There is one— I’ve been keeping an eye on @skylight.social. Developed by a Tiktoker woman and her team built on AT Protocol. It’s been submitted to the App Store.
I'm really concerned that Dumpster & Leon are just going to have their minions find a way to shutdown Bluesky for "reasons". All the existing social media platforms have prostrated themselves and are likely expecting their new mob boss to eliminate all competitors.
#SaveBsky
Mark Cuban is a billionaire so he is a bastard by default but I think compared to other billionaires he has set of morals. Given how unscrupulous the billionaire class is as a whole is fairly novel and somewhat commendable. Also cost plus drugs is a lifesaver for meds your insurance won’t cover.
Please add a social group interface option like FB for groups and families. Im not nor have ever been a Twitter person and this interface is not a good replacement. I love Bluesky but It is missing a lot of the things that I love about social media.
That must have put a bunch of
People’s Underwear in a Bunch
especially now that That Trump
and Musk think they have TikToc All Sewed up in a Pretty bow
Mark Cuban 🤣
I never downloaded TikTok because I'm distrustful of any social media that has to be downloaded to my phone (that's you Instagram) and particularly anything owned by China. However, if there is an American version that is owned by someone other than a multi-bizillionaire, I would consider it.
He really needs to do Facebook next. I CANNOT quit FB bc of my biz and the family connections (and a treasure trove of my best photos from the last 16 years) but every time I open the app I feel complicit.
This is what I did w twitter before I left. I blocked every ad, every bit of trouble I could make I did. Will commence on FB! esp the sudden influx of ads recommending I take the opportunity of it being almost wedding season to donate plasma.
😩😩😩😩😩 I’m going to aim for not using my personal account anymore but these platforms have small businesses in a vice grip. Google already fucked me by removing my biz profile (happening more and more) so I don’t have room for another hit. It sucks.
Yes the groups have honestly been great for me. Perimenopause is a bitch and getting info and support has been priceless. My professional florist group has been a godsend.
Yeah it sucks. I still have hope tho. Maybe after the whole country is burnt down something new can come out of the ashes. I think even my hope is a little dark these days
I’m the same way, however I’ve decided that if i can’t delete it, then I will use it to my advantage and stay among the red hats while using my space for activism. If I can change even one mind on there, the it will be worth it. If you’re going to keep it open, use it for good and be loud.
Same. I’m going to severely limit what groups I’m in and only interact with the groups I need to, as well as who I’m friends with. But I won’t cut out all my MAGA fam/friends, which are almost all of them, because they need to hear what I have to say. If they block me, that’s on them.
Yes. We need the ability to have private groups to communicate to people within the group. Also my community uses fb to communicate some important info about what’s going on. They don’t always send email about them. If a fb-like version is created, I’ll leave fb.
This is literally what I was just thinking about!!! There’s gotta be a way! Thanks. I’ll keep trying. But it would essentially mean giving up contact with over half of my relatives in Canada and all of the elderly ones.
Yup. Get them on whatsapp if you can, or bsky but thats a bigger leap. Facebook has a profile export, it takes a few days and they do everything they can to convince you to only pause your account and they also never really delete you, if you log in itll pop your account back to active. Export works
I asked for the zip, it took 3 days and only contained one old profile photo and the FB logo! I'm downloading photos individually but I have so many. Advice appreciated.
I asked for that. I got a zip. FB did NOT include photos in a folder. I haven't gone thru the folders on my computer yet, tho. Maybe it fetches those from the site? Meaning my acct doesn't really get deleted? Ba$tards.
I did this 10 or more years ago I think. It gave me what would be a literal scrape of my profile, like .html files and the folder structure of the urls /photos/123123/0192390123.jpg etc. Not sure what it does today
I don’t think any replacement is going to fix that. Facebook, Twitters real value is the non-portable network you have established and the fact they can suppress your efforts to migrate. It takes a lot of pressure to get people to believe it’s worth moving to a new platform so you can carry on.
