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Comment on X's idiocy is doing wonders for Bluesky.

I’d say mastodon is a better choice, mostly so that you’re not beholden to yet another profit-focused tech corporation. I’m sure Bluesky is fine right now, but once they have their userbase they will shift to monetization - and you may regret letting yourself become entrenched in the world they control. They’re not doing it for your benefit.

That said, I’ve come to understand that a lot of people kind of like having their content feed controlled by others. When they only see what they ask for, they get bored. So I’m expecting Bluesky to always be bigger than Mastodon.

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cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
mastodon blew it by attacking people who had legitimate concerns about the service during the first migration.

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- Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  that and the whole “ui sucks” part of it.
  
  I used to bSky quite a bit more than my mastodon account, it made more sense to operate and had better documentation/help
  
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- thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yep. And also, like I said in …thenexus.today/bluesky-atmosphere-fediverse/
  
  For one thing, most of the people who came to Mastodon in late 2022 didn’t have good experiences … so didn’t stay in the Fediverse.6 Flash forward to 2024, and Mastodon still hasn’t addressed the reasons why.
  
  Bluesky, by contrast, has put a lot of work into onboarding and usability – as well as giving people better tools protect themselves and others, and find and build communities … So today, BTS ARMY and millions of Brazilians, and everybody else looking for a Twitter alternative are more likely to have a good experience on Bluesky than Mastodon.
  
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- blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Mastodon isn’t a person. So I don’t know who you are talking about when you say ‘mastodon was attacking people’. I certainly didn’t see anything like that. Perhaps you have an example link for context?
  
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nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The plan for bluesky to for people to start their own instances and decentralize.

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Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s all cyclical anyway. No social media company will reign forever. We’ve already seen a number of them rise and fall. It’s kinda like how different civilizations gained and lost dominance throughout history.

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- Freefall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Toys-R-Us fell…nothing is forever.
  
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  - Hackworth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Aren’t they in Macy’s now? Wait, is Macy’s still a thing?
    
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