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Bluesky posts are finally open to the public::Bluesky remains an invite-only decentralized Twitter alternative, but now, you don’t need to be logged in to be able to see posts on the platform. The app has a new logo, too.

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[–] ZeroDrek 36 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Can someone explain to me how Bluesky is different than Mastodon and if it’s not different why they bothered creating it when Mastodon exists? I truly don’t get it.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It’s likely that when Bluesky rolls out in full, advertisers will have the ability to place ads in networks or user interest groups similar to Reddit’s framework. This user self-selection will be extremely useful to businesses running targeted campaigns.

https://marketvantage.com/blog/what-does-bluesky-mean-for-advertising/

[–] [email protected] 53 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] nutsack 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i don't see what similarities to mastodon it has

[–] chocolateo 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They built their own federated protocol and it's a microblog

[–] nutsack 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

it isn't very federal at the moment

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

If AT protocol goes public, other software might federate with existing Bluesky servers. Bluesky servers should have a set of filters that would keep safe for everyone joining the chosen server.

[–] crsu 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Give Gargron time he'll add ads and buddy up with Meta while signing mystery NDAs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

He can add ads if he wants, and you can simply move to another ad-free instance.

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

That's a serious accusation. Got anything to back it up?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

They'd have to do that in custom feeds (which people can ignore) or on 3rd party account servers (which people also can ignore, just like in Mastodon)

[–] nutsack 35 points 6 months ago (2 children)

less confusing to sign up and use, nice clean looking app, same look and feel as the OG twitter

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You could build all that on top of Mastodon too though. E.g mozilla.social uses Firefox accounts to sign in and the Elk theme.

[–] Desistance 2 points 6 months ago

And equally requires an invite code.

[–] Squizzy 3 points 6 months ago

Original Twitter had a shit app, that was always the case too people used third party apps which became a cause for the exodus when that Twat stopped them working.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mostly just the protocol. Mastodon uses ActivityPub. Bluesky uses some other shit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Atprotocol.

Mastodon and activitypub is very much like social media implemented in the form of public email lists implemented over HTTP (push massages between servers).

Bluesky uses content addressing (think magnet links for torrents, but for linking to post data) and pull mechanism with notifications, plus public shared archive nodes (CDN-like servers).

The main difference is that you're much more independent of individual servers and can easily move your account around, since your account ID is tied to a cryptographic key belonging to your account which you bring with you along with your post archive, and your handle can be based on a domain name you own (also works as a verification mechanism you don't have to pay extra for).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

It has a data salad which has the benefit of making it marginally easier to migrate accounts and also makes it much more resource intensive and unsafe.