Post #2315549

2026-03-28 13:49 UTC

@davew@mastodon.social a bit rich of the author to say that Bluesky needs to adopt long form text in order to not lose users. I think Twitter, Snapchat, Vine, and Tiktok have proven beyond a doubt that a lot of people prefer short-form content. I think a large part of Bluesky's user base is there because of the content limits, not in spite of them. I wish it weren't true.

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@davew@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 13:51

@julian the author was me -- and i have lots of experience with software design and i know that we can both have what we want. i think any intelligent well-meaning person can figure that out for themselves, and i hate arguing, so have a nice day. ;-)

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@msh@coales.co 2026-03-28 14:26

@julian Short form blog/vlog apps do not exist because people demanded them, they exist because of the ability to make them addictive. When Twitter first came out most people in fact didn't get the point, and it was commonly said that "you have to try it to get it". More than anything they have proved addictability more than preference. The fact that every single one of those microcontent platforms is, or has been, augmented by add-on tools like "thread unrollers" and cross posting with other platforms like YouTube are an indication that there is at least a desire to have a *choice* between bleeding out a quick post and saying something more thought out. The Fedi exists because of Mastodon's blogging implementation but *persists* despite it, because the ActivityPub protocol underlying it is not restricted to the platform's limitations and provides a lower friction way to interact with different platforms like Pixelfed, Peertube, Lemmy and its derivatives, WordPress blogs and so on. @davew@mastodon.social

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