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Ironically, the level of vitriol in response to @jemima.bsky.social's column on the echoey nature of the BlueSky chamber has matched any twitter pile on I've ever seen, only with an added dose of self-righteousness. (1/11)

If you search "Jemima" on here you can see hordes of people screaming that she's a Nazi, and even some trying to carry out amateur genealogy on her family tree, all for saying that their preferred social media platform isn't a perfect utopia. Wild! (2/11)

The strangest thing is that people seem to be angry about several things she didn't argue: 1. That Nazis should be allowed on BlueSky 2. That X remains better than Bluesky (3/11)

I don't think #1 really needs explaining, but on #2: she actually concluded that a theoretical digital town square (which no longer exists precisely because of Elon) would be preferable to all these little walled gardens. Maybe this should’ve been more explicit given widespread confusion! (4/11)

A big irony here is that Elon and his minions have actually dunked on Jemima for a past column (presciently!) saying that he has turned twitter into a dying platform! (5/11)

Americans are also reading a British columnists in a British newspaper, laughing at her silly British name, howling they don't get her British references & missing the British context (Bsky migration post-Elon UK riot tweets) V reminiscent of this lol 👇🏻(6/11) www.gawkerarchives.com/culture/i-sh...

I suppose we wouldn't have mocked her very insular British references as much if the whole piece hadn't been her lecturing *other* people for their siloed perspective and if she hadn't made a point of pushing her parochial references on us in screenshots of a firewalled article.

But if the argument the two of you are advancing is "non-British readers should avoid the Financial Times at all costs," well, keep at it. You're doing great.