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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (40 children)

Bluesky is literally just old Twitter but better. Why do people insist on hurting themselves with Threads?

Edit: for those more technically inclined, it looks like there are now instructions on how to host your own Bluesky instance. It sounds like you may need a developer account before you can federate with the official instance though.

[–] justaveg@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You know what would be hilarious? Eventually blue sky buys the leftovers of twitter and renames itself twitter. Although by that time it may not be a prudent move. So maybe not.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Even funnier would be to buy x.com in the liquidation sale.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can see it now

"The site formerly known as 'X formerly known as Twitter'"

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've been under the impression that part of the reason for bluesky's invite system is to help keep out bad actors. It makes it easier to ban someone and keep them from coming back. Buying Twitter would just open the floodgates.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Just buy twitter the brand but keep none of the user lists or tech stack, just the name. Honestly though I've been sick of twitter for years at this point and I would rather it be reduced to a footnote in history, an emblem of the bad times when a handful of billionaire assholes controlled all of our information ecosystems.

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