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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 3 weeks ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

No, and it doesnt federate even though they promised that a long time ago. Unless they do, they will inevitably also go to shit, there is no way around the enshittification pipeline. Just stick to mastodon and invest in a long term future.

For a slightly more detailed explanation: https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

No elon involved so it has an enormous advantage over Twitter

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 weeks ago

Thats an advantage so thin it is almost invisible. Its a centralized platform, it could be bought by Elon or shutdown for whatever reason at any second. Being this shortsighted about the future of global communications systems is not a great idea when Trump is about to take office.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the same advantage all the other options have, too.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So you are of the opinion that the bluesky devs are currently lying about working to get it federated?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wasn't thinking about that at all, but they probably aren't trying very hard, if I had to guess. What's their current monetization model?

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not sure. You can run your own instance right now so they have enabled that but you can't yet federate with the main instance. I believe you can store your own data in your own instance though but I'm not sure.

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe offtopic, but does anyone has a good guide on how to join Mastodon? I'm still trying to find a good instance.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The best guide isn't written down: don't be afraid to try a few instances until you find one you like!

Once you're on Mastodon and following people, you'll start to notice the servers and gravitate towards the ones you like.

I would advise against mastodon.social since it is the biggest and also has some problems with moderation. But some people like it, so maybe it is good enough also.

To choose a server, check out https://fedi.tips/which-server-should-i-join-how-do-i-find-out-more-about-a-server/

The fedi.tips account also posts a lot of helpful tips and themed lists of accounts to follow/discover so I recommend following them too!

[–] Twista713@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Appreciate the info!