@davekarpf BlueSky is an interesting test of the question of how much of Twitter’s appeal was basically reality TV-esque.
I’d argue that the secret of academic twitter was that it allowed people do vicariously rubberneck the celebs and the political pileups while they pretended to work.
But it’s unclear if BlueSky will do the second thing. Are all our old friends there? Are people nerding out about dumb shit?