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The contradictions in Bluesky run deep. A thread on , Bluesky, and promises

Mike talks of a rosy ideology involving user freedom. However, the main media pitch wasn't that. It was about it not being Twitter.

They promised sunshine, rainbows, and unicorns. An unrealistic promise. Now, the media determined there are users who're too much, clobbering former NYTimes columnist, Jesse (and a newer pundit), and they are voicing their concerns, including a NYTimes journalist.

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This has less to do with the management of a site or technical architecture. It has much to do with hype cycles in the media. It curiously ignores Bluesky is not the only other platform. There's Threads, Reddit, Discord, but they present it as Twitter vs Bluesky.

Likewise, these args like "the rigged system" seem to fall apart when you compare it to another site (I'm aware there may be ppl who don't like a recent FB policy change).

Finally, as we've covered before, a lot of Bluesky's freedom is *illusory*.

Bluesky has been known to remove sexual content they don't like. Content Twitter had no issue with in the past.

Bluesky suffers from privacy issues, despite making nods towards digital rights.

Stop mythologizing it.

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