Alex WildSep 5, 2023

Having a conversation on Blue Sky about the frustration people over there have with Mastodon.

A lot of it involves capricious defederation, where server admins, usually of smaller instances, will sever people from their friends by defederating from a server over the presence of a few trolls. And, the instability of building a network in such conditions.

One person mentioned radio silence from an admin after being unable to log in.

Show threadDavid Plisken 🏳️‍⚧️ BLM! 🇵🇸Sep 5, 2023
@alexwild Do they think Blue Sky will be any different? The BS protocol is destined for federation and the same issues. I'm not discounting the issues FWIW, there are real problems. When you are on one server along with the rest of the user base, you can pretend like these problems don't exist for your platform when they absolutely will.
Show threadAlex WildSep 5, 2023
@najakwa my sense is, a lot of people seem to view blue sky as a holding place, rather than a Big Next Thing, and so aren’t terribly interested in defending it or comparing it.
Show threadAlex Wild
@najakwa they find blue sky easy, and light, if not terribly consequential.
Sep 5, 2023 at 10:14pmWeb