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Mastodon vs BlueSky - differences (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey, I wanted to ask someone who has probably more knowledge than me about it - what's the difference about these two services? I know Mastodon has ActivityPub, so it works with Lemmy, and BlueSky has it's own kind of federation, but does it even has anything to federate to?

I'm asking not which one is better, I'm searching logical argument for one or other. I'm obviously more leaning toward Mastodon since I'm here, but I wanted to give my friend, who is thinking about joining, some real arguments.

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

Why do you need to understand any of that? Now, none of it is wrong - but it's not something anyone signing up at a Mastodon instance absolute must know about to use the system and have a good troll-free social network experience.

On the contrary. Maybe those are exactly the things needed to avoid becoming Xitter. Bluesky is rapidly becoming another instance of the hellhole at this very moment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree on the unfortunate and predictable bluesky's future. Corporate, politics, ads... Avoiding to become "Xitter" should not rely on end users computer knowledge, technical abilities, geeky mindset. I think you understand that too: KISS is a huge success factor. That's just my 2cts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've been waiting for everyone around me to "understand computers" for forty years.

No luck. They're just as clueless as they have ever been.

You'd think I'd be less boggled by it now, but nope.