I'd normally be receptive to complaints about Bsky being an echo chamber, but the truth of the matter is that this is the only major social media platform that is not owned by someone passively or actively in support of the administration
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What do people even mean by an echo chamber anymore? I see disagreements between liberals and leftist and anti-Trump republicans all the time on here. Actually the level of pedantry is on here is the most irritating.
i am *slightly* worried that the echo-chamber-ish parts of Bsky are ill-preparing people for building a durable political coalition going forward so that we don't keep swinging wildly between fascist and not-fascist regimes. but maybe that's too much to expect from Online anyway, idk.
It would be nice to have more center leaning liberals (and also probably more women talking about politics) on the platform overall to balance things out somewhat. But this is 100% why I refuse to use Twitter.
@aelkus.bsky.social @ravenonthill.bsky.social @aelkus.bsky.social There's also wafrn, which is basically if Mastodon ripped off Tumblr instead of Twitter. Pretty neat
It federates directly with Bluesky, too. This is a wafrn post. #long-tags-usually-end-up-strange-between-platforms-though [...]
This is why I'm ever-so-slightly tempted to try their TikTok knockoff, if only to help increase user counts. Idk if that model will work non-algorithmically but at least ownership isn't actively hostile towards democracy and basic human freedoms.
And the echo chamber has its benefits! I had a post calling out Obama’s immigration policies, which, on twitter would have been roasted by k-hivers and right-wingers but on here the reaction was supportive!
I know some folks on here (and pre-Musk Twitter before) love to shit on it, but Reddit is also out there, and isn’t (currently) owned by someone sucking up to Trump.
Exactly why we are here. It's important at least, that we keep reaching out across the world in solidarity for a long as that is able to be a thing. It may be all for naught, but until then, learning from and listening to everyone is a precious thing.
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It federates directly with Bluesky, too. This is a wafrn post. #long-tags-usually-end-up-strange-between-platforms-though [...]