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Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media (techcrunch.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

an incompatible protocol with less features and worse UX

And yet, they have the one thing that matters: the users.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Are these users in the room with us? Because having 5m users for a centralized social network is laughable.

Bluesky so far had zero impact on pop culture especially outside of the US. It's just trolling, bullying and though vomit that got exported from Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Hi, yes, I'm here. The user. Of both, in fact.

Both Bluesky and Mastodon have their quirks and their different cultures. The feature sets of their protocols may also be different, but they sure aren't relevant to the experience at all, because federation is not a user-facing feature for the vast majority of the social media experience.

Stop cheerleading for social networks. Social networks are not your friends, including Mastodon or the rest of the "fediverse".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Social networks are absolutely our friends.

Like it or not but it's a part of our society that is here to stay. To imagine a world where we suddenly abandon social networks is just delusional.

Also this might be an unpopular opinion but social networks are net good for the society despite the problems they've cause they've helped us solve many more.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago

I can be friends with a social network if I know my admin and I'm in a small instance. That's the power of federation.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

5 million on a currently-centralized platform is still doing significantly better than Mastodon.

The constant whininess of Mastodon/ActivityPub-services users is a fantastic reason to completely steer clear of it.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You know mastodon is 50M++ right?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not active users, unless you’re willing to cite that claim. Maybe accounts created over the last few years.

Making Mastodon seem more active than what it is won’t help adoption.

Adding Threads would significantly help boost active user numbers but people are too busy crafting foil hats.