstein (lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 15:50:21 JST Lauren Weinstein

   Bluesky as a supposed "safe haven" from X has to be the quintessential example of the old adage: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." And a lot of people are being fooled twice.

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     🇵🇸 single use plastique 🏴‍☠️ (mook@possum.city)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 15:51:14 JST 🇵🇸 single use plastique 🏴‍☠️

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     • lobingera

     @lobingera@chaos.social @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org basically all those problems have been solved by misskey, akkoma or even forks of mostodon, i blame gagron for taking zuck money

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     lobingera (lobingera@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 15:51:15 JST lobingera

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     @lauren Yes? (I don't disagree)

     But it seems bsky has solutions for some problems repeatedly reported (even by you): moderation, tools to organise a feed, "all replies visible".

     And quote posts.

     AnthonyJK-Admin repeated this.
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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 17:07:25 JST Rich Felker

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     • klausfiend

     @klausfiend @lauren I don't distrust that they're still out there, but I seem to have curated my experience very well not to see them in significant proportions. We should be making it easier for newcomers to do the same.

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     klausfiend (klausfiend@dcerberus.com)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 17:07:31 JST klausfiend

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     @lauren In fairness to hundreds of thousands of folks ... Mastodon is not an easy transition. There are lots of folks here who are incredibly hostile to the insufficiently nerdy, and there is too much gatekeeping in the Fediverse.

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     Betsy Bee (betsybeeee@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 17:51:24 JST Betsy Bee

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     @lauren I think it depends on what you want in a social network. I love this site because it does what I thought the Internet was for: connect people with similar interests and allow them to converse and learn from each other. It doesn't help people who want to make money out of their time online or become famous. Those people need to look elsewhere.

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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 20:19:32 JST Sick Sun

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     @lauren people want usability, anything else they just pay lip service to