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Having used Bluesky, I'm really amazed at how they are able to suggest people for me to follow ... it seems like they have access to my Twitter profile somehow.

Having used Bluesky, I'm really amazed at how they are able to suggest people for me to follow ... it seems like they have access to my Twitter profile somehow. They seem to know who I follow on Twitter and find the same users for me on Bluesky. That alone has made Bluesky more useful to me than Mastodon. Also, the AT protocol is much better designed than Mastodon. The ability to leave with both my identity and data and go to a new provider is pretty amazing.

gkoberger 3y ago
Maybe, but I think it's more likely they're just recommending you follow people that are 2 degrees away from you, and that's how the social graph is constructed. I doubt they have access to Twitter data, especially given how locked down everything is now.
Hamuko 3y ago
The people suggestions are probably just fairly good because there's only like 30,000 people on the platform or so, so it's recommending you some big hitters. The people that it recommends to me are not people that I ever followed on Twitter, but I recognise many of them.
mcv 3y ago
I've been thinking about an ActivityPub site that was specifically tailored for Twitter refugees by making it easy for them to connect to people they were following on Twitter, and making it easy for them to be found by the people who followed them. I can imagine that would be a killer feature for some people.
mal-2 3y ago
The promised ability* to leave. There's no other providers on the network to move to.
karmakurtisaani 3y ago
Never used BS, but I assume it's like Twitter and free to use. It's probably better than Twitter now, since they are still getting users, so enjoy it while it lasts. Soon they'll start the monetization and it will slowly start to suck. This process is called enshittification and applies to all business models where the use is free, see https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/ https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/ for an amusing read.
- TheMagicHorsey 3y ago
  Its a protocol like email. Not a platform like Twitter.

gkoberger 3y ago

Maybe, but I think it's more likely they're just recommending you follow people that are 2 degrees away from you, and that's how the social graph is constructed. I doubt they have access to Twitter data, especially given how locked down everything is now.

Hamuko 3y ago

The people suggestions are probably just fairly good because there's only like 30,000 people on the platform or so, so it's recommending you some big hitters. The people that it recommends to me are not people that I ever followed on Twitter, but I recognise many of them.

mcv 3y ago

I've been thinking about an ActivityPub site that was specifically tailored for Twitter refugees by making it easy for them to connect to people they were following on Twitter, and making it easy for them to be found by the people who followed them. I can imagine that would be a killer feature for some people.

mal-2 3y ago

The promised ability* to leave. There's no other providers on the network to move to.

karmakurtisaani 3y ago

Never used BS, but I assume it's like Twitter and free to use. It's probably better than Twitter now, since they are still getting users, so enjoy it while it lasts. Soon they'll start the monetization and it will slowly start to suck. This process is called enshittification and applies to all business models where the use is free, see https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/ https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/ for an amusing read.

TheMagicHorsey 3y ago
Its a protocol like email. Not a platform like Twitter.