IFTAS
IFTAS  ·  2 weeks ago

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Bsky vs Mastodon - sound off about which you prefer and why.

We're all about creating a web where everyone can participate, be safe from abuse & harm, and where civil society can flourish, keep that in mind in your replies 🙏.

fr0g
fr0g  ·  2 weeks ago

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@iftas

I prefer Mastodon and Fedi because it is organized and structured around instances and thus communities. I think that's the only truly promising way to do social media, even if it still needs a lot of work, to focus on communities and community organization.

ATProto has some neat features and ideas but from what I understand can only ever be viably run by big, commercial actors and I think that's a fundamental structural problem.

spacebarbarian
spacebarbarian  ·  2 weeks ago

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@iftas Mastodon. For-profit social media pretends to be a public square, when it's more like some rich person's front lawn. Every post, comment, etc. feels like "This human interaction brought to you by Mega Tech Corp!" Then there's "The Algorithm" curating what we see by who knows what rules. After experiencing the decay of multiple commercial social media sites, Mastodon & the Fediverse are a refreshing change.
Guittari
Guittari  ·  2 weeks ago

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@iftas Bluesky needs to get their act together and federate, which they've been promising for a while. That's the only reason I chose Mastodon over them, because in the other respects (custom feeds/algorithms, user count) they beat Mastodon. I don't have exact statistics but most sources seem to say Bluesky's active user count dwarfs Mastodon's, probably because of its clout and its much more accessible UI. Less users and less ways to discover other users adds up to a much harder time getting started, even if moderation is more local here.

But I'm hoping to put the effort in to chip away at building community on Mastodon, cause Fediverse is the future. 🤞

Janeishly
Janeishly  ·  2 weeks ago

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@iftas I've spent a lot of time on Bluesky in the last few months, but in the last six weeks or so I've started seeing Twitter behaviour and themes. I'm keeping my account, but I'm not going to be using it from here on.
Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD
Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD  ·  2 weeks ago

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@iftas I joined Mastodon and the Fediverse two years ago when the ownership of Twitter changed. By the time they opened Bluesky to everyone, I was already happy with Mastodon. I thought about adding a Bluesky account but I don’t want to face the inevitable enshittification in a few years when they decide that they need to make profits.
Weird Socks
Weird Socks  ·  2 weeks ago

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@iftas
I prefer Bluesky for the variety of people posting. But it's gotten to be like Twitter was for interaction. Each post there is a chirp into a yawning abyss. I get ten bogus follows for every real follow.

I prefer Mastodon for interaction. Apart everything I post with my relatively small follower account results in responses. But it's a pretty band-filtered slice of people.

Demian
Demian  ·  2 weeks ago

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@iftas For me, @pluralistic said it well at https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/. I can't totally rule out getting a BS account, but there's enough of a critical mass for me on Mastodon and the #fediverse seems like a better path long term for avoiding enshittification. I'd like to see more communities join tho, but this is also contingent on it becoming more welcoming and safe for them.
HAY jude
HAY jude  ·  2 weeks ago

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@iftas I prefer Mastodon, but follow BlueSky people with bridge. I do notice that the technical arguments in Mastodon's favor don't persuade many of the commentators I'd like to see here. Onboarding matters, reach matters, and larger conversations matter. Insulting potential users doesn't help.
Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⧖
Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⧖  ·  2 weeks ago

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@iftas I prefer Mastodon because, having lived through the enshittification of Twitter, I’m not anxious to do it again. I believe enshittification is inescapable for corporate social media. BSky is funded by a blockchain company.

Mastodon still has a long way to go in having all the trust and safety capabilities it needs, though. I hope it finally gets the funds it needs to become a mature platform.

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