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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Because it's easier to migrate from Twitter to BlueSky.

  • Mastodon onboarding sucks: have to select an app, select an instance... and you've lost 99% of the users 😮‍💨
  • Bluesky: install the official app, pick a username and password, get to pick some interest topics, and you're set up with a basic feed.

Extras:

  • Starter packs: Users can advertise curated lists of people to follow, making it easier to migrate whole communities.
  • Moderation is arguably better with community "labelers" who don't remove the content (doesn't antagonize "freeze peach" people).
  • 3rd-party tools to automatically match and add ex-Twitter users who migrated to BlueSky.

Overall, it gets a boost from a faster increase in network effect.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Also auto updating block lists and topic filter lists powered by crowdsourced tagging are very important features these day.

And customized feeds are nice for when you want to add an algorithm (or many different ones) rather than just the usual default list of all skeets sorted in order with no algorithm behind it.