Blue sky also fuels radicalization, with calls for violence being freely shared and encouraged.
I'm just curious why Instagram is only mentioned?
Algorithmically? I don't do bluesky or twitter, so I'm asking from ignorance.
Because it’s an article about Mark Zuckerberg? Who last I checked doesn’t run blue sky?
Facebook : 3 billion monthly active users
Instagram : 3 billion monthly active users
X : 586 million monthly active users
Bluesky: 38 million *total* users .
Additionally, Bluesky allows third party moderation by any party through open APIs. Bluesky is also not a monetization platform, whereas Instagram and Facebook are very much so. Bluesky has essentially no recommendation algorithm that amplifies addicitive content; Instagram and Facebook are foundationally architected on this approach.
The article here is about Instagram shutting off their third party moderation teams, and there is no API for others to participate. The profit incentive combined with little to no moderation as well as Instagram's highly addictive recommendatation algorithms has the result that nazi and antisemitic content is flourishing and being spread to billions of users including children.
hopefully this clarifies why Instagram and Facebook should be talked about whereas bluesky is not that interesting
Zuck assumed responsibility when he made a centralized service. Decentralization means there's no one "at the top" to blame when some "radical" calls out blatant injustice and suggest pacifism might not be a workable tactic with how empowered the bullies feel these days.