For sure. But I long believed that about Twitter and I think Blue Sky is finally taking off to the point where I have much of my old network here. So I’ll keep some hope!
I’m not sure if you follow Bill Madden but he posted a video the other day showing how to save all of your memories and photos from FB and IG, if you’re looking to dump Zuck.
We are not looking to government to solve infrastructure issues, which is among the reasons people constitute governments, we are looking to rich people.
That's a shift, an intentional one, that put us on the road to Oligarchy about 40 years ago.
Sometimes you need power and money -not just votes- to solve a problem. MCuban has money, and is willing to use his to help.
Your answer sounds like rejecting the help of s plow horse to get a trailer out if the mud at a horse show- simply because it's a horse.
I hear you.
My issue is that I'm a maven of the Constitution, from the Federalist Papers to the history of SCOTUS.
No one wants to say it, but barring an actual revolution, The Great Experiment is over. It began in 1980, it took 40 years but the rich finally did it.
1/2
What ever comes next will not be the same, at all.
It's been so hard to see no one actually fight, especially POTUS. The absolute last chance will be when the armed forces are ordered to fire on citizens, so maybe there's some hope.
So I am just dubious about the rich doing "good things" for "us".
Actually what you need is a global approach to fairer taxation resulting in billionaires becoming a quaint historical sub note not the main text. Do we really need to return to feudalism via the backdoor?
I don't think they meant about the ap, or even what Cuban is saying or offering is *bad*
But here we are wholly dependent on oligarchs to make our government work for us. It's a problem, even when we have one who think might probably hopefully be benevolent.
Technologically I doubt this would be at all difficult. There's probably a 20 year old who could do it from their home computer. It must be non-profit. I doubt it would be all that expensive to get it going. Building a user base would come from BlueSky and Mastodon plus all the media publicity.
Mark, there's gotta be a dark side to you somewhere. You're a billionaire for cryin' out loud. All this well adjusted, good guy presentatation is unsettling to us jaded realists.
A similar commerce model over here with better partners would be amazing. Instead of factory crap from China, integrate with shopify, poshmark, or etsy and push the same affiliate sales rewards. The patronage gifts as micro transactions are also pretty sick.
Hi Mark - Thank you for your efforts to invest in tools that enable content sharing & encourage community building. If you're open to other ideas that are also about constructive content sharing, I'd welcome the chance to share an idea with you. If so, my email is: [email protected]
maybe he is. but at least he has a track record of operating companies that do not have profit maximization as their prime goal, which is more than you can say about most card carrying members of the american billionaire club.
(Technically speaking, I'm not sure if the at protocol in the current state is the best choice for an undertaking like this, as the way the data is distributed between federation members is very resource intensive, but that's something the professionals need to solve)
it really sucks that it has become what it's become. fond memories of waiting for my college email so i could finally get on FB. adding everyone I met at a party the next day like a weirdo. 'poke' wars. Simpler times.
Then they let everyone's racist drunk Uncles on and monetized them. RIP
We have extremely brilliant people in Silicon Valley & Stanford as well as Spiegel (SNAP) who gave 5 million LA (v cheapskate Bezo & Zuck who have given zilch.)
Go SNAP Go Stanford brains!
i too believe |ATProtocol is the only way forward for social media (content its own agency). With engagement and debate being what it currently is Id like to see elected officials, MP`s and especially institutions such as the E.U backing away from Twitter, instead of providing it with legitimacy.
Cool. I was thinking the same thing. As long as it's separate and doesn't overwhelm our platform. I guess like the relationship between Instagram and Threads.
I think Mark wants something a little more interactive, 2 way communications with the end-user. As well as something that affords a more targeted response. Agree a network has high visibility, those platforms may not have much staying power.
you may need to, but you can't. they don't care WHAT the lie is, or about, but rather just that nothing changes, or you could say, nothing progresses. as long as the same channel they always listened to continues to tell them the same lie, thats all they want.
