If the #fediverse is ever to go even partly mainstream, say 10 million active users, we will have to have a clear eyed look at what ordinary #socialmedia consumers want as an interface. Then either alter one of the #platforms, mostly likely #Mastodon, to meet those expectations, or build a new #ActivityPub platform from scratch that will. Otherwise admit to ourselves we just wanna be #niche.
#Bluesky is tearing it up folks! It's pulling in ...
... #journalists, #pundits, #scientists, #artists, #activists, #trans, #autistic people, #manga, #queer, #progressive people, #environmental #advocates, #climate people, #opinion leaders, etc...
If #politicians, #celebrities, & #business people make the jump, it's all over. #Bluesky will be the main place for #microblogging until #enshittification sets in. And it's possible that will never happen.
If we want to be #relevant, actually WANT to be relevant, we are going to have to go to school...
... The #Bluesky school. Do almost everything they are doing except inviting #enshittification. They have the #troll, #spam, #spy and #misinformation problems under control. People are happily connecting and avoiding whatever they want to avoid. They are enjoying themselves.
I love the #fediverse, I always will. Not gonna leave. But it's microscopic.
Dare to #ThinkBig.