I recently discovered wafrn, which is fediverse software that lets you directly interact with both the Fediverse and Bluesky.
Also it has lots of fun easter eggs like this button in the settings
I heart Wafrn, it’s the main way I interact with the micro-blog portion of the Fediverse, and its community has been overall great. One of my favorite parts is no character limit to posts, plus its great to be able to post & follow on Bluesky without needing a separate account or app there. Good stuff.
What’s that referencing? Unless there’s something specific about the phrase, that would bug me because dice are plural, haha. By the way, does the button actually do anything?
Dice, die, both actually work as singular and/or plural because english is a mess.
There’s something about Bluesky I just don’t quite like. I have an account, sometimes (rarely) I use it. But for example today I wanted to share a short video with a friend. I send him the link - “only logged in users can see this post (OP himself set this option)” ok, weird but let me download the vid and send him - “nope can’t do that”
They literally added some frontend bullshit to not allow you to download a freaking video. When you Inspect it with developer tools it shows a button… If you try saving it with right clicking it will save the thumbnail instead… I know there are probably easy-ish workarounds but this sort of instagram closedness pisses me off.
Meanwhile in Mastodon I right click and save video as…
I also don’t like the underlying complexity of how decentralization is supposed to work there. That being said, if the choice is between twitter, threads or bluesky, please use bluesky.
I prefer Mastodon, though.
because bluesky wants to be a walled garden. they still operate under the same metrics as every other social media platform because their value comes from keeping you on the platform as much and as long as possible and tracking everything you do on it. they can’t do that if you aren’t logged in and views from external users aren’t as valuable as logged in users.
mastodon doesn’t care about any of that. it works off the principles of the open internet.
I’ve been banned on bluesky because I choose to follow a curated group people’s accounts (I don’t remember what it was called that someone shares a bunch of people where you can choose to follow all with one click) about books which had over 100 people in it. Never went back…
I doubt that was the reason lol
You have no reason to doubt that
could be because dont allow post edits or dislikes
Once you know the right way out in Federated servers, there is no need to turn back to the next big corp
I tried Bluesky. I noticed two overwhelming trends that led to my hasty departure:
Wishful thinking left-wing politics. Encouraging people to pretend like how things ought to be is how things are, and to act accordingly. This is lazy and disastrous thinking, both because it overlooks the real systemic change that needs to happen to get to where you want to be. Though, in fairness, there is quite a bit of this on Lemmy too.
Extremely popular poster who spent their entire careers making the Trump presidency a certainly trying to back pedal on Trump specifically. No mention of their awful ideas they still keep and spread that lead to such an outcome. Lots of thumbs up and people saying “see, they get it” while also not connecting the dots, as if Project 2025 fell from the sky and wasn’t the product of decades of effort.
It’s an idiot convention.
So, exactly like Twitter. The problem is not the platform, the problem is people.
Nah Twitter is Elons personal social media where he ran the normies off so he can grift crypto with his army of bots.
Twitter was a shit hole the second it launched.
It just became a bigger shit hole when the Nazi bought it.
Twitter has always sucked. It’s almost entirely responsible for the reason we have such a need for immediate information. There is no patience anymore or even reputable journalism and reporting because being first is more important than being right.
The reason the media is as shit as it is now is almost directly causes by Twitter. It should have been shut down years ago.
I find it rather strange you say this. Bluesky was on the receiving end of a major artist exodus from Twatter. With them came all the progressive ideals that they’re known for. A lot of gay, trans, and otherwise queer individuals who are either artists themselves or follow artists they feel safe with. Certainly not the kind of people who are satisfied with the status quo.
I didn’t say people there were satisfied with the status quo. I said they had fantasy-based thinking instead of actionable plans and, for some reason, are letting the GOP sane-wash itself so long as they blame what they did on Trump. Both of those actions are quite anti-status quo. They’re also really, really stupid.
Beyond that, the fact that Bsky came up out of nowhere and ate Mastodon’s lunch around that time just reeks of hostility to me.
Amen.
liberal/left can’t seen to understand why they keep losing… but then makes no legit effort to like have a actionable plan for any of their political goals.
And if you suggest such actions/plan/pragmatic thinking, you’re basically voted off the liberal ‘happy think only’ island.