I don't trust any billionaire but for those who love the app, they will need a alternative. If there is one you can probable trust to not to try to brain wash the masses it may be Mark. But do not let your guard down for a second.
He actually started out as one of us as opposed to being handed everything on a plate. He said the most patriotic thing you can do is pay your taxes, and he gives so much away, it's insane. He's one to watch.
Same here.
I'm not tech savvy.
I have features on my phone that will never, ever be used because the only thing I can do is make a call and play Candy Crush.🤭
We really need an alternative to Facebook, too. I know, only old people use Facebook but it's the easiest way to connect if you have a large family or friends spread out across the world.
No.. many use it to stay in touch with out of state family and friends.. my cousin uses it to keep in touch with new babies in the family.. elderly who can’t travel as much..
I know many thousands of 'young' people who use FB groups. Hikers looking for information and their 'people' are in the same groups I am in for the PCT, JMT, TRT, along with all of the Caminos. If there were some other platform that I could find this same community I would have left FB years ago.
Your right... There are a lot of people in FB groups but the vast majority are inactive. They drop in, ask 1 question. Use it for a day, a week and then they are gone forever. There is a lot of content there. Hopefully we can bring them to BSKY.
It’s a place with people you know - where you aren’t just this anonymous person who no one actually cares about. That’s what I like about Facebook. But Zuck lost his way, so I’m out.
Good idea, but I have a more useful one. Will write it up soon for you and other billionaires Mark. Together, you could re-create the American dream for so many who have lost it…
Why? So Elon and trump can get butthurt that everyone on it isn’t sucking their dicks all day. Then they will cry and try to buy it or use the government to hinder its ability to function.
The reason why I don't have TikTok is because of all the information they wanted on me and background. They want all the information for free so I said fuck off. I said no to TikTok.
I deleted it because I could scroll all day on that stuff. I want a revamped facebook to share with my friends. I’d rather pay a bit to not have any ads or unsolicited garbage click bait.
LOL It doesn't ask for location activity, you set that when you make an account, dummy. Of course it's asking for photo access, that's the point of the app, dummy.
I agree. Surely there's someone out there who can do this. 🙏 After all, the owner of TikTok will be sitting with the other sycophantic oligarch at il Duce Donald's installation.
Except he's not even doing that. He could hire a project manager to lead this, give them hiring and firing privileges, and just sign the cheques. What he's saying here is "I want this to happen but I won't do a single thing to get it off the ground." It's literally thoughts and prayers.
Sure he could do it himself, but why? He's a shark. He funds good ideas and product development. He doesn't want to be a project manager. If someone comes u with a good idea and proof of concept, Mark will help develop and fund it. Pretty good offer.
Agreed, everyone I know who is still on FB is because that is their main connection to friends and family in a group. It would be great to replace that
I feel like for most of our not chronically online friends and family it’s the first and maybe last social network they join. They aren’t seeking anything beyond what it offers.
No, “TikTok focuses heavily on short-form, entertaining videos, while Facebook is more geared towards sharing text, photos, and longer videos, often used for connecting with friends and family”
J.B. Pritzker is also pretty cool from what I've seen. He's the Governor of Illinois, and part of the alliance of Democratic governors that are in the process of Trump-Proofing their states. He supports Net Neutrality, and also ensured paid leave for every worker in the state of Illinois.
I'm not arguing that at all✅. Why exactly would anyone really need 1 thousand million is mind boggling 😏. We align now and I haven't seen any overly shady practices from him but I'm sure they're some. I'm not perfect so I don't expect anyone else to be either.
While you dummies worship Mark Cuban, I sharpen my blade every day remembering what he tried to do to Lina Khan for her efforts to make our lives better at the FTC.
If you’re too dumb to understand what this means, then I have no clue why you comment on anything he does.
Best of luck to @mcuban.bsky.social .
I avoided TikTok because of security concerns (ex-MSFT). I welcome an ethical platform not controlled by the right or an adversary. I recently left X to join BlueSky and still building followers. Encouraged the community is growing. I would join.
