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Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 days ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 14 hours ago

Still waiting for Bluesky to start forcing ads in your feed... at some point it is inevitable.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 36 points 3 days ago (6 children)

An even better alternative is to replace it with nothing. The Twitter-like messaging paradigm is only good for trivia and rumor-mongering.

[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some use/used it as an RSS feed for researchers sharing papers.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Know what else is great for that? RSS feeds.

[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago

Yeah but no. It's not an RSS feed per se. It's researchers sharing what they publish and what other publish with ints or resumes sometimes. Then people would comment and researchers reply.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Man what evet happened to those

[–] brilokuloj@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Never went away, they're still used by independent websites. A potential hurdle was that Firefox dropped native support at one point

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[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

I used Twitter for emergency updates, saved me multiple times.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)

People doing anything to not use mastodon...

[–] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 14 hours ago

People doesn't understand mastodon fragmentation/federation. They can only cope with simple concepts like "the whole thing is HERE ---> X"

[–] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I am always a little surprised that everyone is surprised as if people are intentionally avoiding Mastodon.

I like Mastodon but it is empty by comparison to BlueSky people want a social media app where there are people to talk to on quantities. BlueSky is also user friendly by comparison, IMO. Easier to setup.

"Well Mastodon would be busier if people would stop going anywhere else."

No one is avoiding Mastodon I think it is odd it has never occurred to anyone that BlueSky is talked about way more. I had never heard Mastodon before Lemmy but I saw talks of BlueSky everywhere.

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[–] troed@fedia.io 238 points 5 days ago (3 children)

We're seeing a substantial increase on the Mastodon instance I help moderate too, but there's no aggregate marketing department at Mastodon so we don't get any headlines.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 82 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm using both platforms through Openvibe when I'm on my phone.

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[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 59 points 4 days ago (16 children)

I honestly don't understand why people waited so I don't use mastodon but I did cancel my Twitter account literally the first week he bought it. It wasn't hard to see this coming and I just don't get the delay.

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 98 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

Going from one shitty capitalist business to another shitty capitalist business.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 69 points 4 days ago (16 children)

I think this is the crowd that tried Mastodon and then abandoned it when they realized it required a modicum of effort.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 36 points 4 days ago (5 children)

[–] Liz@midwest.social 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This man ran into the weirdos on Mastodon. I'm over there hanging out with people posting about ass-pennies and no one cries "content warning!" You're the one who decides who you follow and who follows you. If your hanging out with folks too sensitive for your liking, that's on you.

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[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 21 points 3 days ago (13 children)

as a Bluesky / Mastodon user, Mastodon is wayyyy better.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (7 children)

eh it is good to leave that shit hole behind but Elon already got very high returns from his investment on Shitter (got his daddy elected) so it's too late.

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[–] blue_berry@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago (9 children)

What aren't they joining Mastodon and Lemmy? Or even Threads?

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Bluesky is a lot easier to use vs fediverse stuff, discovering stuff is also easier in my experience vs mastodon.

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[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Mastodon or Lemmy, because you would have to choose an instance and a client. Threads, because why would you?

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 days ago

I'll use Bluesky before I use Threads. I don't want to get sucked further into the Zuckerborg.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 days ago

Do not use threads

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[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 58 points 4 days ago (41 children)

FWIW there's a way to bridge Bluesky accounts to Mastodon

https://fed.brid.gy/

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[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 50 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Bluesky is not as decentralized as you think.. Just saying.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 57 points 4 days ago

Bluesky is not decentralized at all.

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 23 points 4 days ago (7 children)

That is actually an advantage. Centralized platforms are able to achieve larger audiences, increasing the chance that I will be able to find content I actually care about.

[–] finderscult@lemmy.myserv.one 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Only as long as the centralized authority stays aligned with you. Then you have the same problem.

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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I've seen the effect. It's just like after Brazil cut Twitter off. My very niche account has been gaining new followers by the hour.

I have no idea how people interested in Heathcliff are being found by new people. Much less people interested in Heathcliff without Heathcliff.

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[–] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I use both Mastodon and BlueSky and I don't really care for platforms like Twitter. Both Mastodon and BlueSky are good in their own ways but I think BlueSky is user friendly. Easy to setup looks super similar to Twitter, easier to navigate.

Plus, I have heard about it pretty much everywhere. It is commonly compared to Threads. I only know and heard about Mastodon on Lemmy.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Bluesky is popping off lately it feels even more lively and the block tools are great.

[–] 4grams@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

Sigh, here we go again. I jumped on board because it’s where my friends are. Was pleasantly surprised that most of my old twitter follows are already there. Still, given the history I’m being careful and ready for the next enshittification exodus.

I wish folks would just embrace self hosting and decentralization but we obviously love to make the same mistakes again, and again, and again…

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[–] krimson@lemmy.world 69 points 5 days ago (12 children)

Everything is better than Twitter I guess.

Is this running on a modified version of Mastodon?

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 94 points 5 days ago (5 children)

BlueSky is its own thing with its own federated protocol called ATproto. They have an explanation in their docs on how it works, different features. There's a bridge between the two as well, a bit janky but effective.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 99 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's a federated protocol, but the network itself isn't meaningfully federated, and is basically just Bluesky (the company) infrastructure. Hopefully that changes, because until then, it's still a centralised social media platform, despite the underlying technology

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 62 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They have no reason to change that. They will long term want the exact same thing that twitter has, access to all user data and control of the platform.

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago (10 children)

And I still to this day don't get the appeal of the twitter model

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 14 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Go to Mastadon you tards

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Soon Twitter will complete its transition to Nazi Bar of Social Media.

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 57 points 4 days ago

If there's openly Nazis in your bar and they aren't being kicked out, you're in a Nazi bar. They completed that transition a while ago.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 33 points 4 days ago

Impressive, since "network effects" are what keeps people on a platform. Why move off Xitter or FB when everyone's on there, and not on the new place? Keep moving a significant fraction of a million people every week, and pretty soon, it'll be where everyone is.

My partner, who is very non-technical, signed up for a BlueSky as well this week: "all the teacher blogs have declared that they are moving over". Looks like everyone has had enough.

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