Democratic Politicians Are Flocking to Bluesky

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10 points·uwemaurer··6 comments

Democratic politicians are joining Bluesky in growing numbers. This ranking tracks the most popular elected officials on the platform.

Have never been on Twitter/X and only recently joined Bluesky and also Mastodon. The overall impression gotten from this news messaging experience is one best described as cacophony. There is no real quality difference between these platforms, regardless whether they are part of the fediverse or not. In the end it's all just an endless flow of everything and nothing. Truly cacophonic at best.

It is absolutely unconceivable how such social media platforms can be of any informational value for thinking people. Politicians using such platforms probably just waste precious time of all involved parties including their own.

So, they've learned nothing about the risks of tying their identity to a platform controlled by a third party.

They need to stay on X and fight the power!

For the benefit of who? It wasn't a good idea to use Twitter for politics in the first place because you're inherently tying your identity to a business that doesn't hold the same principles you do. It was bad when Dorsey owned it and now it's a dumpster fire under new leadership.

You're not going to "fight" shit on a private platform. You're going to be algorithmically steamrolled and get your ad revenue used for Super PAC money.

Should they also join Trump Social to "fight the power"

I think a better strategy is to make the old guard social media companies irrelevant. Rebuild everything on protocols that support real user choice and competition

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