Not really Ik cnn msnbc the view hate everything republican , but the ones I watch call everyone out and deliver facts ironically some are news sources from other countries , and wow did they bully the US during Biden
Im 100% sure Facebook isn’t right winged , the only time I got censored was when I shared Biden and covid memes on both twitter and Facebook now i can make trump memes and question shit he does and still don’t get censored
But do you get seen as often? And facebook is starting to censored abortion ads, too. And most importantly, Zuckerberg explicitly said he influenced the 2016 election, and attended Trump's inauguration.
I felt the same way—it just seemed awful. I’ve never used it myself, but I’ve seen some of the content, and it only reinforced my belief that it’s inherently bad for the brain.
My teen isn’t on TikTok but she made the comment just last night that if it goes away there would surely be clones. It’s too popular with her generation not to do so.
I like Cuban's idea. Meanwhile, his Shark Tank pal Kevin O'Leary is trying to buy the US version of Tik Tok. O'Leary is another greedy asshole like Trump so I would not support his bid. We need a new player separate from all the oligarchs with greedy intentions.
The actions he is taking or willing to take benefit society in a more positive way than the actions others have and are taking.
While he may benefit from it more, or in other ways, we can’t say that his willingness to put a spotlight on the issues and bring another audience to the convo is bad.
Yes to this 1000%
This is a market opportunity for AMERICAN entrepreneurs to build a BETTER product from the ground up. TT didn’t exist a few years ago & it’ll be forgotten just as quickly when we support sane/ethical developers who aren’t afraid to fight racism, homophobia, hate, oligarchs, etc.
It's an obvious win.
The loss of Tiktok has created a vacuum.
I would hope it will be made and set so it cannot be bought out by some RW Billionaire to make into their playground.
When Mark’s finished with that he may as well move on to a Facebook replacement so people aren’t forced into burning the modern equivalent of the address book.
If your still not convinced the Chinese owns the US government look no further than Trump, Biden, and Congress working overtime to stop the Tiktok ban from taking effect.
Tbqf, I don't trust anyone with the amount of money this guy has. Tech needs to stop being viewed as a monetary gateway and more as a community property.
Cuban is in denial. On 1/2/25 a ruthless fascist regime holds on 3 branches of USA's power. Coming soon: speaking against the Trump regime is illegal, and all media that allows it is an enemy of the USA & will be banned.
speaking against the Trump regime is illegal, and all media that allows it is an enemy of the USA & will be banned. Strange Interpretation of the First Amendment? "Speaking Against the KING and his regime is Illegal!?"
Anything but non American apps succeeding. I have never seen a fascist country like America that claims to be democratic. This is Censorship and fear of competition
On one hand, an open source version of TikTok sounds like a great idea. On the other hand, it’s a social media platform owned and controlled by another billionaire.
It would be like it is here. No one really owns Bluesky. It can’t be sold because it’s an open source or something like that. We have to work extra hard for our algorithm because it doesn’t push anything
This is a real patriot, Mark, thank you for your valuable input and support for the health of our country. Millions of us love to hear from you. Your legend continues to grow! 💪🏼 = badass.
Would really love to see someone w his $ (or a co op of them) do something to impact info flow - journalism etc before they all go under - or worse buy into the oligarchy we've morphed into in that sector
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.... i said he should take 1 billion of his 5.7 billion net worth and make a national private insurance we all could pay into..and..well..
he would rather buy a tictok..
Wonder why🤔
your work is valuable … he’s a billionaire!!
People’s Underwear in a Bunch
especially now that That Trump
and Musk think they have TikToc All Sewed up in a Pretty bow
Mark Cuban 🤣
Business page (a kind of free website) and other niche interest groups on FB are nice.
Same principle as BlueSky.
Federated, decentralized, open source. Not buyable.
https://joinmastodon.org
It’s amazing how just a little barrier of inconvenience has practically cured me of ever going there again.
Here - would love to quit FB
It's a whole category of family relations 😐
Good people must unite and stick together, the wsy we always have.
