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Why are people preferring Blue Sky over Mastodon? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 21 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mastodon has been around since 2016 and has 804k MAU.

The platform has 57 third party apps.

The platform is decentralized and has community ran servers.

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[–] [email protected] 104 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

We've had this exact conversation in this community two months ago already, in case you want to back read the comments from back then. Nothing significant has changed

To paraphrase my opinion from back then:

Easier onboarding, and a familiar, easier UX
customizable feeds you can subscribe to + starterpacks instantly give you full timelines and people to follow (and followers, if you're in many starter packs)
better discoverability, and therefore higher engagement
stacking moderation and excellent security features (e.g. detachable quote boosts, "the nuclear block")
many users who tried Mastodon first had bad experiences with "HOA"-like behavior and over-enthusiastic mods

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What is HOA?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Home Owners Association a group or people that "polices" neighbors and has a hisyory of doing shady things. But he's referring to the actitude of "coming outta nowhere to tell you what to do" they have in common.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

What S_H_K said, people have reported being rebuked for posting pictures without ALT-text and not CW-ing uncommon things like eye-contact or food, for example. One person notably received angry messages for posting about cutting their finger on a sheet of paper without CW. The worst accounts were of POC talking about racism they experienced and being told to put it under CW.