I feel like you guys are addicted to letting perfect be the enemy of good. Yes, Bluesky being corporate run will probably be an issue down the line, but if it becomes mainstream then people will be used to seeing .APP.INSTANCE and feel more comfortable with the fediverse interface, which I know at least for me was a big hurdle. Like seriously, the fact that the next big thing is federated, even if in name only, is a big step forward.
What's Mastodon precious?
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andrewthe95th@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
xavier_berthiaume@jlai.lu 2 hours ago
Yeah I’m a huge believer in federated systems but I believe that a lot of ‘normies’ going to bluesky is a huge step in the right direction. Even though most don’t know anything about the tech behind it and migrate because twitter has become a bot infested right wing hell scape, they still are one step closer to being fully integrated to the fediverse.
airportline@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
Bluesky’s ActivityPub support is also leagues better than Threads because of Bridgy Fed. At least a Bluesky user and a Threads user can follow each other and have a back-and-forth conversation.
Cheems@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Expecting perfection is a huge problem in all aspects of life. People just want instant perfection and aren’t willing to work towards it. Then there’s just apathy and that leads to stagnation or worse regression.
JoYo@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
the irony of a bsky supporter complaining about being judged because it’s not perfect.
andrewthe95th@lemmy.world 6 minutes ago
I genuinely have no idea what you’re implying lol
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
If Mastodon wanted to be preferred, it should have been better. I moved to Mastodon over a year ago when the Twitter sale first happened. It was not great then and it’s gotten slightly worse since. I created a Bluesky account two fats ago and it already offers exactly the experience I missed from Twitter before Elon.
Would it be better if Mastodon was good and the federated FOSS option was superior? Sure, absolutely. But, that scenario isn’t even close to the case we are presented with.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 18 minutes ago
I’ve been a heavy Mastodon user for two years, and I honestly don’t see why so many people on Lemmy give it so much shit. Certainly not in favour of the likes of Bluesky.
I get WAY more engagement with my posts on there than I ever did on Twitter. And maybe I’m just at an age where I don’t give a shit about celebrity, but I couldn’t care less that all the Big Names have gone to Bluesky and Threads. It’s great not seeing the same people being shared into my TL all the time.
x00z@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Can you give actual examples?
I feel the only thing that Mastodon ‘misses’ is some feed to get you addicted.
JoYo@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
I’ve got a bsky account too but I get way more engagement on my fedi accounts. I’ve been building up my follows for 15 years on the fedi so bsky never had a chance to catch up. it probably never will.
silasmariner@programming.dev 40 minutes ago
15… Years? On the fediverse? How’d ya manage that without time travel?
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 35 minutes ago
I don’t understand what anyone uses twitter, bluesky or mastodon for anymore. I used twitter to follow companies (like CoffeeStain) or YouTubers/Artists.
Bluesky has some of that, meanwhile mastodon is just a circle pit of yelling and also the same stuff I see on Lemmy.
I don’t understand what people use it for. There’s no information to follow like company game accounts for games I play, and when I tried to do goofy shitposts like old twitter i got a grand total of 0 likes.alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
I just love when ppl believe that switching from one VC-funded centralised corpo platform to another VC-funded (slitghly less) centralised corpo platform is a good thing /s
Just because it’s (partially) OSS doesn’t make it good. The corp still hold all the power and might sell out, but at least they got free volunteers to program for them so the C-level could get more money!
(Now don’t tell me that Bluesky is “federated”. They still hold all the power over site rules and moderation. The only little concession you get is that you are allowed to host your own data)
Apparently virtue signaling about pseudofederation is enough for libs to “get hope for the future of the internet” while they happily lick the boot of yet another centralization-crazed “trust me bro this isn’t going to eshittify itself” corp
Donkeytown@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
After initially hesitating, I decided to join Bluesky after having previously tried Mastodon and permanently leaving Twitter. While I was initially reluctant because Jack Dorsey had sold Twitter to Elon Musk, I still created a Bluesky account. I later came across Jason Koebler’s article on 404 Media, which validated my choice. His arguments aligned with my own reasons for preferring Bluesky over Mastodon. Link to the article: The Great Migration to Bluesky Gives Me Hope for the Future of the Internet.
JoYo@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
404 is just mad because we mocked them relentlessly for not using content warnings on their goatse posts.
daellat@lemmy.world 46 minutes ago
Its got faults but it’s currently where the big batch of users seems to be going and since some of my interests are pretty narrow that means a lot more to read and see in those interests (or it exists at all). That’s kinda hard to ignore tbh. Its not right wing infested and I’ve already got elon, musk, trump and a bunch of other stuff auto filtered.
TehWorld@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Twitter was a vapid load of crap before Elmo took it over. I see this as a win if it knocks him down a peg or 44 billion.
SquatDingloid@lemmy.world 7 minutes ago
He paid 44bil for him and his corrupt buddies to oan the US.
Worth every penny
TomAwezome@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
You can run your own relays, the obstacle is that each relay takes up many terabytes. But it’s fully open.
github.com/bluesky-social/pds whtwnd.com/…/Notes on Running a Full-Network atpr…
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42086596 docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/firehose docs.bsky.app/docs/…/federation-architecture#rela…
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 hour ago
This post is a request for attack surface area.
angrystego@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Feed the butterflies,
Tupence a bag…
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
solarvector@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Bluesky Social has pledged to transfer the protocol’s development to a standards body such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in the near future.[11]
henfredemars@infosec.pub 6 hours ago
Let’s see it then. I’m concerned when the opportunity to profit arises that perverse motives will occur.
Blazingtransfem98@discuss.online 1 hour ago
“Write a bit about yourself to join this server and if we decide you’re too boring we’ll reject your application and say you’re a spammer afterwards”
Hmm I wonder why normies aren’t flocking to this platforms, what could be stopping them, couldn’t be the shitty onboarding process could it, Nah asking people to apply is the best onboarding process ever (big ass /s)
Makhno@lemmy.world 59 minutes ago
Tbf it’s a good way to keep the laziest of shits out