I love that a Twitter founder founded Bluesky and the logo went from the outline of a white bird on a blue background to the outline of a white butterfly on a similar shade of blue background.
I'd say mastodon is a better choice, mostly so that you're not beholden to yet another profit-focused tech corporation. I'm sure Bluesky is fine right now, but once they have their userbase they will shift to monetization - and you may regret letting yourself become entrenched in the world they control. They're not doing it for your benefit.
That said, I've come to understand that a lot of people kind of like having their content feed controlled by others. When they only see what they ask for, they get bored. So I'm expecting Bluesky to always be bigger than Mastodon.
The plan for bluesky to for people to start their own instances and decentralize.
It's all cyclical anyway. No social media company will reign forever. We've already seen a number of them rise and fall. It's kinda like how different civilizations gained and lost dominance throughout history.
Toys-R-Us fell...nothing is forever.
Aren't they in Macy's now? Wait, is Macy's still a thing?
Go to your favorite content creators and ask them to create a profile on Bluesky. If you don't ask them, how are they supposed to know?
I'm still on the fence about that...I think it'd make more sense for many to drop social media and opt for their own site with RSS feeds. A lot of social media for some is little more than a noisier RSS reader. Sometimes even literally with those with auto-playing videos. 😬
Y'all are delulu/out of touch with normal people if you think they're gonna set up an RSS feed
But how would the bots reply? That's what generates foot traffic, which is what brings ads, which is what is not enough to pay for the bills!
Perfect business model, I had a VC review it and got high marks
RSS is kinda a pain to set up though, not everyone wants to go through that.
It can be, yeah. However, similar may be said of responsible social media setup.
They should know they have options at least. Then they can make the decision for themselves.
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