Jeffool Valve has created a Steam Bluesky account
x3x3Why not Mastodon?
Can you explain the benefits of the fediverse over a centralized private site to a regular person in 5-second quip that will convince them that the relative complexity of using the fediverse versus BlueSky is worth the effort?
It gives space to do servers based on specific interests if you want. I’m part of a game development server, and my “Local” tab has people on my server often talking about, and showing, things that are related to game development. And I can still follow anyone from any other Mastodon server too.
If you’re into video games, film, maybe a specific genre of music, you can have an instance dedicated to that. (It might already exist.) It’s like a virtual neighborhood, or forum. Remember forums? Those were nice. They cultivated a sense of community which made people a little more responsible in their attitudes, it feels like. Maybe that’s just nostalgia, but I like the server I’m on. It’s got friendly people I can talk to without feeling the need to fill my follows with them.
Oh so just like Discord, why would I need something new, I already have Discord.
Sure, but with that philosophy, why use a microblogging system at all?
Yes! I’m on a local regional server that is nice. I like that it’s locally owned and operated, and we can talk local news and events.
You know, that feels like a pretty great use case.
I should have made the obligatory link to http://mastodon-near.me/
Mastodon Near Me - Fediverse communities by country, region, and language
A curated selection of well-moderated Mastodon service providers that are are open for registration and serving specific countries, regions or languages. Most allow anyone to join, but they tend to be people from the area. City and facility servers are shown with a pin, regions are square, countries are teardrops. Remember: each service is inter-connected, you can join any service to connect with everyone on the global network! For an accessible text directory version see https://jaz.co.uk/projects/mastodon-near-me/ To add a server or offer feedback see https://github.com/jazmichaelking/mastodon-near-me/
Thanks a lot!