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...

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.

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Welp, that Josh Barro guy you linked seems equally unpleasant looking at his website's front page.