it's kinda hilarious watching bluesky users talking about how they have to stay on the site, even as it gets worse, because they can't go back to twitter!
which is the only other option available
like, what are they going to do, move to tumblr? don't let's be silly
I guess there is technically another option...
but no one wants to move to threads
some of them are bold enough to think that there may be another option, built on some kind of decentralized open protocol
but the other atproto options just aren't there yet
I don't know why they have this huge blindspot for mastodon, but it is hilarious to see that every time they talk about the viable microblogging platforms, they will list every possibility except fediverse ones
and to clarify: I'm not saying mastodon is 100% perfect or for everyone.
Maybe some of them have tried mastodon and don't like it for whatever reason, sure!
but my point is that they don't even mention it as a possibility.
it's not that they don't think mastodon is bad for whatever reason, it's that they don't think about mastodon at all
@PixelRobot @foone it's a nice way to cope, but what they actually want is something that "just works" without having to navigate a complex politics network of what instance to choose so that they don't end up 1) rekt by owner's incompetence (queer.af lmfao) 2) in a "nazi" instance with unpleasant company and blocked by everyone else or 3) in an oversensitive instance that considers everyone else "nazi", unable to talk to their friends.
All 3 happened to my friends when they tried to join the fediverse. No wonder they picked Threads, it's cancer, but effortless cancer.
