Comment on Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse
MudMan@fedia.io 1 day ago
That was a shockingly long turnaround for these, considering. I've come and gone from Mastodon like three times since this was an argument and at least twice since they said they would do this.
Oh, well. I originally thought this was a bad call, and I did hate the old Twitter snippy bullshit this enabled, but Bluesky sorta proved to me this was a cultural issue more than a feature set issue. And while we're at it, while I don't particularly like the implementation of Bluesky's custom subject feeds I'm fairly convinced that some alternative to chronological-only feeds would be beneficial. This seems like too little, too late, honestly.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I like Bluesky and I’m currently on hiatus from Mastodon, but when you say “too little, too late” it may be that Bluesky beat them there, but at the end of the day Bluesky is still Big Tech bullshit. It is a matter of when, not if, it will be enshittified and we need a replacement.
Bluesky is a breath of fresh air and I like the community and features there. And twenty years ago Google was the awesome upstart punching Microsoft in the balls, and yet here we are today.
tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 day ago
Not really related to the bulk of your comment but I’m curious (if you don’t mind sharing) what features you like from BlueSky, in comparison to Mastodon?
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Custom feeds, subscribed blocklists, blocking/muting keywords for a period of time. Basically the moderation controls. My mental health is better when I can just turn off certain topics for a bit without abandoning them altogether.
If I remember right, mast has a feature where you can follow someone but only their self posts and not reposts. There are accounts that are repost machines and I don’t want to follow someone if I’m not getting to hear their own thoughts in their own words. I wish Bluesky had that.
tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 day ago
That makes a lot of sense; thanks so much!
skribe@piefed.social 1 day ago
Filters already mute keywords and can be set for specific periods of time. AFAIK*, subscribed blocklists were rejected because they could be used to target minority members by bad actors. How are custom feeds different from lists?
sexybenfranklin@ttrpg.network 1 day ago
You can do timed mutes of keywords, though the times aren’t as customizable as some people might like.
MudMan@fedia.io 1 day ago
Well, I'm still waiting for Twitter to "need a replacement". It seems to be doing just about fine on its new normal. Ditto for Facebook or any of the other Meta places, which have only consistently grown over time. Yes, including Facebook.
To be clear, I don't particularly mean too little to late for me. I'm not on Twitter or Facebook or any of those platforms, Bluesky and Fedi aside. And again, I was not on board with the Masto quote tweet thing. I did stop using it frequently, but not for that reason.
I mean too little to late to make an impact of any kind. Masto has been stuck where it is for a while, and so has Bluesky. I don't think either are going back to growing anytime soon, but if either does it probably won't be because Masto added quotes. I'm fairly comfy talking to the same dozen people out here like I'm in a 90s IRC channel, but ultimately it'd be nice if the gross places didn't keep driving the global conversation forever. And on that front... yeah, too little, too late.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Yeah, neither have killed Twitter or displaced it enough to affect real change, but they are nice despite — or perhaps because of — being smaller. Like Lemmy, in fact. I don’t know if being here hurts Reddit. I hope so. But more importantly I like it better in these places even if it fails to disrupt the fortunes of greedy assholes.
But the next time something happens to disrupt Twitter or Reddit, alternatives are available and will attracts few more people away. Over time… who knows. Maybe some real change will happen by accident.
iopq@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They are credible threats now. I think Bluesky is a bigger threat to Twitter. Some posters said when they posted about Russia’s war they got better interactions on Bluesky because X downranks the topic