I have strong feelings about the beat now universally known as “tech reporter.” One thing that bothers me is the name because none of these people seem to know much about any form of actual technology. They aren’t really interested in technology, they are basically Page Six for social media.
These positions seem to only go to too online left-wingers who have very predictable opinions about cultural issues. So it should come as no surprise that the NY Times‘ tech reporter has written a glowing article about the joys of joining Bluesky.
After an hour or so of scrolling through Bluesky the other night, I felt something I haven’t felt on social media in a long time: free.
Free from Elon Musk, and his tedious quest to turn X into a right-wing echo chamber where he and his friends are the permanent, inescapable main characters.
Two sentences in we already know a…
