The article goes on to say the exact opposite of the headline. Bluesky users are celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk, it's simply not the majority of them
This "article" has as much substance as the tweets it criticizes. No citations, just links to other uncited tweets and posts. Basically "trust me, bro".
The crux of the article, emphasis mine.
"If you spent your Wednesday absorbing thousands of posts on Bluesky—as I did, for whatever reason—it would be difficult to make an honest case that the platform’s users were celebrating en masse. There were indeed a lot of people doing that. Just not close to a majority, let alone 'every post.'"
Do you picture that line going through Melissa Hortman's assassination as well? The attempt on Pelosi that well preceded Thompson's murder? Where did it start you reckon?
I will always remember for the rest of my life seeing Kyle Rittenhouse getting a standing ovation at the republican convention and thinking "Ah. This is what they've wanted and this is what we'll have." I don't think it started there either. But, well, now you certainly have it.
Uhh, last night mastadon and bluesky were full of cheering after his death. You did not look very hard, the rest of the internet is taking screenshots and naming people doing it, you can easily find this with minor effort.
That's not coverage, that's random people on the internet, often hiding behind anonymity. How much of society actually gets their information by seeing what randos on mastadon and bluesky are saying?
The article goes on to say the exact opposite of the headline. Bluesky users are celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk, it's simply not the majority of them
This "article" has as much substance as the tweets it criticizes. No citations, just links to other uncited tweets and posts. Basically "trust me, bro".
The crux of the article, emphasis mine. "If you spent your Wednesday absorbing thousands of posts on Bluesky—as I did, for whatever reason—it would be difficult to make an honest case that the platform’s users were celebrating en masse. There were indeed a lot of people doing that. Just not close to a majority, let alone 'every post.'"
Related:
Bluesky Issues Warning to Any Users Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45214284
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Do you picture that line going through Melissa Hortman's assassination as well? The attempt on Pelosi that well preceded Thompson's murder? Where did it start you reckon?
I will always remember for the rest of my life seeing Kyle Rittenhouse getting a standing ovation at the republican convention and thinking "Ah. This is what they've wanted and this is what we'll have." I don't think it started there either. But, well, now you certainly have it.
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Uhh, last night mastadon and bluesky were full of cheering after his death. You did not look very hard, the rest of the internet is taking screenshots and naming people doing it, you can easily find this with minor effort.
That's not coverage, that's random people on the internet, often hiding behind anonymity. How much of society actually gets their information by seeing what randos on mastadon and bluesky are saying?
you can go on every platform and find despicable people posting despicable things. spend 10 minutes on “X” on a random day…
>I have found the vast majority of the coverage around his death to be extremely one sided.
>His supporters demand that he be treated with the same humanity that he denied others.
Speaking of the total post, no one could have written a much better refutation of the article's premise.