Easier sign up. On BlueSky you can just sign up for an account and go. You don't have to worry about picking an instance or anything like on Mastodon, which can be a bit off-putting for someone not familiar with federation.

[–] legion 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s ridiculous how much Mastodon advocates downplay this.

I strongly prefer Mastodon over the alternatives, but the onboarding experience is BAD for the average user.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Onboarding to Mastodon is actually identical to BS/Threads now. They've made huge improvements. It's a shame that most of the news media's experience discovering Mastodon for the first time was in Oct '22 because it's left a bit of a "techie" aura around the whole thing they're still trying to shake off. If Mastodon was then where it is now, I don't even think BS or Threads would try to compete.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of journalists are really bad at using the machine they use to do their job and it shows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

For a while now, the app has been really easy to sign up on, and now the website is the same.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Isn't BlueSky still on an invite system?

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

FYI- Signing up and following people on the Mastodon app now is literally just as easy as it is on BS. All the Federation stuff is hidden unless you want to look for it. It's very nice.

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

I've been on the waiting list for months now, at least there are Mastodon instances with open registration available.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Want an invite?