Oct 19, 2026, 8:35 PM@benpate My favorite aspect of this type of reporting is that these publications almost universally have Facebook, X, and (now) Bluesky logos alongside their stories.
- Oct 19, 2026, 8:35 PM
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Ben Pate 🤘🏻benpate@mastodon.socialOct 19, 2026, 8:44 PM@rwg Yup.
BlueSky is a step in the right direction. I’m concerned how they’re going to show a profit on the $100m investment from Bain Crypto.. but it’s still a step in the right direction.
Positive reinforcement works. So whether we’re training dogs or multinational corporations, let’s reward them for the small steps forward, then offer biscuits when they do the right thing 🐶
- Oct 19, 2026, 8:47 PM
@benpate Hmm... it's hard for me to congratualate them when a) they are still on X and b) there has been a bigger step in the right direction for 8 years prior to the existence of Bluesky. It's also hard for me to get excited about organizations with professional staff who run multiple social media accounts and yet can't be bothered to get an account on something like Mastodon.social.
- Ben Pate 🤘🏻benpate@mastodon.socialOct 19, 2026, 9:02 PM
Yup. It’s super hard.
Which is why our community needs something like ambassadors and educators to help bring them along.
It means holding our noses and reaching out to often-imperfect people who aren’t doing their best to make things better.
Super duper hard.
But big tech does it every day, and reaches ~80% of the population.
We don’t.. which is why - 10 years in - the Fediverse still doesn’t even reach 1%
It’s what we need to do to win.