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For Bluer Skies: Bluesky as a Viable Alternative to X (statecraft.beehiiv.com)
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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because one of them is actively promoting and favouring viewpoints many people find abhorrent.

The fact it's owned by a billionaire isn't the major concern for most people.

[–] emb@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Having centralized ownership (to whatever extent) is a concern for sure, but it's a hypothetical concern in and of itself: "what if the leadership does bad things?" Is different from "the leadership is currently doing bad things."

Decentralization helps. But if the networks effects aren't behind it, jumping from platform to platform when things DO get bad is also viable.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, being willing to jump to a new platform is possibly the most effective way to stop platforms from fucking you over too hard.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Definitely, having strong competition is what keeps companies honest.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who's the billionaire?

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

X Corp. is majorly owned by Elon Musk

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was talking about Bluesky.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Bkuesky was started by the former owners of Twitter.