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Wakeup call: literally no one cares about the "protocol." Zoomers will still use TikTok & Instagram, millennials will still use Instagram & Twitter, boomers will still use Facebook.

Bluesky is the classic solution looking for a problem.




That's why they built a fairly polished iOS app before "launching" the protocol.


Yep, none of these decentralized platforms will take off unless they offer something truly unique. They're way too focused on the implementation details right now. From the front page of Mastodon:

> These posts from this and other servers in the decentralized network are gaining traction on this server right now.

I mean, what the hell does that even mean to a layperson?




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