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From all I’ve read over the last few days, the consensus seems to be:
- #Bluesky have got a lot of the UX right, but there are still a lot to do on the infrastructure side to create a truly decentralized social media.
- #Mastodon / #Fediverse have come further in terms of building the underlying, decentralized infra, but are lagging behind when it comes to UX.
From what I’ve learned over the years, neither UX or infra are easy to fix down the road. But infra somewhat harder than UX.
Also—and I really don’t want to sound like a BlueskyBro here—is there any software that implements custom timelines in the Fediverse, such as the super cool ones Bluesky has?
It would be super cool if lists could be made not only of profiles, but also of hashtags and keywords, ideally even having custom algorithms, too!
#Bluesky #Fediverse #timeline #timelines #customTimeline #customTimelines #algorihm #algorithms #FediLists #FediTips #mastohelp #mastoaiuto #lists #list #Mastodon
"Es kann eben nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass Elon Musk morgen #BlueSky kauft. Aber das Mastodon-Netzwerk kann niemand kaufen."
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Link zur Petition:
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Wissenschaftler verlangen von Hochschulen Abkehr von Elon Musks Social-Media-Plattform „X“
Ein Aktionsbündnis aus Wissenschaftlern fordert Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen auf, die umstrittene Plattform X zu verlassen und stattdessen Mastodon als Basis für die Wissenschaftskommunikation zu nutzen.Christian Schwägerl (RiffReporter)
🆕 blog! “An Easy Guide To BlueSky Verification”
The new Twitter-Wannabe BlueSky has an interesting approach to verifying accounts. Rather than you sending in your passport, or paying a 3rd party, or bribing an employee - you can self-verify for free! This opens up verification to small organisations, individuals, and anyone who wants to prove who they are. Brillian…
👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/11/an-ea…
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#BlueSky #BSky #HowTo #tutorial
An Easy Guide To BlueSky Verification
The new Twitter-Wannabe BlueSky has an interesting approach to verifying accounts. Rather than you sending in your passport, or paying a 3rd party, or bribing an employee - you can self-verify for free! This opens up verification to small organisatio…Terence Eden’s Blog
Trying out #Bluesky feeling like McCauley in "Heat":
"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner"
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I see so many posts lamenting the fact that people are moving from Twitter to Bluesky instead of Mastodon, but I think that’s a fundamental misunderstanding of the Fediverse and what it stands for.
People who want ‘just another platform’ will not find what they’re looking for here because Mastodon is not one.
By comparing Mastodon to other platforms specifically competing for Twitter’s user-base, we are trying to make Mastodon something it’s not; a stage where people shout at the world.
That concept is so fundamentally opposed to the philosophy of Mastodon and the greater Fediverse that I struggle to even make the comparison.
Mastodon is a tool to form communities where genuine conversations are actually given a chance and where small corners of the internet can blossom into something truly wonderful.
I think that is something worth holding on to, even if it means some people decide to join Bluesky instead. 
pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/uly…
@pluralistic 's words on Bluesky and #enshittification are, to me, true.
These two paragraphs say everything about why I can't trust Bluesky to always have good intentions:
'But here's the thing: all those other platforms, the ones where I unwisely allowed myself to get locked in, where today I find myself trapped by the professional, personal and political costs of leaving them, they were all started by people who swore they'd never sell out. I know those people, the old blogger mafia who started the CMSes, social media services, and publishing platforms where I find myself trapped. I considered them friends (I still consider most of them friends), and I knew them well enough to believe that they really cared about their users.
They did care about their users. They just cared about other stuff, too, and, when push came to shove, they chose the worsening of their services as the lesser of two evils.'
☝️THIS 🧵☝️ is exactly why I do not trust #BlueSky . This recent push of so many accounts joining at once and the INorganic feel of the movement, combined with the #MAGA money funding the platform and the #Crypto scammer who owns it...
It all just adds up to trouble down the road-- for all of us, on or off of BS
BlueSky's MAGA owners are making it seem like a "safe space" for Liberals now, but I am dead certain the plan is to use it to spread political disunity and disinformation down the road.
I am especially worried abt disunity beginning there & working its way across #SocialMedia . Republicans and MAGA only win when we do not unify and vote together. It's how they won in 2016, how they won this year, & how they plan to win in the future.
Trump did not make huge gains between 2020 & 2024. The problem was a lack of unity behind Harris.
If they can sow enough discontent on the Liberal side, then MAGA can walk in the door unchallenged.
Bluesky, decentralisation, and the distribution of power
Bluesky is building a decentralised social network. But how does decentralisation lead to a better distribution of power?fediversereport.com
A critical look at Bluesky: Despite claims of decentralization, the core infrastructure remains tightly controlled by Bluesky Social, PBC, a VC-funded, for-profit company. With a proprietary protocol (ATProto) developed solely in-house, the incentives lean toward control rather than true federation. For now, it's still better than ExTwitter, but don't mistake it for Mastodon's openness.
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#Bluesky #Decentralization #SocialMedia
Thoughts on Bluesky - Can's blog
Let’s talk about Bluesky, the decentralized microblogging application that’s currently eating Twitter and Mastodon’s lunch. Or so some say. In …Can's blog
#Mastodon got a lift in sign ups also.
"Month over month, signups were also up by 27% with 90,000 newly registered accounts in November."
This account is one in those 90,000.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/18/mast…
Mastodon sees a boost from the 'X exodus,' too, founder says | TechCrunch
Decentralized social network Mastodon is also seeing some uplift from the X "exodus," founder Eugen Rochko shared on the platform just ahead of theSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Interesting introduction of bluesky "decentralized" approach and feasibility of self hosting for individual users.
