I don’t plan to spend too much time on Bluesky anymore. In terms of media features, it doesn’t compare to Threads; in terms of social interaction, it falls short of Rednote. It feels a bit like it’s becoming more isolated and niche, narrowing its own path. It’s getting a bit dull.

media, politics, and capital—to manipulate ordinary people, making us believe that the society they desire is also what’s best for us?
But what if the elite class is completely out of touch with reality?

The Rednote phenomenon suddenly made me start reflecting: Are the issues between China and the U.S. essentially just problems of the elite classes in both countries? Have they used their resource advantages—

Call me crazy, but I think Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, sending Trump $18 million should be a bigger story

The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post

There’s a live risk that the global order is breaking. And while it wouldn’t happen all at once, if it breaks it will not bounce back.

Okay, now I have to admit the algorithm here seems better than Threads—it doesn’t push any Instagram-like posts to me.

I’m wondering how distinct the differences between Threads and Bluesky need to be to make me stay here longer? They seem similar so far.