@BeAware @hallenbeck mastodon is AGPL-licensed. Anyone can fork it. There's a governance structure for "mastodon" but I don't see that as any different than something like the nixos foundation: the community can take the platform wherever they want.
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So, assuming I'm not interested in answers like "neither!@hallenbeck @BeAware The strange thing is that I didn't find the onboarding experience to be materially different between the two EXCEPT that BlueSky doesn't (yet) have multiple instances. I don't even see the interface as being much different. I'm perplexed by the visceral reaction the BlueSky folks have to Mastodon. A couple of good friends have given reactions that cannot be interpreted as anything other than "ewww communism" because mastodon isn't owned.
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So, assuming I'm not interested in answers like "neither!@DavidBHimself I do have to laugh though. Friends told me "come to Bluesky! we're nice!" Didn't take five minutes before someone was yelling at me for not being sufficiently angry about whatever was on the menu that day, lol.
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So, assuming I'm not interested in answers like "neither!@DavidBHimself I think that's a very fair answer. I have sort of sniffed at the folks I know over there who insist there is no algorithm, even though there absolutely is one (with custom feeds evidencing it) that will become dominant as soon as the investors sink their fangs in.
I just never really understood why someone would choose Bluesky over Mastodon other than a deep-seated distrust of community-owned software. It's very odd.
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So, assuming I'm not interested in answers like "neither!@DavidBHimself @BeAware I don't disagree there are unpleasant folks here but I've never seen it as really gatekeeping and no different from the usual town jerks you find in any big community. About the only thing I've found here is a very "we will not be twitter again" vibe that tends to lean pretty hard on people who just come to fight--and I came from activist-left-twitter so I'm used to just omg hyperobsessive combat with today's Main Character.
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So, assuming I'm not interested in answers like "neither!@BeAware HA that's the funny part: I have asked friends over there!
The answer in my group was 100% some combination of (1) mastodon is too difficult, (2) mastodon is too judgmental, (3) too much linux, and (4) mastodon doesn't fight enough (that one is probably attributable to one or two specific friends of mine though).
I genuinely don't understand the perspective. People here are nice. Many are genuine world-class experts. And you can block linux keywords.
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So, assuming I'm not interested in answers like "neither!@BeAware I don't disagree, but people are clearly deciding Bluesky vs. Threads (and mutually rejecting mastodon) and I'm curious who "bluesky voters" are, what they perceive bluesky as offering.
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So, assuming I'm not interested in answers like "neither!That kind of took a turn I don't mean. I know a few folks on bluesky and they're fine people, but their vibe seems to be entirely "we're not mastodon because we refuse to talk about #linux". But I have a very, very small sample size.
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So, assuming I'm not interested in answers like "neither!So, assuming I'm not interested in answers like "neither! use #mastodon!", why would someone use #bluesky over #threads? My wife is on Threads and says there's a good vibe over there. I'm not going to join because I don't want any Facebook any my life, but I'm also not representative. Who does bluesky target? People who are anti-Meta but can't figure out signing up for an account like you would email?