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I've been using Bluesky. It has gotten a lot busier since Musk did the Nazi Salute
Yeah, the issue with Bluesky is that it’s just shifting the problem from one oligarch-owned service to another. Mastodon would have been a much better choice, but Bluesky had an algorithmic feed like Xitter so that’s what people flocked to.
The algorithmic feed and the low barrier to entry, including UX familiarity.
Aside from the headache of understanding what instances are and choosing one, and finding a decent mobile client, a lot of people care about unique usernames - especially those in the business/professional sphere.
I see their point, when
@trustedname@genuine-instancecan have all their effort and goodwill destroyed in a day by@trustedname@malicious-instance. While the Verification option exists, more needs to be done in ActivityPub and client developer guidelines to prevent or intuitively mitigate this kind of impersonation. But mentioning such shortcomings get sneered at or waved away, which keeps serious well-meaning people away.Why would they go through that hassle when Bluesky's shortcomings are ideological and potential future direction?
Blocking and muting, detaching your post from quote posts, and hiding replies all make Bluesky a much saner place.