Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
Summary
Journalists are increasingly abandoning X (formerly Twitter) for Bluesky, citing higher engagement and less toxicity. Since Elon Musk’s takeover of X, changes like deprioritizing external links and rising hate speech have alienated many, especially marginalized groups.
Bluesky, founded by Jack Dorsey, offers a more welcoming environment, especially for journalists and activists, with 20x the engagement in some cases.
Reporters note better traffic, reduced harassment, and a focus on diverse stories.
Organizations like The Guardian and fundraising groups also report greater success on Bluesky compared to X.
"There's no chance this leopard will eat my face."
--Migrating Journalists, probably
Well, it's not like it's the exact same dude who sold the old platform to fascists last time, right?
More like
everyone else is, and I need to keep my job as a... you know, journalist
I think Mastodon needs to adopt a flying animal as its logo and make its theme blue and white
They could use Dumbo
Best not to prod the mouse.
Introducing "Masto! The flying elephant! A legally distinctive flying elephant than Dumbo!"
Dumbodon
Pegasus?
Omg blue sky is a yeast infection LMAO 🤣
Im kinda pissed about this ngl. The enshitification of twitter was supposed to drive mastodon not another corporatised shithole.
Wont happen until mastodon makes on boarding easy enough for the tech illiterate.
That is a major issue the fediverse needs to fix.
We need a single federated account that works across all platforms that iant tied to a single server even if said server goes down that preferably allows for your private key to be held by u. Ideally get this to work with the new passkey standard supported by google, apple, microsoft etc.
Then. We need to make a website that is like 3 simple steps.
Step 0: Option a) sign up with email Option b) sign up with username
Step 1: Select or search for 3 categories ur interested in
Step 2: Show me nsfw yes/no default no Show me extreme opinions yes/no default no (need to rework what word to use instead of "extreme") Show me bot accounts yes/no default yes
Step 2.5: automaticly send said user off to an instance that is the following:
- Respects their email/username sign up choice
- Related to their interests
- Respects their nsfw choice
- Is defederated from extreme instances for dont show me extreme opinions hexbear lemmy.ml etc 4.Respects the load any individual instance can handle that the instance admin can configure.
Step 3: user signs up to the instance they have been directed to
Step 4: reccommend people/communities etc fir them to follow/subscribe to. Reccommend blockliats for specific subjects, racist, tankie, asshole, nazi, etc.
Done!
Their already exists a standard for accounts just that its not yet been implemented into most services yet. Mastodon already has blocklists (although poorly managed and implemented). It wouldnt be too hard to make this website i could probably do it myself ngl.
Should probably also drop this vid into the proccess somewhere as a quick explainer.
This is the most common reply to any mention of onboarding newcomers, but it’s not helpful. It’d be much more productive to hear specific criticisms so we can address them.
- Is clicking the big “Join” (the default server) on joinmastodon.org really that big of a hurdle?
- Is a firehouse home feed required to engage users from the start?
This sort of thing will keep happening unless the FOSS world learns to treat designers as equals. Mastodon is significantly harder to get going. Simple things like on-boarding and starter packs make BlueSky a better experience.
100% agree
All we gotta do is wait for Bluesky to get bought by Musk.
Full circle!
Dont fret Mastadonians. The great Bsky to Fediverse migration is inevitable. Only the timing is debatable.
We have had many waves of people in the past. It does not look like Mastodon will become mainstream for some time if ever.
So you are saying go to the thing that has been shit for years over the thing that isn't shit yet because that second thing may become shit in the future?
No. Im a self serving bastard who wants to see Activpub as the dominant form of content sharing and discussion. Because i think Activpub is an objectivly better standard that gives more power and liberty to the individual.
Twitter was always toxic.
Yes, but it's 1000x worse now.
Good, but Mastodon has been a great option for a long time...
News orgs would have set up their own Mastodon instances ages ago and moved there if they were even 10% as "liberal" as the wingers claim they are...
yoo not call mii toxic, i hav big brian.
Reguards Elon Mush.
You ----------------> Horse
Cue drowning child meme
Better summary: Biased journalists bitter their ideas don't get traction where everyone isn't holed up in an echo chamber so they blame racism and homophobia while migrating to a platform run by the same corrupt garbage, but its BLUE garbage.
If you're still federated you're doing it wrong.