So far, bluesky seems to have no shortage of memes, cat pictures, shitposting, meta-discourse on social networks, etc, but just about zero of the interesting hacker/maker content I enjoyed on Twitter and follow over here.
So beyond open questions like "are they really serious about distributed/federated?", "are they going to manage to make user safety a thing?", and "is this all some Evil Plot by Jack?", the content quality is not there yet, for me.
My work is about engaging #communicationtheory with problems in society through #metadiscourse or reflexive practical talk about communication. For example, right now I'm studying the different concepts of communication that people use for making arguments about #Twitter - why communication on Twitter is good or bad, why they are staying or leaving, and so on. Your thoughts?
I'm an emeritus professor of #communication at the University of Colorado Boulder, currently living in #philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A long time #Twitter user (@meta_d), I'm here to explore this alternative space. Honestly, I hate the idea of leaving Twitter and still hope it won't be necessary.
#argumentation
#communicationstudies
#communicationtheory
#DiscourseStudies
#DiscourseAnalysis
#metadiscourse
#philosophyofcommunication
#socialinteraction
#theory
Reproducing a 99% serious twitter thread here since it isn't in my most recent takeout, and the wayback queue for twitter is 46 minutes due to lots of people backing up tweets, I guess.
https://twitter.com/mlinksva/status/1604562638167371777
The new alt platforms promo policy is amazing https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy
Let's push further in that direction, variance and learning are good!
How about banning #metadiscourse? Twitter=experience public square and soon everything market, not experience discussion about these.
I'm going to get both my throwaway #Mastodon #metadiscourse thoughts in one toot and never return to the subject.
1) I wish people could get notifications when we like or boost something they boost. You should get dopamine for being a talented booster.
2) I like that they're called toots. You can't take yourself as seriously if every time you want to say something you have to toot it. #StayHumble
