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Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media (techcrunch.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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[-] Chozo@kbin.social 23 points 9 months ago

an incompatible protocol with less features and worse UX

And yet, they have the one thing that matters: the users.

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Are these users in the room with us? Because having 5m users for a centralized social network is laughable.

Bluesky so far had zero impact on pop culture especially outside of the US. It's just trolling, bullying and though vomit that got exported from Twitter.

[-] MudMan@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago

Hi, yes, I'm here. The user. Of both, in fact.

Both Bluesky and Mastodon have their quirks and their different cultures. The feature sets of their protocols may also be different, but they sure aren't relevant to the experience at all, because federation is not a user-facing feature for the vast majority of the social media experience.

Stop cheerleading for social networks. Social networks are not your friends, including Mastodon or the rest of the "fediverse".

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Social networks are absolutely our friends.

Like it or not but it's a part of our society that is here to stay. To imagine a world where we suddenly abandon social networks is just delusional.

Also this might be an unpopular opinion but social networks are net good for the society despite the problems they've cause they've helped us solve many more.