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Maybe Bluesky has "won"

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461 points GavinAnderegg | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 19:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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andreygrehov ◴[16 Nov 24 02:47 UTC] No.42153695[source]▶
This is the third Bluesky submission in the past week or so. My previous comments were heavily downvoted, so I don’t expect it will be any different this time.

Many people are comparing X and Bluesky, but I think this is a mistake. The two platforms shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence. These are two drastically different platforms. X is a real-time news app, currently holding the #1 spot in the News category on the App Store (e.g., The New York Times is #8). Bluesky, on the other hand, is a social network and the #1 app in the Social Networking category. These are fundamentally different categories, so let’s stop treating them as rivals - they’re solving different problems for different audiences.

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1. hollerith ◴[16 Nov 24 02:51 UTC] No.42153709[source]▶
Which app store?

Is X also in the Social Networking category and Bluesky also in the News category?

If not, why do you assume that which category some intern put the apps in has any evidentiary weight in or relevance to today's conversation?

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2. andreygrehov ◴[16 Nov 24 02:58 UTC] No.42153749[source]▶
> Which app store?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(Apple)

> Is X also in the Social Networking category and Bluesky also in the News category?

No. Each application is in their own category.

> If not, why do you assume that which category some intern put the apps in has any evidentiary weight in or relevance to today's conversation?

I did not assume anything. I use X as a news app, the CEO of X has stated it's a news app, and its category in the iOS App Store is News. There are no assumptions here.