Comment on Bluesky now has 30 million users.

ErinCrush@lemm.ee ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I never actually used Twitter, but recently made accounts on Mastodon, Bluesky, and Pixelfed.

  Pixelfed has been my favorite of the three so far… I’m finding that the image-based focus means my feed is mostly fun stuff, that leaves me feeling happy, not gloom and doom of news, snark, etc.

  I’m not sure how long I’ll use Mastodon, but I’ve been finding hashtags and users that I’m interested in following and interacting with, and the keyword filters have allowed me to limit (but not eliminate) the depressing stuff.

  Bluesky pissed me the fuck off since I couldn’t find a way to follow hashtags, only users, and the Lists thing was just not what I wanted either. Bluesky’s filter is disappointing compares to Mastodon’s too, since Mastodon allows you to hide filtered words behind a content warning or hide them completely, while Bluesky seems to only hide them completely.

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• naught101@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Bluesky has the network effect, at least for some domains of content. Mastodon has about 50% coverage of my domain of interests, but that’s probably way less for many people.

  Mastodon has the guaranteed lack of enshittification via decentralisation. Bluesky is promising it, but it seems far from guaranteed, and if it doesn’t happen, I’m betting it’ll enshittify about 4 times faster than twitter, because everything does these days…

  So Bluesky is probably a better bet in the short term for general users… I’m glad people are escaping twitter at least. But I’m sticking with Mastodon, 'cause fuck going through all that again in a couple of years.

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• VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I tried to figure out Mastodon a few months ago. I’m with you.

  Someone asked me to follow them on Mastodon. I couldn’t find them in the app. He sent me the direct link and it opened up a browser on my phone, refusing to recognize the app.

  I finally added them by remembering which server I was in, log into that, visiting their link again, adding them from my logged in server, and then it finally appeared in the app.

  And if I’m dealing with thet level of monkeying around, how many others are? How the hell are we supposed to contribute and add content and find social circles when we’re fighting with the UI?

  Lemmy seems to have figured out how to not make a sucky experience with multiple servers.

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  • SilentKnightOwl@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yep, if even tech-savvy folks struggle with following people via links, the average user is going to feel totally lost. It’s these minor UX issues that keep holding federated platforms back.

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  • PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    On Mastodon I have no trouble interacting with other users there. I have 2 accounts running on different instances - one global and one local. No trouble at all finding an account on either of them.

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• anon593839@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I find Lemmy to be a better reddit alternative than Mastodon is a twitter alternative.

  The lack of an infinitely scrollable algorithmic feed in Mastodon is definitely better societally, but let’s be real, the algorithmic feed is just way more fun to scroll in blue sky.

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• Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I dont like either, but then again I couldn’t get into twitter. The microblogging is not for me. I made accounts on mastodon, bluesky, pixelfed et al just to improve the numbers

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• Saltycracker@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think I might use both

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