Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Bluesky pitches new features at disgruntled Threads users

Stephen Downes

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It's Threads versus Bluesky, or in my view, a battle between a billionaire and people hoping to be billionaires. "Bluesky is hoping to lure Threads users over to the platform with new features that let you pin posts, apply language filters, and customize fonts and text sizes." Bluesky proclaimed "we're not owned by a billionaire" to increasingly frustrated users of its Meta rival who just endured "a flood of engagement bait posts being promoted to people's feeds." If you don't control the algorithm, you don't control the product, and ultimately, you are the product (as always). Via George Station, who proclaims, "At the end of the day, I just want a Personal Learning Network that works."

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