Mastodawn

It's amazing to see #Mastodon and the #Fediverse recommended more but in turn Bluesky is also named as a "good alternative"

I would like to argue it's not;

If the company behind Bsky decides to stop and shut down their services, your self-hosted PDS can't do anything anymore without all infrastructure needed

Ofc one could self-host this but this is a true nightmare and far from a good solution

So yeah, I feel moving to Bluesky is just moving the problem, it's not a solution

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Unaffiliated Music Thing 13h ago

@stux
I was on Bluesky for a while, long after I quit Twitter but got an invite to it.
I didn't last long on there, to be honest but I also imagine that a lot of people on there would go back to Twitter before they come here...
... no evidence for saying that. I just get the impression that many people don't really understand why they left Twitter (often under duress from peers).

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Aaron 🥞

@OneBlindMouse @stux I don't think you need evidence for this. When a lot of people left Twitter, they went to Bluesky (some came here too). That's the evidence you need to know they'd go back to Twitter. It's because it's easier than Mastodon. Most people don't care about the underlying structure of Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, etc. Their eyes glaze over when I try to explain it haha. They just want to create an account, find their favorite people and news, and follow/post.