Someone just shared an interesting Bluesky post. It's a quoted post about the importance of Wikipedia as a reliable source of information, suggesting that people donate.
https://bsky.app/profile/urocklive1.bsky.social/post/3m2xldynllc2d
In less than 24 hours, the post had been shared more than a thousand times. Do we really want to keep our own bubble in the #Fediverse? I know about the bridge, but that's not enough.
Yes, #Bluesky also has several problems. But the numbers don't lie; Bluesky is doing a better job of providing an alternative to the dangerous far-right tool still used by millions: #X.
Are there people here who acknowledge that? I'd like to hear your perspective on how your network reacts when you talk about it here, the Fediverse (I suppose likely by mentioning Mastodon or Pixelfed).
P. S. I cannot forget to mention the weak positioning of the @wikimediafoundation in terms of its social media use. (Cc @eloquence )
(preface: I'm going to use language that's overstating, but only slightly)
Unfortunately, my experience on Fediverse is one of cheerleaders promoting Fediverse irrationally and demeaning BlueSky ignorantly (or dishonestly).
On one hand I hear people extolling that everything on Fediverse is light and grace, the technology is a gift from on high, and then they apply the pattern of having a solution in search of a problem as they wonder why everything from email to WiFi connected toasters aren't connecting.
On the other hand, they insist that BlueSky is nothing but X but worse, nobody uses it, and despite nobody using it there are a ton of racists posting there. Also, ATProto is an icon of a shadowy cabal of capitalists.
The whole treatment is factually empty, just true believers in Team Fediverse against Team BlueSky, numbers and technical reality be damned.
Unfortunately, I've seen that perspective a whole lot over the years, so all too many DO seem insistent on keeping their own bubbles instead of acknowledging reality.
