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X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Switching to vaping is less bad, and for me, it lead to me quitting all together. So to me, this is still a small win, and I like to celebrate small wins these days.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I would say quitting twitter to join bluesky is more like quitting menthols to smoke regular cigarettes, and switching to a decentralized platform would be more analogous to a switch to vaping. Quitting social media entirely would equate better to 'quitting smoking' in my mind, as i dont think any platform is mentally healthful (yes i am fully aware of the hypocrisy of posting this comment as a lemmy user).

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

I would say quitting twitter to join bluesky is more like quitting ~~menthols~~ PCP to smoke regular cigarettes

Fixed that for you.

For those who are unfamiliar,

PCP may cause hallucinations, distorted perceptions of sounds, and violent behavior.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Since Twitter is currently really really toxic, dangerous, and run by a maniac; and Bluesky currently is not (it's actually been amazingly non-toxic)...I strongly disagree.

Even shittier anaology, but it's more like moving from a house that has an active gas leak to a house that has gas pipes in the house. Has potential for leaks, but there aren't any right now. And it currently has working gas leak detectors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, if it's good for you I'm glad, maybe over time it will happen to you like vaping and you can completely switch to decentralized networks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You misunderstand. I'm not using any centralized social media. Lemmy is my one and only. I'm saying It's worth celebrating the small wins and encouraging companies to continue moving to models like this. Don't let perfection be the enemy of good.