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Many consider #Bluesky a success, but in fact its activity has steadily declined since Trump's inauguration. The #Fediverse has had similar trends. Rapid growth caused by an external event is always followed by a slow decline back to a small base of loyal users. In a world full of dopamine addiction, it's hard to be a social network without dark patterns.

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A chart of daily posters that is slowly declining since since an uptick in January.
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william.maggos

agreed but I think we look at social media all wrong. it's treated as entertainment instead of a civic tool. I think that misunderstanding is widespread because of how it evolved with those dark patterns. people know of it as providing dopamine, instead of a better way to distribute the most relevant news and spread the best culture, while incorporating a public conversation about all that.
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Jamison Alexander

This pattern correlates with news intake from past elections with a lead up during high profile events. Adoption is tough. My friends aren’t on Mastodon and beyond news or science it seems like a struggle to get information on other fun social topics like sports. Where it isn’t a mirror bot no one interacts with.

The removal of the dark patterns is wonderful tho. It feels like you can really time out because you don’t see anything interesting sometimes and that’s okay.

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