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[–] jpablo68@infosec.pub 8 points 1 week ago (20 children)

fediverse is great but it's not for the general public, sadly.

[–] sibachian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (19 children)

this is the only argument repeated and no one ever comes up with exactly how it's not for the general public, only that it isn't.

and don't say algorithms. the general public constantly laments about how algorithms have ruined everything.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I use both. I've been on Mastodon for the better part of a year and only actively tried Bluesky the last couple weeks. My Bluesky feed is thriving, whereas Mastodon not so much. IMO this is due to Mastodon is missing the major quality of life features of Bluesky.

  • Add lists
  • Subscribable block lists
  • Custom subscribable topic feeds
  • Optional recommendation engine

These things make Bluesky very easy to get started with and more powerful even than Xitter was. It's simply a better product if you have any requirements other than federation. Getting a good feed up and running doesn't take more than an hour or two. Mastodon is a lot more work.

Yes, its federation is more or less bullshit, but for most users, that feature is a distant priority when compared to the rest.

[–] aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can dead name Twitter. People will know what you're talking about haha.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I tend to use Twitter if I'm talking about the pre-Musk infused flavor and Xitter for the Musky turd flavor. Since we must compare features to the now-existing platform, I used the new naming convention ;-).

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