On: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a ...

[qudat]

Gratz to the blue sky team, it’s very hard getting a social media app to gain traction.

However, after messing around with twitter and mastodon, I really do not get the appeal. All the incentives are not to have meaningful conversation, rather it is all about engagement.

It’s way too much noise and not for me.

[stavros → qudat]

It strictly depends on who you follow. Follow people who have something to say, and you'll have meaningful conversation.

[qudat → stavros]

You could be right but these platforms have not historically been about long form discussions, rather quips and glib remarks to drive clicks.

[BurningFrog → qudat]

Follow serious people and you can have serious conversations.

[nicce → BurningFrog]

If I follow only serious people, can I see their posts in chronological order (aka algorithm free), and without anything extra "recommended"?

[unleaded → nicce]

Yes (Following tab)

[stavros → nicce]

Yep!