▲ 1253 ▼ Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 262 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) So? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (2 children) So they dont deserve a single penny, I'd rather watch this platform burn to the ground. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zink@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Eh, I’m not interested in supporting them, but the code is free and open source. I’m using a client written by not-them, to connect to a server run by not-them, and reading federated content from dozens of other servers run by not-them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago You can feel that way. but I see it as supporting the product not the people. When I think of the people behind the biggest social media companies in the world they're awful far worse than some tankie larper online and the product is worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (2 children) So they dont deserve a single penny, I'd rather watch this platform burn to the ground. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zink@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Eh, I’m not interested in supporting them, but the code is free and open source. I’m using a client written by not-them, to connect to a server run by not-them, and reading federated content from dozens of other servers run by not-them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago You can feel that way. but I see it as supporting the product not the people. When I think of the people behind the biggest social media companies in the world they're awful far worse than some tankie larper online and the product is worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zink@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Eh, I’m not interested in supporting them, but the code is free and open source. I’m using a client written by not-them, to connect to a server run by not-them, and reading federated content from dozens of other servers run by not-them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago You can feel that way. but I see it as supporting the product not the people. When I think of the people behind the biggest social media companies in the world they're awful far worse than some tankie larper online and the product is worse. permalink fedilink source parent