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How is you experience using them ? (I know BlueSky is invite only, but perhaps someone got lucky) I registered in Mastodon recently and i'm getting the same feeling(and problems) when started using lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Culture wise I’d say that Bluesky feels a lot more like Twitter immediately before Musk took over - there’s lots of shitposting & also a lot of “look at me I’m so irreverent so please follow me” vibe to it. It’s easier to find people to follow but harder to find interesting content (on mastodon you can rely on hashtags). It’s also a lot harder to get engagement if you’re not a Twitter big name, there’s a lot more parasociality going on, with more focus on individual posters than on the actual content, which IMO is exactly what a lot of people are looking for.

Mastodon users tend to feel very earnest to a fault. The whole “you forgot to add a CW to your food pic you bastard” thing is unfortunately real, but I’ve mostly stopped seeing this since I put a warning on what I will and will not CW on my timeline. On the bright side, there’s a lot more friendly engagement from strangers. Politically, mastodon users as a whole lean left with a lot of socialists/anarchists but you can curate what you see. It also depends on what circles you follow, for example, I (as a Chinese speaker) stumbled on a huge community of Chinese users who are feminist and anti-CCP, but will probably not consider themselves leftists.

As a whole, I’ve mostly abandoned Bluesky in favor of Mastodon but that’s a personal preference - both are unlikely to completely replace Twitter & the landscape will likely remain fractured for a very long time so just choose the one that vibes with you.

[–] malean 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what is a CW? I'm new to mastodon

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

CW stands for "Content Warning". It's a feature that allows users to hide their posts behind a warning message.

Some commonly used CWs include NSFW, Politics, Mental Health (Some times shortened to "MH", often with a +/- depending on sentiment), Spoilers, Food, Alcohol/drugs, and flashing GIF/video.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

....Food. Hmmm. Food?

I understand a warning for gore or nudity or fascism or whatever needing a content warning, but what exactly did food ever do to anyone?

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

I think it's an attempt to be considerate of those with eating disorders?

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

Can you also unhide certain tags, I can see the value but at some point without that feature it could get really annoying.

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

The glitch-soc fork of Mastodon allows you to show or hide specific tags, yes.

[–] Sumeron 3 points 1 year ago

Not op, but I believe it means Content Warning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You explained it so much better than I could have.

OP - this nails it perfectly. This is exactly it. I’m starting to drift away from it after a few months and using Masto more (though I never stopped). YMMV, but this was/is my experience on Bluesky.