Ex-Xers Running to Bluesky—Not SN and/or Nostr? \ stacker news ~nostr

Ex-Xers Running to Bluesky—Not SN and/or Nostr?www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/style/bluesky-users-election.html

706 sats \ 24 comments \ @denlillaapan 13 Nov nostr

NYT features the "exodus" from X to Bluesky. Apparently a million new users in a few days.

Why isn't Stacker News and/or Nostr seeing these kinds of numbers?

...or maybe they/we are, and I just haven't seen it. Is there a way to keep track/measure the overall size of these freer communication networks?

One explantion (in the article) is that the ex-Xers are all just (hyper-)left-wingers, meaning they won't be too happy on Nostr either

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1278 sats \ 10 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

They don't know about Nostr and SN. They know about bluesky because it was an adjacent project to twitter.

Maybe bluesky is a good place to market nostr and SN though as these new users are more likely to try other things as well until they find what they like and it becomes habit forming and very difficult to break them away.

156 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 13 Nov

This is a better point. Nostr is invisible and SN even more so. But even if they did know about these things they would hate them for the same reasons they are leaving Twitter. Lack of left wing censorship.

9 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

This comment was beautifully prescient. #766495

125 sats \ 7 replies \ @ek 13 Nov

Thanks for writing this so I don’t have to (not sure if I would have)

I don’t even want more twitter personalities here tbh, I think we have enough of them already.

216 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

I created a Bluesky account. So far my interpretation is it is mostly a support group for people who want to light themselves on fire because Trump won but I have been replying to people's silly comments about bitcoin in the least trolling way I can (which is difficult for me) so we will see what comes of it.

110 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 13 Nov

Never let a crisis go to waste.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 20h

I thought this read never let a good crisp go to waste 😆

38 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 20h

That too

28 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 13 Nov

I like the way you think.

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 13 Nov

I'm also not eager for any of those partisan hysterics to come here. Good thing for you they never actually make good on their promises to move to Canada when they don't get their way.

24 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 13 Nov

We need a @DarthCoin that calls out people who write in a very sensational, attention-seeking, knee-jerk way. This is my definition of "twitter personality" so far.

34 sats \ 2 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 13 Nov

Yea I doubt they’d like nostr lol

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan OP 13 Nov

FREEDOM MONEY?! ZAPS?! NO CONTENT MODERATION?!

AND WHERE'S THE EDIT BUTTON OMG HEAD EXPLODE_

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 13 Nov

Where is the central authority to suspend accounts??

52 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 13 Nov

Bluesky was funded by Jack when he was at Twitter....it was meant to be a "protocol" originally....his goal was to integrate this into Twitter to decentralize Twitter and solve his problem of the gov agents constantly badgering him to remove content. He wanted to be able to say "I can't remove that content, its completely decentralized now..."

The bluesky team, being typical Silicon Valley types (ie. authoritarian lovers) soon decided to pivot once it was announced Jack was leaving Twitter. So, they turned it into a Twitter clone to re-home their other authoritarian lovers.

Jack discovered Nostr and deleted his Bluesky account.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 13 Nov

1M BOTS !

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 13 Nov

oh yeah, probably.

Not that the peeps or the NYT journalist would know that tho

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 13 Nov

Why isn't Stacker News and/or Nostr seeing these kinds of numbers?

You answered your question

all just (hyper-)left-wingers

I don't know about all but these aren't Trump voters or liberty minded people.