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People Want Threads to Be Old Twitter. Threads Would Prefer Not To. (gizmodo.com)
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[–] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah the only problem with bluesky is that it still has such strict limits on who can join, and even who can see the content. Can't exactly make it your online home for announcements and such if most people can't see them there even if they wanted to.

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca -5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You know what makes the Nobel Prize so valuable? Not everyone gets one.

Blue sky is following the early Facebook playbook of artificial exclusivity. When the feeling of FOMO is widespread enough, they’ll gradually open the door wider.

Edit: I don’t mean to imply that blue sky is good like the Nobel prize is good. I just mean they’re using artificial scarcity to drum up demand.

[–] virtualbriefcase@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not quite sure social media accounts and the Nobel Prize make a good comparison. I get what you're saying about the exclusivity idea, but in my mind "exclusive" social media can't really be that much of a draw if there's a million alternatives and it doesn't bring anything new to the table (it's not decentralized or federated if you need approval from a central authority).

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s a club with people lining up outside then.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member"

[–] AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now those are some wise fuckin words.

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Marx was full of wisdom