@thomasfuchs Wow! I've had the exact opposite experience. Mastodon has room to grow and improve, no doubt, but the vibe in my timeline at least is chill, supportive, and optimistic. BlueSky is another Jack Dorsey project, half-baked and basically a tech bro echo chamber. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
@thomasfuchs I am not (by choice) but I've done a fair amount of research and have observed other folks’ experiences. There are certainly things BlueSky excels at—UX and search being the two primary areas I've seen—but beyond that, it sounds to be a shallow experience.
And honestly, just on principle alone, it's not for me. I've been doing web dev long enough to know that “we're a VC funded company with an OSS product" smell, and where it usually leads. Recent example, Google/Chromium/JPEG-XL
@samf they’re not VC funded (currently they’re privately funded by the owner) and they’re a public benefit company (similar to Mastodon’s non-profit) ¯_(ツ)_/¯
@thomasfuchs In my admittedly short time on BlueSky the timeline does seem filled with quite a bit of excitement. That said, it also seems filled with the same 20 people being excited over and over again. I haven't had enough time there yet to really get much of a feel for the place, but I'm hoping the conversation there starts to break out of self congratulatory status.
@thomasfuchs Mastodon is great in my experience so far. Bluesky seems….lacking at this point. And already full of potential bots. I haven’t posted yet and still have ~20 followers, vast majority AI/Crypto auto followers. We’ll see how it develops.
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