So much this. So many of the grievances coming out these days boil down to "you should have been nicer to me." If you listen to Andreessen and Horowitz's podcast on why they supported Trump it was literally "we asked to meet with Biden & he wouldn't. But Trump's kids would invite us to dinner." RE:
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Wait, what, did I just have to explain live on air to [@jonathancapehart.bsky.social](
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Fun with misleading stats. Elon claims that ExTwitter is "numero uno" but that's ONLY because they self-labeled the app as news. On the full charts... they're #54 while Bluesky is #2. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidz4bsg52uu4pl6vpbbnz7egb7kk5pqrw4ninkqel276s5u6qodc4 https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidry77kwpd22iwhsrxpopusfa2r3z2flaucrbrdsm5qxunnsameo4 https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreigpy3gcto2mx4ge325wypujqipawqpm5mgymmicwhiq7rm5qcwza4
Okay folks, this morning we launched our Kickstarter campaign for our new *amazing* card game, One Billion Users. You can back it here: [www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasnick/one-billion-users-the-social-media-card-game?ref=14nt84 ) [One Billion Users: The Social ...](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasnick/one-billion-users-the-social-media-card-game?ref=14nt84 )
Investigating people for polls you don't like doesn't seem particularly free speechy. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreicyqeuqem6ywy4k2w6pc7jjds3e4du4wbqed3e2xir3ogp5czzf5a
Wait. It just occurred to me. The push by a ton of MAGA folks in the Missouri v. Biden case (including the district court ruling) was that effectively NO White House official could talk to any social media company without violating the First Amendment. Yet now Elon Musk will be a WH official.
I know there are some skeptics, and skepticism is good. But the team at Bluesky is so good and are just going to keep delivering RE:
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Bluesky is building such that if future Bluesky sucks or fails, you can keep going without them. This point is so important and completely ignored by the doomers insisting enshittification is inevitable. RE:
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Jon Stewart calls out the media for claiming that the Democrats were "too woke," pointing out that's bullshit, and if anything, the Democrats basically campaigned as if they were traditional Republicans. Bonus: he absolutely obliterates Scott Galloway. [www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBJ...]( ) [Jon Stewart On What Went Wrong...]( )
FWIW, I passed 80k followers here today. On Twitter I never had more than 55k. And the engagement here has been way better since early on when I had way fewer followers. If you put effort in here, you'll get more out of it. RE:
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Asked a famous writer why he is still on Twitter, and the reply was "90 thousand people are still here, following me. When my numbers near 90K on T...
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