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X's idiocy is doing wonders for Bluesky. (htxt.co.za)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'd say mastodon is a better choice, mostly so that you're not beholden to yet another profit-focused tech corporation. I'm sure Bluesky is fine right now, but once they have their userbase they will shift to monetization - and you may regret letting yourself become entrenched in the world they control. They're not doing it for your benefit.

That said, I've come to understand that a lot of people kind of like having their content feed controlled by others. When they only see what they ask for, they get bored. So I'm expecting Bluesky to always be bigger than Mastodon.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's all cyclical anyway. No social media company will reign forever. We've already seen a number of them rise and fall. It's kinda like how different civilizations gained and lost dominance throughout history.

[–] Freefall 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Toys-R-Us fell...nothing is forever.

[–] Hackworth 1 points 1 month ago

Aren't they in Macy's now? Wait, is Macy's still a thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

mastodon blew it by attacking people who had legitimate concerns about the service during the first migration.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Yep. And also, like I said in https://privacy.thenexus.today/bluesky-atmosphere-fediverse/

For one thing, most of the people who came to Mastodon in late 2022 didn't have good experiences ... so didn't stay in the Fediverse.6 Flash forward to 2024, and Mastodon still hasn't addressed the reasons why.

Bluesky, by contrast, has put a lot of work into onboarding and usability – as well as giving people better tools protect themselves and others, and find and build communities ... So today, BTS ARMY and millions of Brazilians, and everybody else looking for a Twitter alternative are more likely to have a good experience on Bluesky than Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Mastodon isn't a person. So I don't know who you are talking about when you say 'mastodon was attacking people'. I certainly didn't see anything like that. Perhaps you have an example link for context?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

that and the whole "learn in your own" part of it.

I use bSky quite a bit more than my mastodon account, it made more sense to operate and had better documentation/help getting started, so I could use existing muscle memory on it and loo kthimgsu p if needed

[–] nexguy 1 points 1 month ago

The plan for bluesky to for people to start their own instances and decentralize.