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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 31 points 6 days ago (3 children)

There is a clear successor to X now, Bluesky, which means anyone not happy with X knows what their best option is.

My guess is, when X and Bluesky are roughly even in terms of active users, X's user base will start to collapse and there will be a mass exodus to Bluesky.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think Elon might try to intervene in that, either by regulations favoring his platform, or industrial sabotage. Maybe even try to get into the fediverse game, so X accounts could interact with Bluesky or Mastodon ones.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

I don't see how regulations can help him there, especially given the nature of the Web. Bluesky can always move offshore, beyond the reach of the US authorities.

I also imagine both Bluesky and Mastadon users will tell x users, loudly and clearly, to fuck off.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I’m guessing the worst of the worst will hang back at Xitter because they’d otherwise be banned elsewhere, and it will be a cesspool not unlike 8chan.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Which is a nice change, usually every alternative starts up exactly because the worst of the worst got banned from the original and had to migrate to somewhere else, and then it's an uphill battle for anyone else to make use of that platform.

^cough^ ^Lemmy^ ^cough.^

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

Oh definitely, although the federated nature of the platform means it's easy to block the angry Internet communists.

Personally, I just block all the ML domains, nothing good comes from there.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I like to think we’re the best of the best, at least on some instances.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Yep, nothing but the dregs will remain.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

My guess is that the user base shifts will vary by nation and language. The rate of X enshitification and migration has hit different regions at different speeds.

The writing is on the wall for US users though. Twitter is the AOL or MySpace of this decade. It’s lame and not fun anymore, and Bsky is fun and very active.