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Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

And I still to this day don't get the appeal of the twitter model

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, I much prefer following topics over people. Every time I glance at microblogging, there is just so much noise. At least lemmy-style forums have upvotes to surface quality content rather than the jumbled mess that microblogs are. No matter how much I like someone (even IRL friends/family), I won't be interested in their every passing thought, it's just exhausting.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 13 points 3 weeks ago

Me neither, but I guess once you start following enough people, or the platform has a large enough amount of people posting there, it becomes "interesting" by quantity, if not quality.

I think I tried twitter for a week back in 2018, didn't "get it", deleted the account. Tried Mastodon last year, enjoyed the much larger character limit, but didn't feel like staying.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"The number of characters is limited based on old SMS standard! Lulz!"

Yeah, good way to have meaningful conversations where you can bring convincing arguments! /S

[–] mke@programming.dev 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The amount of internet spaces with generous character limits and shit discussions makes me think that's far from the biggest issue.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It becomes a pretty major issue when it's one of the main sources of information for people though...

[–] mke@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's a different thing, and I don't think bigger character limits would help with a culture of not reading past headlines, not verifying and sharing sources, lacking moderation, and so on. Bigger issues.

[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's good for when you want to keep up with what people or organizations you're interested in are up to. Artists, authors, game developers, etc.

It sucks for any kind of in-depth content or conversation, including politics.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But that's just Facebook, why would I have twitter if that is my only motivation?

[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like Facebook is much worse for that, but I haven't touched Facebook in many years so I couldn't tell you why I feel that way.