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Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works -1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

He's a c-list celebrity and genre author. I generally agree with what he says and enjoy his writing, but I'd be surprised if any of his usual audience joined a platform specifically because of him.

Edit: I am surprised that some of his usual audience joined a platform specifically because of him.

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

Me.

I followed him from Twitter to Mastodon, even though he didn't exactly endorse Mastodon. If he were to endorse a platform I wouldn't think twice about joining.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 9 points 13 hours ago

I know people who have, so I would disagree.

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Is that was he is claiming though? I read it as spending effort to get people to follow him there, i.e. posting and engaging on the platform to increase his visibility and number of followers there, when he could spend that effort doing it elsewhere / doing something else.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

That's the way I read it as well.