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Platforms which drive away normal users with unwarranted hate become increasingly concentrated with toxic people over time.

If bluesky don’t find a way to escape this spiral of driving away normal people and attracting toxic people it’s going to become a sort of left-wing 4chan.



How is the Adobe corporate account a "normal user"? Define "normal people"?


I don't think it possible with the the twitter/bluesky UI to not become dominated by grandstanding, attention starved, narcissists.

The same way a photo sharing app is going to become dominated by attention starved, narcissists posting sexy photos.

Normal users just don't have the same motivation to post.

It is like complaining rotting meat is attracting flies.


Oh no! Imagine if all the corporate advertisers left our social media platform!

That would be like Hacker News but without all the shills using it. Practically unrecognizable, all the "normal people" would be gone.


Truly an awful thought.


Have a peek at the Facebook comments on Adobe's account. The sentiment is the same. We live in an economy where customers have no outlet to have their concerns heard, while companies set up shop on communal forums to blast their bullhorn. Why should communication be one way?

It's interesting that you see this as a moderation issue for Bluesky rather than an opportunity for a billion dollar brand to rethink the way they communicate online.


Saying that BlueSky resembles Facebook comments isn't exactly a glowing review.


I'm addressing the assertion that mean comments will scare off 'normal people'. It hasn't yet on Facebook, Reddit, Instagram etc. Brand pages get blasted everywhere, it comes with the territory.


Facebook has size and inertia. Bluesky is small so needs high status early adopters. Such people have reputations to maintain so will avoid toxic drama like Bluesky. The sites are in different life stages.




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