"Commercial platforms and social media companies are designed to maximise switching costs in order to retain users. Reflecting on the rise of Bluesky, Mark Carrigan warns the same market dynamics could ensnare academic Bluesky users."
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/03/03/bluesky-will-trap-academics-in-the-same-way-twitter-x-did/
André Vatter | @avatter
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