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Ryan Heuser
@ryanheuser.com

Apparently this is causing a stir on bluesky, but you know what they say in analysis, visceral rejection is a sign of resistance to something repressed.

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com

i think, end of the day, the real problem with Bluesky is that most of its users are here *because* they want to be in a bubble. and they can tell themselves that it’s just about not being around Nazis it supporting Musk, and that’s part of it, but also there’s a palpable desire to be ensconced.

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Ted Underwood
@tedunderwood.com

Fully avowed, untroubled bubble-desirer here. There are lots of opinions in the world, and I don't need to interact with most of them on social media.

Ryan Heuser
@ryanheuser.com

Fair enough. But I miss the Habermasian fantasy of the internet as a public sphere, however perverted, however communicatively irrational. Giving up on that ironically seems to contribute further to the platformization of the internet—even more than a private platform functioning as public sphere.

Ted Underwood
@tedunderwood.com

I think we might need to zoom out a bit to get a sense of the real direction of change. I can remember the range of interaction I had before 2008 — which was much, much narrower both geographically and professionally. I think a lot of us have wider networks now, largely because of the internet.

Ted Underwood
@tedunderwood.com

That's good, and I don't think it's going away. I don't feel I have to wade through engagement farming & techdude hype posts & atrocity videos in order to sustain it. Heck, I don't even have to pay attention to The Atlantic to sustain it!