they serve different functions for me. besides, if the people saying it's going to turn into X 2.0 aren't wearing tinfoil hats, it'll be nice to have somewhere to rely on.
Mastodon is great, but to make it even better for professional use it might help if something like the "top-links" in the "catch-up" (Beta) window of #phanpy (phanpy.social/ ) is the home page by default for all users. These top-links are sorted by the number of times boosted by the ones *you follow*. This could be useful for #science, to highlight most important developments (e.g. publications) in your network. Now you easily miss them, causing some colleagues to leave.
@maccruiskeen OK, also social. Let's say you follow 200 others, and you stick to them, because you like their messages. Let's say 100 of them post/boost 5 messages per day. That is 500 messages in your timeline/day. A more silent friend or colleague posts one message per month, which might be quite important for both the sender and receiver. It is quickly snowed under. Many of my colleagues joined about a year ago, but most left to LinkedIn and Bluesky now. I think because of this
@geertaarts @maccruiskeen This is specifically something I encountered myself. I solved it by unfollowing accounts, as well as turning off boosts, until I felt I was comfortable keeping track of all the accounts I followed. But that's me.
@michaelcoyote I think keeping Mastodon as a main account and also building a community on BS that could be ported here if the enshitification of BS hits, might not be an awful idea. it might also be a way to educate people about the fediverse. #Mastodon #BlueSky
The problem is that BS has all cards in place to get enshittified. Centralised, no federation, funded by crypto-cowboys with close ties to Steve Bannon.
Yes, the general atmosphere is quite pleasant at the moment, but I for one have seen this movie before. I will lurk there, but my main hangout place will definitely be here.
@ascflushy I can't predict the future, so maybe it will ultimately suffer the same fate as Twitter. However, as of right now #bluesky is far removed from being a shithole. It is full of good, kind, creative people supporting one another and enjoying each others' company. The Xscapees are joyful. Over here, I'm seeing a a much more caustic and bitter atmosphere. But I will keep my account here and look for the positive.
@BonehouseWasps Are you serious or satirical? #Bluesky is a wonderful welcoming & supportive environment. Throwing shade at Bluesky seems to be a popular pass time here. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. But the 'one true faith' #Fediverse dogma I see here is increasingly off-putting.
Underaged curmudgeon here ... I'm still lurking Usenet which has lost 99% of its user base. A good thing is a good thing whether it is popular or not. Just because Pavlov's dogs run helter skelter at the dinner bell doesn't mean that I must.
I don't trust a third party controlling my access to the public square. So I just set up my own ActivityPub server and Usenet server for my crypto and doodle projects. The only way I forsee leaving ActivityPub is if the current generation re-discovers Usenet. Even then I would probably maintain the ActivityPub instance since it basically takes care of itself.
I created a Bluesky profile but at present I don't use it. I'm not sure if I ever will because I don't want to spend a month of Sundays studying yet another unnecessary protocol and API. If the path to posting via CLI isn't very clear-cut and reliable I'm not going to waste time with it.
Shinydan
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in reply to Jesse Skinner • • •One of the things I want to bring up is Bridgy App.
One of the plans I’m trying to make with getting people on BlueSky to turn on the Bridgy App has to do with the sudden-but-inevitable-betrayal moment.
One of the reasons people didn’t want to leave X was because they didn’t know people other places.
If they they give the gateway permissions, they will start knowing people other places before things go oh so very wrong.
They’ll already know where some of their friends are.
So that’s where they’ll look to go first.
I wrote a bunch of other stuff about all this here, at my fully-Federated and self-hosted blog.
solarbird.net/blog/2024/11/18/…
The "all or nothing" world of social media is over. We can start moving on from it now.
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in reply to Geert Aarts • • •Geert Aarts
in reply to MacCruiskeen • • •Many of my colleagues joined about a year ago, but most left to LinkedIn and Bluesky now. I think because of this
Mycroft
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in reply to Jesse Skinner • • •I'll not boost because that has FB-share-meme energy. 😬
I'll stay in the Fediverse. But I also have my account bridged th BS and interact with my friends there.
Jesse Skinner
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in reply to Jesse Skinner • • •👋🏽👋🏽 I’m staying on Mastodon! I have everything I want from my social media here. No reason to leave.
@Glatorius
Dreaming of dad jazz.
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The problem is that BS has all cards in place to get enshittified. Centralised, no federation, funded by crypto-cowboys with close ties to Steve Bannon.
Yes, the general atmosphere is quite pleasant at the moment, but I for one have seen this movie before. I will lurk there, but my main hangout place will definitely be here.
Teach Honest History
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From what I've read on Mastodon, Bluesky is the new Nazi bar.
@JesseSkinner
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in reply to EvilKiru 🇮🇸 he/him • • •OCTADE
in reply to Jesse Skinner • • •Underaged curmudgeon here ... I'm still lurking Usenet which has lost 99% of its user base. A good thing is a good thing whether it is popular or not. Just because Pavlov's dogs run helter skelter at the dinner bell doesn't mean that I must.
I don't trust a third party controlling my access to the public square. So I just set up my own ActivityPub server and Usenet server for my crypto and doodle projects. The only way I forsee leaving ActivityPub is if the current generation re-discovers Usenet. Even then I would probably maintain the ActivityPub instance since it basically takes care of itself.
I created a Bluesky profile but at present I don't use it. I'm not sure if I ever will because I don't want to spend a month of Sundays studying yet another unnecessary protocol and API. If the path to posting via CLI isn't very clear-cut and reliable I'm not going to waste time with it.