Author Topic: Bluesky surges to 15 million users after getting a million sign-ups in one week  (Read 345 times)

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I have mixed feelings about that. So all the people who dislike Musk leave and the people who like Musk find their new favorite home on X and the walls of the echo chambers eventually get so thick that nothing from one chamber can penetrate another.

One thing seems clear: Musk's plan to make X a place where there would be a great melting pot of ideas is failing. Even before the election, people I follow who are mostly scientists and fitness experts have been slowly leaving or reducing dramatically their presence saying they are tired of fighting with the crazies (e.g. a nutrition scientist who is tired of posting a study and then have the carnivore crowd come out and say vegetables are poison or the vegan crowd come out and say he's spreading lies).

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https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/unlike-x-bluesky-says-it-wont-train-ai-on-your-posts/

Unlike X, Bluesky says it won't train AI on your posts | TechCrunch

Bluesky, a social network that’s experiencing a surge in users this week as users abandon X, says it has “no intention” of using user content to train generative AI tools. The social network made the announcement on the same day that X (formerly Twitter) is implementing its new terms of service that allow the platform to use public posts to train AI.