FudgeWildeI’m more active on #Bkuesky but I come on to check it on & off.
Dee#Bkuesky, #Santa #Elves I need your help! Christmas is coming and I’m not ready! My students have written letters to Santa and received no response. Now it’s up to us. Please help me with pajamas & games! #letsgofishing #Connect4Frenzy www.walmart.com/registry/tr/...
Quoll 
I feel the simplest at most straightforward way to understand the difference between #bkuesky and #fediverse is to do the most obvious thing and follow the money, the closest fediverse has to an authority is a non profit foundation that maintains the protocol and the mastodon.social instances while bluesky has tecnofascist VCs (oxymoron) with undisclosed power over the most important part of the network
Sean MurthyBluesky team:
#1: Let's add a new feature
#2: Oh yeah, let me implement Bookmarks
#1: OK, but let's call them Saved Posts
#2: <implements feature with Bookmark icon 🔖>
AJ SadauskasWhy you should support open source platforms run by nonprofits over small tech start-ups: A story in four acts.
Act 1: I'm so sick of the evil monopolists Big Tech Co has become. That's why I'm moving to this innovative start-up. I mean sure it's not open source per se, but they support open standards! And they're far more ethical! And actually treat their staff well!
Act 2: Really love the new features in innovative start-up's latest release! They really listen to customers! I even spoke to the CEO on social media the other day. It's great they're getting more investment, and they've got over 10 million users now! I've told all my friends and family to switch! I even set up an account for my elderly dad. Finally, someone is sticking it to Big Tech Co.
Act 3: Everyone seems to be using innovative start-up now. I guess it makes sense that they're introducing some ads. They're really unobtrusive. And there's a lot of features people have been asking for, albeit in the new paid plan. The new on-by-default data collection feature is a bit bad, but you can turn it off in the settings. It's a little concerning that the CEO accidentally invested in that chemical weapons plant in Syria, but he backed down after the exposé in Wired. And he's explained how it's a huge misunderstanding and he'll never do it again. Is it really a big deal?
Act 4: Innovative start-up's the worst! As soon as they achieved a monopoly, they began screwing everyone over! Customers and suppliers! The app is now an unusable adware-ridden piece of crap. The recent layoffs and African sweatshops are just awful! And as for the CEO's politics—we should have known he was an evil prick and left the app the first time he invested in chemical weapons facilities. In hindsight, that was a huge red flag! Now my poor old dad is obsessed with aliens! I keep telling my friends and family to leave, but they're resistant!
Anyone know of any alternatives?
#tech #enshittification #fediverse #Mastodon #BkueSky #X #Twitter #Google #Facebook #ActivityPub #Linux #OpenSource #capitalism #business
Act 1: I'm so sick of the evil monopolists Big Tech Co has become. That's why I'm moving to this innovative start-up. I mean sure it's not open source per se, but they support open standards! And they're far more ethical! And actually treat their staff well!
Act 2: Really love the new features in innovative start-up's latest release! They really listen to customers! I even spoke to the CEO on social media the other day. It's great they're getting more investment, and they've got over 10 million users now! I've told all my friends and family to switch! I even set up an account for my elderly dad. Finally, someone is sticking it to Big Tech Co.
Act 3: Everyone seems to be using innovative start-up now. I guess it makes sense that they're introducing some ads. They're really unobtrusive. And there's a lot of features people have been asking for, albeit in the new paid plan. The new on-by-default data collection feature is a bit bad, but you can turn it off in the settings. It's a little concerning that the CEO accidentally invested in that chemical weapons plant in Syria, but he backed down after the exposé in Wired. And he's explained how it's a huge misunderstanding and he'll never do it again. Is it really a big deal?
Act 4: Innovative start-up's the worst! As soon as they achieved a monopoly, they began screwing everyone over! Customers and suppliers! The app is now an unusable adware-ridden piece of crap. The recent layoffs and African sweatshops are just awful! And as for the CEO's politics—we should have known he was an evil prick and left the app the first time he invested in chemical weapons facilities. In hindsight, that was a huge red flag! Now my poor old dad is obsessed with aliens! I keep telling my friends and family to leave, but they're resistant!
Anyone know of any alternatives?
#tech #enshittification #fediverse #Mastodon #BkueSky #X #Twitter #Google #Facebook #ActivityPub #Linux #OpenSource #capitalism #business
Nigel K
Dennis A#Bkuesky #SocialMedia
Bluesky has added over 14 million users since the November election, pushing it to over 31 million users by Feb. 11.
'Twitter Quitters' Help Push Bluesky User Base to Over 31 Million
"Star Wars star Mark Hamill, author Stephen King and millions of others now are Bluesky users. But the NFL is holding out for a deal."
https://www.cnet.com/tech/how-and-why-to-join-bluesky-which-now-has-31-million-users-as-a-twitter-alternative/
Snapt PhotographyI have been on Bluesky for less than a week, and I am enjoying it so far. I think that there is more interaction there, and it is far easier to find and follow photographers and models with similar interests to me. (I am not interested in any other topics.) The Android client is good, but it feels unresponsive sometimes. The small character limit is annoying.
I will continue posting on Mastodon also, because I prefer its federated approach.
Sami Lehtinen
Myriam Lefort Brunet