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Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. (www.theverge.com)

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[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 35 points 1 day ago

An even better alternative is to replace it with nothing. The Twitter-like messaging paradigm is only good for trivia and rumor-mongering.

[-] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago

Some use/used it as an RSS feed for researchers sharing papers.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

Know what else is great for that? RSS feeds.

[-] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

Yeah but no. It's not an RSS feed per se. It's researchers sharing what they publish and what other publish with ints or resumes sometimes. Then people would comment and researchers reply.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Man what evet happened to those

[-] brilokuloj@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Never went away, they're still used by independent websites. A potential hurdle was that Firefox dropped native support at one point

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

...and a lot that are not that independent. I never stopped using RSS. It's only because it's not so easily monetized that it's not more widely known, I bet.

[-] Enekk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I used Twitter for emergency updates, saved me multiple times.

[-] marx2k@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

...or following people and interests you want to follow and keeping up with their updates.

ffs stop gatekeeping social media

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The facebook/mastadon format is much better for individuals, no? And Reddit/Lemmy for niches, as long as they're supplemented by a wiki or something.

And Tumblr. The way content gets spread organically, rather than with an algorithm, is actually super nice.

IMO Twitter's original premise, of letting novel, original, but very short thoughts fly into the ether has been so thoroughly corrupted that it can't really come back. It's entertaining and engaging, but an awful format for actually exchanging important information, like discord.

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[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago

People doing anything to not use mastodon...

[-] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I am always a little surprised that everyone is surprised as if people are intentionally avoiding Mastodon.

I like Mastodon but it is empty by comparison to BlueSky people want a social media app where there are people to talk to on quantities. BlueSky is also user friendly by comparison, IMO. Easier to setup.

"Well Mastodon would be busier if people would stop going anywhere else."

No one is avoiding Mastodon I think it is odd it has never occurred to anyone that BlueSky is talked about way more. I had never heard Mastodon before Lemmy but I saw talks of BlueSky everywhere.

[-] glowinfly@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

At least it can be bridged, and people can partially self-host. If you take a look at Mastodon and Bluesky, you'll quickly realize the gap between Twitter-like feel between Bluesky and Mastodon, maybe a different interface that puts it more close to Twitter and mobile apps with it would help.. a lot of Twitter users used it on mobile app.

[-] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I use both Mastodon and BlueSky and I don't really care for platforms like Twitter. Both Mastodon and BlueSky are good in their own ways but I think BlueSky is user friendly. Easy to setup looks super similar to Twitter, easier to navigate.

Plus, I have heard about it pretty much everywhere. It is commonly compared to Threads. I only know and heard about Mastodon on Lemmy.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

as a Bluesky / Mastodon user, Mastodon is wayyyy better.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 1 day ago

I think that for the average Joe Mastodon looks too confusing and unpolished, compared to Bluesky.

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

eh it is good to leave that shit hole behind but Elon already got very high returns from his investment on Shitter (got his daddy elected) so it's too late.

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[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 59 points 2 days ago

I honestly don't understand why people waited so I don't use mastodon but I did cancel my Twitter account literally the first week he bought it. It wasn't hard to see this coming and I just don't get the delay.

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[-] recapitated@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I signed up, out of curiosity but I don't have any friends there that I know about. Kinda like Lemmy, but Lemmy but works great for not having friends.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

I've seen the effect. It's just like after Brazil cut Twitter off. My very niche account has been gaining new followers by the hour.

I have no idea how people interested in Heathcliff are being found by new people. Much less people interested in Heathcliff without Heathcliff.

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[-] troed@fedia.io 236 points 3 days ago

We're seeing a substantial increase on the Mastodon instance I help moderate too, but there's no aggregate marketing department at Mastodon so we don't get any headlines.

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[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

Go to Mastadon you tards

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[-] blue_berry@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago

What aren't they joining Mastodon and Lemmy? Or even Threads?

[-] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 days ago

Bluesky is a lot easier to use vs fediverse stuff, discovering stuff is also easier in my experience vs mastodon.

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[-] nao@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 days ago

Mastodon or Lemmy, because you would have to choose an instance and a client. Threads, because why would you?

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[-] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

Do not use threads

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[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 98 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Going from one shitty capitalist business to another shitty capitalist business.

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[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 50 points 2 days ago

Bluesky is not as decentralized as you think.. Just saying.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 56 points 2 days ago

Bluesky is not decentralized at all.

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[-] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

Bluesky is popping off lately it feels even more lively and the block tools are great.

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