Quote tweets are happening but you can’t block anyone and muting doesn’t work.
(emphasis mine)
— Elizabeth Lopatto, They’re ‘skeets’ now
Is this post a joke or serious? Still trying to work out why Micro.blog is connected to this thing.
@SimonWoods and one more …
A normal day on Twitter in 2019 - by Ryan Broderick don’t let the title deceive .. the piece is his thoughts on BlueSky.
@SimonWoods The reason we’re supporting it is all about technology, not culture or user experience. To be clear I think Bluesky repeats many mistakes from Twitter (likes, reposts, follower counts, algorithmic timeline, recommending popular users) that we don’t believe in.
@SimonWoods It’s the first service connected to Micro.blog that’s given me serious pause. I’ve long since left places like Twitter and Reddit because I don’t want to be part of the shitposting culture that dominates those spaces.
@gregmoore @SimonWoods It’s cross-posting! If the services that Micro.blog allowed cross-posting to was some sort of measure of moral rectitude, wasn’t initial support for Facebook not the line?
Don’t like a service? Don’t join it and don’t cross-post to it.
@manton and I am so grateful that you put this deep thought into Micro.blog and made these decisions.
@paulrobertlloyd You’re misconstruing my point. Bluesky isn’t a bad service What the article describes, however, is some of the worst participants of the social internet flocking to the service in high enough numbers that people are noticing. This is happening just after Micro.blog connected with it. Pointing out that trouble could come from all that is a reasonable concern to have and discuss.
“Don’t cross-post” blows off the fact that whatever @manton connects into Micro.blog becomes a full part of it independently of individual user choices. Services connected into Micro.blog become woven into the timeline and show up all over people’s replies regardless of individual cross-posting choices.
To put it a better way: The sky isn’t falling but is there sewage coming in from that new pipe?
Well thank you @gr36. I’m happy to be wrong about this.
(Feel free to ignore my previous reply @paulrobertlloyd @manton 😓)
@gregmoore That’s one reason I was comfortable launching this early: it won’t affect anyone who isn’t using it. If in the future we decide to pull Bluesky posts in too, like Mastodon, that will be a larger discussion.