I'm a big fan of Bluesky and much prefer it to X for a whole host of reasons, but, in my personal experience, it's neither "nicer" nor "kinder." I just think the nature of social media—especially on microblogging platforms that host a lot of political/current events discussion—brings out meanness.
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Nature
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
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(I look forward to the tsunami of nastiness in reply to this link that will perfectly make my point.)
Singal is on friendly terms with the infamously psychopathic Kiwi Farms - he wants them to be vicious to a larger pool of people.
But oh boo hoo poor Jesse Singal a martyr of Free Speech!
https://www.pinkerite.com/2025/01/jesse-singal-kiwi-farms-needs-more.html
We control our experience here.
*And they foul the nest we're building for ourselves.*
I don't understand how anyone who values this common space can not get that, or just not care.
(*Sigh*)
Maybe instead of pretending they're all bots you should figure out why the layman is 50x more effective at detecting SCOTUS' obvious BS than a Serious Thinker™️ such as yourself
And the time pressure for hot takes means most people don't think much about what they say
Like... you, I imagine.