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mrtksn ◴[] No.42150650[source]
A year ago, Bluesky was an empty place, I wanted to use it but there wasn't anything. Now its bustling, there are interesting posts and they receive thousands of likes.

On the other hand Twitter still feels like where things are actually happening but more and more feels like they are about to start terminating anyone with eyeglasses.

I was there when the Digg exodus happened, it doesn't feel like that. It's something else. It feels like Twitter becoming a monoculture and others are having their monoculture somewhere else because Bluesky also doesn't feel diverse to me - more like the opposite of Twitter.

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timmg ◴[] No.42152032[source]
> It feels like Twitter becoming a monoculture and others are having their monoculture somewhere else because Bluesky also doesn't feel diverse to me - more like the opposite of Twitter.

Generally, it seems to me that a lot of people are saying, basically, "I don't want to engage in a social network that isn't and echo chamber of my beliefs."

I find it incredibly sad. But it does feel like the direction society is moving toward.

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johnnyanmac ◴[] No.42153342[source]
I'd love a proper spectrum. But my spectrum pretty much stops when we start excusing unironic prejudice. I think "your body, my choice" was pretty much the tipping point for many people deciding to move ship.

Fortunately I do have a few other smaller hubs for a more "diverse" (in the original sense of the word) conversation, while not allowing bigotry.

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eric_cc ◴[] No.42156151[source]
> "your body, my choice"

The sad thing is you could be referencing the left with Covid vaccines or the right with abortion.

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1. johnnyanmac ◴[] No.42158419[source]
I have a few family members who chose not to take the vaccine. They are dead, but that was indeed their body, their choice.

Wherre is this story on a person forced to take a vaccine?