I tend to use Twitter if I'm talking about the pre-Musk infused flavor and Xitter for the Musky turd flavor. Since we must compare features to the now-existing platform, I used the new naming convention ;-).
I use both. I've been on Mastodon for the better part of a year and only actively tried Bluesky the last couple weeks. My Bluesky feed is thriving, whereas Mastodon not so much. IMO this is due to Mastodon is missing the major quality of life features of Bluesky.
Add lists
Subscribable block lists
Custom subscribable topic feeds
Optional recommendation engine
These things make Bluesky very easy to get started with and more powerful even than Xitter was. It's simply a better product if you have any requirements other than federation. Getting a good feed up and running doesn't take more than an hour or two. Mastodon is a lot more work.
Yes, its federation is more or less bullshit, but for most users, that feature is a distant priority when compared to the rest.
Looking and doing are two different things, but I'm sure this will increase too. I left under Bush after the 2000 financial crisis and have no regrets.
Mastodon and Xitter are missing a lot of the quality of life features of Bluesky.
Good user verification
Add lists
Block lists
Subscribable topic feeds
Configurable algorithms
These things make Bluesky very easy to get started with and more powerful even than Xitter was. It's simply a better product if you have any requirements other than federation. Getting a good feed up and running doesn't take more than an hour or two. It's basically possible now on Twitter and it's very difficult on Mastodon.
Yes, its federation is more or less bullshit, but for most users, that feature is a distant priority when compared to the rest.
This is the real issue. The same volume is totally different on different devices. If they want to implement this feature correctly they need to measure the actual output of the headphones.
Bluesky has some very powerful features here like auto updating block lists which you can subscribe to and which will automatically remove trolls for you. And they are policing hate speech and harassment.
I use both and Mastodon is missing a lot of the quality of life features of Bluesky.
Good user verification
Add lists
Block lists
Subscribable topic feeds
Configurable algorithms
These things make Bluesky very easy to get started with and more powerful even than Xitter was. It's simply a better product if you have any requirements other than federation.
I wish it were otherwise, but that's just the way it is.
Yeah I've had a lot of old Mac mini Linux servers around. Ran home assistant on it for years.