NodeBB-ActivityPub Bridge Test Instance

And if there's an audience that's not just engaging but spending money, then it's not dying. I'm pushing back on the mentality that any of this is a zero-sum game, not that Threads is a less viable platform.

And a huge s/o to @nwbrownboi for being there and taking some candid photos! Wasn't expecting it, and now I'm painfully aware of how animated I am with my hands when I speak

Everyone complains about the "vibe" of the social network they're already on. While something like an algorithm or custom feeds can aid in curating a vibe, if you follow, have followers, and block folks across networks, you end up creating a vibe for yourself.Why should we allow a platform to dictate the vibe you want? Seems backward in a people-first network.

Something something people not platforms and so on

"Users shouldn't be locked in because they happened to choose a protocol by accident, simply because a platform met their needs at that moment. We didn't build Bounce because we expect users to migrate every week; we built it because something like it can and needs to exist."