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1. Brett Cannon (brettcannon@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 18:58:28 JST Brett Cannon

   OK, what's happened to cause all the Mastodon/Bluesky chatter? Is it the series A funding for Bluesky, or something else? There's been an uptick of followers for me (https://bsky.app/profile/snarky.ca) as well as general commenting about the two here.

   • Hynek Schlawack (hynek@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 18:58:14 JST Hynek Schlawack

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     • Glyph
     • Chris is.

     @offby1 @glyph @brettcannon It’s really sad to watch Mastodon lose to Bluesky but if you look closer it makes all the sense in the world. The obnoxious echo chamber energy is only rivaled by mid-2000 IRC channels and we aren’t even the target demographic. It’s enough to just watch what’s scrolling by.

   • Chris is. (offby1@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 18:58:26 JST Chris is.

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     • Glyph
     • Hynek Schlawack

     @glyph @hynek @brettcannon you forgot:

     HOA: how dare you attempt to make filthy capital out of this massive project that you devote your days to!

   • Hynek Schlawack (hynek@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 18:58:27 JST Hynek Schlawack

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     • Glyph

     @glyph @brettcannon c’mon we all know the only reason is Kelsey Hightower 🤪

     the tragedy is that we could’ve had him, if Mastodon didn’t earn a reputation of being a bad place for black people

     and god that plushie shit is irritating

   • Glyph (glyph@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 18:58:27 JST Glyph

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     • Hynek Schlawack

     @hynek @brettcannon personally I am _trying_ not to get too mad about the plushies because there is a reading of the Discourse that goes like this: 🧵

   • Glyph (glyph@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 18:58:27 JST Glyph

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     • Hynek Schlawack

     @hynek @brettcannon

     nerds: you moron. patreon is unsustainable. you are not raising enough money to fund this site. you will destroy us

     eugen: okay how about I sell merch to supplement it

     nerds: you absolute fool. fix this bug that *I* care about, that no one will pay you for, instead. your plushies will not sell

     eugen: okay I will market it aggressively.

     nerds: shut up. i hate seeing these promotions all over my timeline. no one will buy these anyway

     eugen: we are selling out immediately

   • Glyph (glyph@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 18:58:28 JST Glyph

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     @brettcannon bluesky funding, the latest Musk outrage lead to a huge boost in bluesky user count, while mastodon stayed flat. Plus there has been a huge amount of posting about plushes, which comes across as poorly timed at a moment where mastodon is so badly losing the race for twitter refugees