Bluesky was launched as a Twitter rival – but it's less popular(cnbc.com)
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Bluesky was launched as a Twitter rival – but it's less popular
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/bluesky-twitter-rival-reddit-social-media.html
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A critical mass of users will always be the issue.
I, like many, tried Bluesky a while back. I liked how clean and simple the platform was, but unfortunately, regardless of how you feel about Elon, "it's not Twitter" isn't enough of a reason for most people to switch.
Twitter has lost all of it's charm in the last few years, but as a pure news aggregator with custom lists and a bit of curation, it's still got a lot of utility.
I, like many, tried Bluesky a while back. I liked how clean and simple the platform was, but unfortunately, regardless of how you feel about Elon, "it's not Twitter" isn't enough of a reason for most people to switch.
Twitter has lost all of it's charm in the last few years, but as a pure news aggregator with custom lists and a bit of curation, it's still got a lot of utility.
One can seek and live a life of quality experiences with focus and depth or experience infinite random "hits" that require tedious curation to have any meaning. Out of today's "haul" of HN articles, I saved 30 worth some (perish the thought) serious review. (IMO, relying on AI is like trusting a liar who will soon flood answers with ads. Soon.)
To me, it's like a good book versus grabbing internet bytes. A book has four "Cs" A good one is
1. Connected. - One chapter follows another logically, not going off the rails.
2. Coherent. - All chapters reinforce each other, and don't contradict.
3. Consistent. - Chapters are in the same voice, and level.
4. Complete. - There are no gaps, or necessary stitching to be done.
Compendia excepted, but they are usually edited.
E-Books can be updated (but aren't)