Jiří Eischmann Oct 4, 2023

It seems that #Bluesky is getting some traction, so it's good to summarize the facts:
- it's centralized (99% of users on one instance),
- it has insufficient moderation,
- it's not easily publicly browsable,
- it has terrible terms of service (you grant them broad rights to all your content).

The only thing that makes it different from X in principle is that it's not run by a mad man (yet)... Ah, I forgot it's Jack Dorsey's project, nevermind.

Show threadQeruiemOct 5, 2023

@sesivany

"it's centralized"

For ordinary people this is its main selling points. I've given up trying to get people to Mastodon, because they just get confused about the multiple server-solution.

Bsky is a drop in replacement. Very low friction to switch.

Show threadAnders Lagerfjärd
@qeruiem @sesivany Yeah this is definitely a feature to many. You join and off you go. Not like Mastodon is rocket science but there is a learning curve and it seems beyond a sizable percentage of users. Maybe some kind of quickstart mechanism would help, but not trivial to see how it would work.
Oct 5, 2023 at 7:16amWeb
Show threadQeruiemOct 5, 2023

@jalager @sesivany First time I joined here I tried very hard to find the right instance etc yada, but that server was shut down because the guy got fed up with all the drama, server blocks and shit.

Second time I joined I just picked the default, because I expect mastodon.social to be "too big to fail". Ie I pretty much went for the centralised option.

Mastodon will probably in the future more or less be mastodon.social with some fringe servers around it, because convenience.

Show threadQeruiemOct 5, 2023
@jalager @sesivany It goes against the idea with Mastodon, but that is at the same time probably what HAS to happen for it to be generally accepted. The alternative is that Bsky will just roll over Mastodon and Mastodon will be just another social media backwater that slowly wither and dies.