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Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter (www.theverge.com)

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Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter-like social network, is pausing new signups “temporarily” to try and resolve performance issues it’s been experiencing after Twitter introduced limits on the amount of tweets you can see in a day. Even though you still need an invite code to be able to join Bluesky, it seems that the influx of new users has been a problem.

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[–] throne_deserter@kbin.social 49 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Irrespective of the popular success which Bluesky / Mastodon may receive, I am simply glad that enough platforms exist for anyone to seek refuge in if the rapacity by these giants becomes the norm.

[–] eu8@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The majority of social media sites (with the exception of youtube imo) don't provide anything of value. A smart high school kid could write a twitter clone over a weekend. The only thing these websites have to offer is their large user base.
EDIT: OK, I apparently upset some people. I was exagerating when I said it could be done in a weekend, but my point stands that it's pretty easy to make a twitter clone/reddit clone, and the challenge in succeeding for twitter is getting a user base. The tech is incredibly easy to build.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Exactly. OG content creators, shit posters and lurkers make the Eco system work.

In that order.

Once some corp spook starts fucking with the Eco system, quality of discourse goes down until the platform gets gutted.

I don't want shit marketed to me. I am looking to shoot ideas and have some push back on assumptions

Putting me into echo chamber via cohort groups or shoving endless ads provides me with zero benefit, daddy

[–] Kaldo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

A smart high school kid could write a twitter clone over a weekend

This is a pretty good example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Twitter is much more than the simple frontend you see when you click on the website, there is absolutely no way a single person could recreate it in a month, less alone a weekend.

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