Bluesky just raised millions from Brock Pierce’s blockchain company, meaning his company is a major shareholder.

Scott Stedman

Bluesky just raised millions from Brock Pierce’s blockchain company, meaning his company is a major shareholder. I will pass. https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a

Scott Stedman

Pierce on his close pal, Steve Bannon: “Steve Bannon was my right-hand man for, like, seven years. He's a hammer. And when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail. He's very sure and very smart. Very driven, very patriotic. He's not most of the things that people say.”

Nazo

@scottmstedman Truly amazes me that people can see one platform go horrible because of... this very sort of thing, so they switch to another. And lo and behold, this very sort of thing just happens again.

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@scottmstedman

The amount of cognitive dissonance required for masses of people to flee into the arms of another blockchain billionaire (and Steve Bannon associate) believing they are escaping, is pretty remarkable, and demonstrates the power of social media delusion.

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

@mastodonmigration @scottmstedman it really is astounding

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@blogdiva @scottmstedman

It feels like some bad teen horror movie where you are yelling at them to not go into the basement, but you know they are going to go into the basement.

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@mastodonmigration @blogdiva @scottmstedman I've talked to some people about it. The universal response is that Mastodon is "too fiddly." Specifically that is the most common word - really, the only repeated one.

So I'm trying to get them to enable the Bridgy app. BEAR WITH ME: if they do, and _if_ they start picking up some Mastodon/Federation followers, then _when_ BlueSky becomes untenable, they'll already have a group of people somewhere else if they feel like considering another move.

They'll _already know_ people here. That'll make the Federation the next best choice.

Or that's what I hope, anyway.

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@moira @blogdiva @scottmstedman

Makes sense.

It's just frustrating that people, having gone through this experience with X, don't make it a first priority to protecting themselves from it happening again. Seems like fiddly should be a lower priority. But understand that's not how people work, which is why we are in this pickle.

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@mastodonmigration @blogdiva @scottmstedman Yeah. Just because it keeps happening doesn't mean it'll keep happening again, right? Even though it happens every time.

I already knew how much people _do not want to fucking learn_, but the events of this election have just punched it into my face so deep it's sticking out the back side of my head.

People do. not. want. to. fucking. learn. and people who in theory _do_ know better will _still_ do the same shit again if it looks easier.

Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈

@mastodonmigration @moira @blogdiva @scottmstedman

Mastodon is not... complete. It has a LOT of problems. However, I still think that, long-term, it's the best bet for a social media platform.

I hope to survive long enough to see those improvements happen.

And, frankly, I find it gobs better than FB or the birdsite ever were. I just wish more of my friends from FB would migrate this way.

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

@moira @mastodonmigration @blogdiva @scottmstedman

So how are people connecting with this bridge? I keep seeing it talked about but I'm not really understanding it. BS doesn't Federate, right?

While I do agree that largely Mastodon isn't as complicated as people make it out to be, at the same time, there are some weird quirks here that are more challenging to naviagte than on other SM sites & if we all took more of a 'be helpful' vs 'you're an idiot' approach, that might help us grow more.

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@realtegan @moira @blogdiva @scottmstedman

Agree that it needs to keep improving, but it has the one necessary thing in that it is an open system free of billionaire and corporate control.

Krystyna

@moira @mastodonmigration @blogdiva @scottmstedman

Intuitive UI/ease of use/user friendly is important!!!!!

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@krystyna @mastodonmigration @blogdiva @scottmstedman Never said it wasn't. Not saying that Mastodon doesn't need work, either.

I'm just saying "it's not as important as not being rugpulled by fascist billionaires again."

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@RVLara23 @moira @blogdiva @scottmstedman

Agree with all your points.

At this time accounts can "bridge" to/from Bluesky, but it needs to be turned on. That is, the account needs to agree to be bridged. Here is the website: https://fed.brid.gy/

Regarding help and advice, sorry you feel like people aren't helpful. Mastodon does have some rough edges and tricks. @FediTips has a great guide (https://fedi.tips/) and can be a great help.