Catching up with some of the news coming out of the Atmosphere conference.

[dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz]

@stefan @aaronmccollum All you gotta do is figure out a way to start selling user data and/or advertising

[aaronmccollum@fosstodon.org]

@dogzilla @stefan Yeah this. Elon has provided several boosts to the fediverse and bluesky.

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

The associated account is already second most blocked account over the past 24 hours.

Screenshot via https://clearsky.app

#bluesky #ATProto #atmosphere #AttieAI

[juergen_hubert@mementomori.social]

@stefan @alienghic

Active User Count for the #Fediverse has been hovering around a million since forever.

[botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org]

@stefan
lol.
I looked at that yesterday afternoon and the blocked-by count was ~69k already, your post prompted me to check again and it's ~112k now

I wonder if it'll overtake the whitehouse & vance by end of play today?

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

Incredible.

Confirming the results of a study from earlier this month:

"Only 26% of voters view AI positively, making it even less popular than ICE, according to an NBC News poll of 1,000 voters."

Just a moment...

(www.axios.com)

#bluesky #ATProto #AttieAI

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@botvolution Hah, it's getting there!

Quite a self-own.

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@ricci.io Which, funny enough, actually tracks.

"Only 26% of voters view AI positively, making it even less popular than ICE, according to an NBC News poll of 1,000 voters."

Just a moment...

(www.axios.com)

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@juergen_hubert Yes, well, at least it's not declining?

There are some good updates coming soon, like starter packs (or Collections, as they call them here), more user experience improvements, better search and discovery via https://github.com/mastodon/fediverse_auxiliary_service_provider_specifications
and https://www.fediscovery.org.

Better moderation tools!

Public Roadmap

Learn what we are working on in Mastodon

(joinmastodon.org)

Quite the opposite of enshittification. So, I think there's definitely hope for the future.

@alienghic

[shkshkshk@dice.camp]

@stefan
I knew in my heart Bluesky was secretly evil this whole time, I feel so validated to know they're using AI

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@Shkshkshk They've been pretty open about being funded by the crypto industry in the beginning.

Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users - Bluesky

Bluesky now exceeds 13 million users, the AT Protocol developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped highly requested features like direct messages and video.

Bluesky (bsky.social)

But yeah, your hunch was right!

[tock@corteximplant.com]

@stefan Also depressing that out of millions of BlueSky users, so few block the alt-right as well as AI.

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@Tock Most of them are not really active.

Bluesky User Growth and Active Users

See how activity and usage of Bluesky has been growing over time. How many users are currently active? How many posts are posted daily on Bluesky?

(bluefacts.app)

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

How it started, how it's going.

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds | TechCrunch

Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.

TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J. D. Vance | TechCrunch

More than 125,000 Bluesky users have blocked Attie in just a few days, sending a strong message from the user base.

TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

#news #TechNews #technology #bluesky #AttieAI

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

"AI naysayers have legitimate reasons to boycott the technology"

Interesting phrasing.

[darby3@zirk.us]

@stefan folks having faces stamped on forever have legitimate reasons to boycott the boot