From what I heard, bluesky (unsurprisingly) has the exact same toxicity problems as twitter.

There was I think this piece of writing in 2024 (just googled it, don't quote me on that) https://www.thefp.com/p/jesse-singal-bluesky-has-a-death-thr...

iirc there were newer instances too, but why bother reading on that, when you can just look at how the system is built.

Twitter and Twitter-ish systems are just fundamentally anti-human. The same can be said about most of social media, actually, but Twitter is high up on the worst offender list, and Bluesky just cloned it. Again.

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cagey 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I found this[0] to be an interesting perspective:

"Bluesky Isn't a Bubble. It's a Containment Dome.

Pray that Bluesky doesn't die entirely — we need it so the worst liberal posts are kept in a place where the broader public won't ever see them."

[0] https://www.joshbarro.com/p/bluesky-isnt-a-bubble-its-a-cont...

	▲	hypfer 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ha, nice one. And same is true for the fediverse. It should've been like that with Twitter too, but Twitter unfortunately became the clubhouse of the journalist class, and they kinda did control the media. So they made everyone believe that whatever social ingroup infighting skirmish bs is happening would be relevant to the people at large. Elon saw that, thought "hey I want that" and bought it - not changing anything about it other than giving the microphone to even worse people. While everyone thinks they can call themself "journalist" (no matter the merit, ethics or similar), at the very least, all of their infighting led to a certain baseline of quality back then. So there was that. Oh well. Many such cases. Someone not interested in changing the system but changing who is on top I mean. __ Welp, that Josh Barro guy you linked seems equally unpleasant looking at his website's front page.

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cmrdporcupine 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yep, if there's a recommendation algorithm and a "this is my megaphone" style posting, it just inevitably becomes an echo chamber of narcissism.

Even Mastodon which has no algorithm trends towards the obnoxious when you start going into various corners.

As much as I hate Facebook now, the OG Facebook which was strictly a feed of "this is what my friends and family are posting" and nothing else... was ideal. Not public. Just private in an inner group.

the much maligned Google+ honestly had a good model too.

	▲	senderista 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Don't forget FriendFeed!