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Loved the breakdown of a topic I wasn't familiar with.

I just can't help but think that the whole ethos of Open Social Media is misguided. I think that social media isn't good for us -- not just because of the big companies making it worse, but because the technology itself doesn't promote health.

It feels like trying to make cigarettes open-source. Sure you can stick it to big tobacco but at the end of the day you're still making cigarettes.



As long as the Eternal September remains on Twitter, there's nothing unhealthy about being on Bluesky. The format isn't the problem, it's the people who use it as a stupid culture war battlefield. Those people seem content to remain on Twitter.


There is a lot of “culture war battlefield” stuff on Bluesky too.




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