Matt@noellemitchell This one isn't too hard to understand:
1. Bluesky has more "large figures" (people like AOC and influencers)
2. Mastodon has a bad reputation for being "too hard" and "nerdy", whereas Bluesky is seen as "fun" and "exciting"
People don't care about the platform politics, only if it directly impacts their experience. Musk being the head of X is irrelevant, what made it matter is when he started changing things.
Nobody looks into who is running Fedi or Bluesky, just what they know about the platform and people on it, and right now it is absolutely in Bluesky's favour for first impressions.
Whether this will last once it starts to federate and become open is another story.
1. Bluesky has more "large figures" (people like AOC and influencers)
2. Mastodon has a bad reputation for being "too hard" and "nerdy", whereas Bluesky is seen as "fun" and "exciting"
People don't care about the platform politics, only if it directly impacts their experience. Musk being the head of X is irrelevant, what made it matter is when he started changing things.
Nobody looks into who is running Fedi or Bluesky, just what they know about the platform and people on it, and right now it is absolutely in Bluesky's favour for first impressions.
Whether this will last once it starts to federate and become open is another story.