This is the first time I'm seeing a way to host a full Bluesky network, I think. It seems like a big step towards full federation beyond appviews and personal data servers.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 8 points 22 hours ago (14 children)

Seems like a lot of people prefer bluesky for whatever reason. I wouldn’t know since I’ve no interest in either.

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (12 children)

I think it's just discoverability of content, and probably some UX. Mastodon isn't really a great show of what ActivityPub can do. They intentionally don't have an "algorithm" or any kind of content discoverability. Also the federation is limited to following users, on Lemmy you can follow topics and that causes all their posts and comments to federate.

Just today I heard Bluesky is making a Reddit alternative. I'm a bit worried they overtake Lemmy.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 9 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

Yeah discoverability is a huge issue. I feel like tech people often get stuck on the fact that most regular people don’t want to do a ton of work to browse the web, they just want content to come to them. I know people in the fediverse have negative feelings about algorithms (and most that exist today are harmful) but does a transparent, community-managed algorithm have to be a bad thing?