[rewtraw]

making it a content platform with little content. and of that sparse content, most of it is meta-commentary on bluesky itself.

poasters post where the consumers are, and vice versa. Threads is on its way to bootstrapping this network effect in a way bluesky never even began to scratch due to the invite system and niche appeal

[dkh]

It's not like it's going to remain this way permanently, a lot is still under development. It's not just about infra scale, they are still hammering out things like how moderation will work, and that is the sort of thing best to iron out before the floodgates are opened.

[siva7]

Doesn't matter how good your social network product is if you don't catch the network effect early on. They are loosing a brutal battle against a billion dollar corp.

[jazzyjackson]

Please, did network effects help Google+ ?

[varjag]

Google+ (and other GOOG social media upstarts) was… speical in its user conscription model and failed because of it. A place where they throw you to after handcuffing you on YouTube can't be too desirable.