Scrutable

Grumble wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 11:52 am

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:30 am Why is Bluesky not growing? Gee, it’s so hard to tell. Surely it can’t be self-righteous sanctimony like this!
https://bsky.app/profile/t0nyyates.bsky ... ptuxnjk22o

I like the fact that you’re posting about this on one of the smallest corners of the internet

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:30 am Why is Bluesky not growing? Gee, it’s so hard to tell. Surely it can’t be self-righteous sanctimony like this!
https://bsky.app/profile/t0nyyates.bsky ... ptuxnjk22o

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:05 pm

Grumble wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 11:52 am

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:30 am Why is Bluesky not growing? Gee, it’s so hard to tell. Surely it can’t be self-righteous sanctimony like this!
https://bsky.app/profile/t0nyyates.bsky ... ptuxnjk22o

I like the fact that you’re posting about this on one of the smallest corners of the internet

Why?

nekomatic wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:12 pm

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:30 am Why is Bluesky not growing? Gee, it’s so hard to tell. Surely it can’t be self-righteous sanctimony like this!
https://bsky.app/profile/t0nyyates.bsky ... ptuxnjk22o

I have come across Tony Yates before but don’t currently follow him, so I hadn’t seen that post (which has had all of 40 reposts I think, so neither have many other people), so no, it probably isn’t that.

“Hi, welcome to Bluesky! Is this your first day here? Sure, let me show you around. You’re going to love it, we’re so much better than that other place. This? Oh this is a special badge to prove that I was here before you. Before most people in fact. Why is it there? Because how else are you supposed to know that I’m better than you, silly! Anyway, over here we have LISTS. Lists are great, they really make us different to The Site That Shall Not Be Named. This one, for example, tells you what kind of school someone’s parents sent them to when they were little. Why? You’re asking WHY? Why would you NOT want to know? How else are you supposed to decide whether someone’s views are worth listening to? Anyway, moving on, this list here tells you whether people are still using the The Site That Shall Not Be Named. Because you deserve to know if they’re morally pure, right? I mean how else are we going to keep this community healthy and diverse if we don’t name and shame everyone who… Wait! Where are you going?”

nekomatic wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:12 pm

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:30 am Why is Bluesky not growing? Gee, it’s so hard to tell. Surely it can’t be self-righteous sanctimony like this!
https://bsky.app/profile/t0nyyates.bsky ... ptuxnjk22o

I have come across Tony Yates before but don’t currently follow him, so I hadn’t seen that post (which has had all of 40 reposts I think, so neither have many other people), so no, it probably isn’t that.

bob sterman wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 7:56 am

nekomatic wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:12 pm

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:30 am Why is Bluesky not growing? Gee, it’s so hard to tell. Surely it can’t be self-righteous sanctimony like this!
https://bsky.app/profile/t0nyyates.bsky ... ptuxnjk22o

I have come across Tony Yates before but don’t currently follow him, so I hadn’t seen that post (which has had all of 40 reposts I think, so neither have many other people), so no, it probably isn’t that.

Errr...I don't think Tristan meant it was down to Yates specifically. Rather the fact that Bluesky is infested with people like this - posting stuff like this - and also a load of self-regarding tosh - leading the platform to disappear up it's own a*rse faster than you can say "Wow ... just wow!"

I don't think I'd read books if every other book was about why people aren't reading more books, which books I should read (starter-packs), which books I shouldn't read, why books are so much better than scrolls, and if every book blurb said "Wow...just wow!"

discovolante wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 6:18 am There's only one way to get to the bottom of this: a YouGov poll.

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:30 am Why is Bluesky not growing? Gee, it’s so hard to tell. Surely it can’t be self-righteous sanctimony like this!
https://bsky.app/profile/t0nyyates.bsky ... ptuxnjk22o

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 9:48 pm

nekomatic wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:12 pm

Tristan wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 10:30 am Why is Bluesky not growing? Gee, it’s so hard to tell. Surely it can’t be self-righteous sanctimony like this!
https://bsky.app/profile/t0nyyates.bsky ... ptuxnjk22o

I have come across Tony Yates before but don’t currently follow him, so I hadn’t seen that post (which has had all of 40 reposts I think, so neither have many other people), so no, it probably isn’t that.

He’s hardly the only one. It’s rife with it.

Stolen/borrowed from somewhere else:

“Hi, welcome to Bluesky! Is this your first day here? Sure, let me show you around. You’re going to love it, we’re so much better than that other place. This? Oh this is a special badge to prove that I was here before you. Before most people in fact. Why is it there? Because how else are you supposed to know that I’m better than you, silly! Anyway, over here we have LISTS. Lists are great, they really make us different to The Site That Shall Not Be Named. This one, for example, tells you what kind of school someone’s parents sent them to when they were little. Why? You’re asking WHY? Why would you NOT want to know? How else are you supposed to decide whether someone’s views are worth listening to? Anyway, moving on, this list here tells you whether people are still using the The Site That Shall Not Be Named. Because you deserve to know if they’re morally pure, right? I mean how else are we going to keep this community healthy and diverse if we don’t name and shame everyone who… Wait! Where are you going?”

Stephanie wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 2:43 pm the labeller that says if people went to private school though is very funny for the amount of media piss boiled

discovolante wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 6:06 pm

Stephanie wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 2:43 pm the labeller that says if people went to private school though is very funny for the amount of media piss boiled

Haha what??

Stephanie wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 6:20 pm

discovolante wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 6:06 pm

Stephanie wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 2:43 pm the labeller that says if people went to private school though is very funny for the amount of media piss boiled

Haha what??

someone made a labeller for prominent accounts (predominantly in the media) to say if they went to private school, the point of which was to demonstrate how the media is dominated by private school attendees. the label is only visible if you subscribe to the labeller, which approximately 500 or so users like. apparently this was a very mean thing to do.