There are plenty of us.
But that's literally where we are; better outcomes depend on better oligarchs.
Folks, is that as hard as your willing to fight for the American Dream?. If so, the Great Experiment is over.
We are not looking to government to solve infrastructure issues, which is among the reasons people constitute governments, we are looking to rich people.
That's a shift, an intentional one, that put us on the road to Oligarchy about 40 years ago.
Your answer sounds like rejecting the help of s plow horse to get a trailer out if the mud at a horse show- simply because it's a horse.
My issue is that I'm a maven of the Constitution, from the Federalist Papers to the history of SCOTUS.
No one wants to say it, but barring an actual revolution, The Great Experiment is over. It began in 1980, it took 40 years but the rich finally did it.
1/2
It's been so hard to see no one actually fight, especially POTUS. The absolute last chance will be when the armed forces are ordered to fire on citizens, so maybe there's some hope.
So I am just dubious about the rich doing "good things" for "us".
But here we are wholly dependent on oligarchs to make our government work for us. It's a problem, even when we have one who think might probably hopefully be benevolent.
Deus ex machina is not sustainable.
Then they let everyone's racist drunk Uncles on and monetized them. RIP
Musk is a supervillain
Cuban is a Robin Hood
Go SNAP Go Stanford brains!
Have you guys gotten in touch with Mark Cuban yet?
On your mark.
Get set.
GO!
If I could work my microwave I'd be giving it a go , just need to heat lunch 1st
I'm not tech savvy.
I have features on my phone that will never, ever be used because the only thing I can do is make a call and play Candy Crush.🤭
https://www.9news.com.au/national/sunshine-coast-queensland-brisbane-one-year-old-filmed-online-content-followers-woman-arrested-torture-charges/fbebbe3b-2a9f-44e9-864d-1cb0537705b4
But nobody used Mastodon 🤷
If Cuban wants to dump money in to the AT protocol and federated social media that's just pure win imo
The software is there, the juice to get people using it isn't
Something to think about.
They would switch for something similar because it's turned into a cesspool but, for the older members, it needs to look more like FB than this.
I have JMT + PCT feeds in my profile. take a peak
Boooooo.
There are no good billionaires because you can't reach that level of wealth without crushing people along the way
Hiring someone is a lot more work than checking in and funding someone else’s project.
Plus this gives the creator ownership and creative control.
I don't understand why it is even a topic.
There’s no direct Facebook replacement yet that Facebook fans and my 70 yo aunt could be convinced to switch to. Yet (?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky
I suppose we could all move back to MySpace for that FB experience
Just because our goals currently align, it doesn't make them an ally
The founder is Isaac Hayes III.
He is not one of the #AteTheBigMac crowd.
Quite the opposite.
He took 🥭 #LittleBunkerBoy to court for illegally playing his father’s music at rallies.
He won 😃
https://bsky.app/profile/bluescreen.blue/post/3lfxzmp7kg226
Headquartered in Belfast, and no tech broligarchs involved.
The main benefit Facebook groups have is discoverability/notifications, free hosting, and an interface that allows people to join with a single click.
If you’re too dumb to understand what this means, then I have no clue why you comment on anything he does.
I am going directly to CHINA
I avoided TikTok because of security concerns (ex-MSFT). I welcome an ethical platform not controlled by the right or an adversary. I recently left X to join BlueSky and still building followers. Encouraged the community is growing. I would join.
While he may benefit from it more, or in other ways, we can’t say that his willingness to put a spotlight on the issues and bring another audience to the convo is bad.
This is a market opportunity for AMERICAN entrepreneurs to build a BETTER product from the ground up. TT didn’t exist a few years ago & it’ll be forgotten just as quickly when we support sane/ethical developers who aren’t afraid to fight racism, homophobia, hate, oligarchs, etc.
The loss of Tiktok has created a vacuum.
I would hope it will be made and set so it cannot be bought out by some RW Billionaire to make into their playground.
Not sure of the architecture, not AT as far as I know.