I’ve been left-wing I feel like for 25 years, but the entire time I left the politics was moving away from me. As much as the right parodies the left as being elitist and out of touch and delusional… it’s like the left now actively embraces that vision of themselves and actively pursues it.
Here in Brazil, during our dictatorship, we had a 2-party system, ARENA, the “yes” party and MDB, which was the “yes sir” party. Feels like USA isn’t too far off
You don’t need a plan, you just need to fucking vote. Not that hard.
This is 100% the wrongminded mentality we are talking about. We need systemic change to how we vote. We need politicians with actionable plans worth voting for. We need people who understand how voting ACTUALLY works in this country. But nah, man, just fucking vote! That’s the solution!!1!
without a plan there is nothing to vote for. why would anyone vote for the status quo that the left/liberals so viciously defend?
I just removed the Discover feed and stick to For You or Mutuals. Much more pleasant experience.
Bluesky is great because you can make your own algo or go with one that isn’t meant to keep you on the platform forever.
Mastodon is still my favorite, though.
That being said: I hardly use either, these days. I pop on, check statuses for people I care about, then I’m off. I don’t engage in banter or get into arguments. It’s way better than the other social platforms for this reason. …but it won’t get that same terminally online user base because it doesn’t seem coded to do that, thankfully.
Bluesky is pretty weird in its own way. It’s full of really irritating leftist politics plus a lot of unsolicited porn.
Nothing happens in Mastodon.
Twitter seems to be the only place that has anything going on in that style of social media.
Nothing happens in Mastodon.
That’s not a bad thing. Just find the instance that fits your hobbies or interest and vibe.
They keep banning japanese artists, let that app rot.
First ive heard that, any idea why?
Underaged looking gooner characters. Not a big loss if you ask me.
Lol can’t they just stay on the CSAM social media, Twitter?
It’s not CSAM no matter how much you try to push it.
Because BlueSky is an echo chamber.
Yes! BlueSky is an echo chamber!
Yes! BlueSky is an echo chamber!
They said from their own echo chamber.
All social media platforms are echo chambers. Those who enjoy the conversation stay, those who dont leave. The top talkers of each platform set the narrative. Mods help boost them by hiding content they don’t like, which becomes a reinforcing loop.
Sounds like I touched a nerve here while just stating a fact.
There are many echo chambers, but this one is mine.
Mastodon.
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I keep forgetting vluesky exists…
I’m just don’t really find the Twitter experience to be all that much use. I was never a big Twitter user anyway.
My town has a bulletin board posted adjacent to the sidewalk near the post office. It’s labeled “The Town Cryer” and fliers for local events, businesses etc. get posted there.
That is what I see the Twitter/microblog format as useful for. It’s for stand up comics and musical acts to post “come see us LIVE at the Somewhere Dome in Citytown This Saturday a 8/7c.” Or for ISPs to post “Service interruption in the Carolinas, repairs underway, expect service to resume at 9 pm.”
Other than that and it’s just All Old Men Yell At Cloud.
That is crazy I’m not going back to twitter.
Yes, go forward to Mastodon.
I’ve actually seen quite a few people and organizations moving back to Twitter. While these are just a few anecdotes, I suspects there’s a trend. I can’t explain it.
bluesky sucks and has limited reach.
twitter is far more integrated and popular.
people want to reach people, they have to use the broadest platforms.
I have deleted my twitter account since elon bought it. How integrated has it been in my life that I havent noticed? What does it actually integrate with?
I’m sorry, but isn’t it Xitter now?
it’s twitter. always has been, always will be.
I just treat it like the X close this window button anymore.
twitter is far more integrated and popular with fash.
There is no functional difference between Bluesky and Twtitter. At least Mastodon is decentralized
Something that clearly doesn’t resonate with mainstream social media users at all.
This might be a bit of a hot take but I do visit Bluesky more than Lemmy, there’s more activity there & it’s less of an echo chamber, Bluesky still is a bit of an echo chamber I guess but not as much Lemmy can be, also some of the niches I like aren’t on Lemmy. I do hope Lemmy gets more users & Activity, it’d be a bit more comfortable to use.
I also wish lemmy had more users, and preferably more diverse users.
it’s less of an echo chamber
Just different echoes.