#federated #activitypub #bluesky #selfhosting
anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/maybe-b…
Maybe Bluesky has “won”
November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch of takes about this recently, but I keep seeing things I disagree with.Gavin Anderegg
My #Bluesky is really blowing up at the moment. I think somebody added me to a "starter pack," I wonder who. The vibe over there is real nice.
However, Bluesky's main investor is called BLOCKCHAIN CAPITAL. Signs point to a speed run of all Twitter's worst mistakes, resulting in a burning heap of Web3 garbage within a few years.
So, upon mature reflection, I'm gonna stick with Mastodon and y'all nerds for the time being. 
Your friendly reminder that the guy whose company just invested $millions into #Bluesky is a former business associate of ex-Breitbart boss #SteveBannon.
Fool me once...
wired.com/2016/09/trumps-campa…
Inside Steve Bannon's Little-Known World of Warcraft Career
WIRED covered Bannon's career in gaming back in 2008.Issie Lapowsky (WIRED)
If you find yourself wishing you could follow #Bluesky accounts without having to actually use it, try using an RSS reader.
They added RSS to each account a while ago and you can follow any public account that way.
The Nafo & Furry communities indeed seem to be mass migrating to #Bluesky!
"...social network effect in full blast" 😂 👍
I feel the fact that #Bluesky is connected to Steve Bannon and Russian state media and cryptobros should be bigger news.
But it's not.
If you search "Bluesky" using a search engine like DuckDuckGo, you'll come across results like "Here's What To Know About Bluesky" (NBC) or "X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it" (BBC). One would think the aforementioned connections would be relevant info in a piece like that.
The omission is glaring.
STOP #ENSHITIFICATION
Support #Mastodon!
I would like to use Bluesky. They’ve done a bunch of seriously interesting technical work on moderation and ranking that I truly admire, and I’ve got lots of friends there who really enjoy it.
But I’m not on Bluesky and I don’t have any plans to join it anytime soon. I wrote about this in 2023: I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will
@pluralistic
#bluesky #x #twitter #facebook #socialmedia #enshitification
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Bluesky and enshittification - Cory Doctorow - Medium
Next weekend (November 8–10), I’ll be in Tucson, AZ: I’m the Guest of Honor at the TusCon science fiction convention. I would like to use Bluesky. They’ve done a bunch of seriously interesting…Cory Doctorow (Medium)
I guess one question I have, is there a way for people to opt-out their bridged accounts from a starter pack?
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We’re getting it wrong when we tell folks that #Mastodon is just like “Old #Twitter”. If you want that, that’s #Bluesky. Mastodon is a different kind of place.
This is a more intimate community that discourages “influencing” because there’s no profit motive for eyeballs. The microblogging approach may look similar to Twitter but the way the communities form and conversations evolve is fundamentally different.
It’s no uptopia; we’ve got a shitload of work to do to make it safer.
TIL it is possible to import your Twitter account posts to Bluesky. Post portability may be a winning argument for many.
Source code of the tool: github.com/marcomaroni-github/…
#Twitter #Bluesky #SocialMedia
GitHub - marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky: Import all tweets exported from X/Twitter to a Bluesky account.
Import all tweets exported from X/Twitter to a Bluesky account. - marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-blueskyGitHub
Can a few people share their bridged usernames to try this out?
You can follow @bsky.brid.gy to get started.
(Unless your server's admin blocked the bridge.)
Someone should make a "cool bridged fediverse accounts to follow" starter packs.
Ah, so if I want to follow someone from Bluesky, they have to first follow the Bridgy Fed account to opt in, I see.
techcrunch.com/2024/06/05/blue…
Oh well.
Interestingly, a switch to opt-out is being considered.
"Norms on Bluesky are different from the fediverse in this regard."
github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/…
#bluesky #BlueskyBridge #BridgyFed
Bluesky and Mastodon users can now talk to each other with Bridgy Fed | TechCrunch
Bridgy Fed is one of the efforts aimed at connecting the fediverse with the web, Bluesky and, perhaps later, other networks like Nostr.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Alright, here's a proof of concept: A starter pack of bridged fediverse accounts you can follow on Bluesky.
Seems to be working?
I don't really intend to keep this updated, but feel free to borrow the idea!
I find it utterly unfair that Bluesky is now booming, the press is talking about it a lot, while Mastodon _is_ decentralized, older, provides more features, and is based on standards. Why people keep rejecting these techs? Why the choice is rarely made in favor of simple, standard-based, open, community-driven solutions?
This isn’t my project but I think it is an interesting question. What makes these solutions appealing or not?
As of now, #Bluesky doesn't support attempts to bridge edits of ActivityPub content.
That's all I need to know, to make me avoid Bluesky bridging.
I like to repeatedly edit for clarity and style, for writing practice. In fact, I recall #editing one of my posts ten times.
Mastodon itself has enough trouble pushing edits through. Especially of media and alt text, as I recently explained. I sure don't want to compound this problem with any Bluesky snags.
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mindsets (@setsly@mindly.social)
Mastodon #media edits, including alt text edits, don't push through as reliably as other edits do. Let me share four examples of my content which: (a) have off-center or old media thumbnails or (b) have different alt text compared to those serve…Mindly.Social
“I'm leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic.”
- Stephen King
"Even the Master of Horror can't stomach what has become of Twitter (X) since right-wing fascist Elon Musk bought the company."
- Aure
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #bluesky #Threads #Fediverse
Mark Hamill joined Bluesky.
Stephen King joined Threads.
The Fediverse has Linus Torvalds and Tim Berners-Lee.
