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It seems like blue sky is fun right now because it’s exclusive. There doesn’t seem to be anything fundamental to the technology that differentiates the experien

by kristo 3y ago

It seems like blue sky is fun right now because it’s exclusive. There doesn’t seem to be anything fundamental to the technology that differentiates the experience from Twitter.

ujuj 3y ago
To be fair, you can have two products that uses different technologies but have a similar UI/UX, and in a way BlueSky is more similar to Twitter than to Mastodon, UI/UX-wise. And to be honest it's a good thing: many non-tech friends were a bit confused about Mastodon, where you have to understand parts of the technology behind to do basic things (like follow someone from another instance, IIRC). BlueSky is (currently) a bit more friendly UI/UX-wise. I don't know how that will evolve with more instances, though. I also found that discovering people was easier, but YMMV.
neilalexander 3y ago
> There doesn’t seem to be anything fundamental to the technology that differentiates the experience from Twitter It seems like you're conflating the technology with the user experience. Yes, the user experience is similar. No, the technology underpinning it isn't.
brundolf 3y ago
The technology allows the community to iterate on the experience from twitter. There are already several alternate clients, people have made custom feed algorithms, custom tools and spam-fighting systems, and we're just getting started The twitter experience has been in decline for years, and took a sharp downward turn when ownership changed. But people on twitter just have to live with it, especially now that the (already limited) API has been closed down almost completely, because it's not an open platform like bluesky. If bluesky ever starts to make the official client a bad experience, or starts to make moderation (or non-moderation!) decisions people don't like, users don't have to just live with it. They can go find or create the experience they want without losing anything

by kristo 3y ago

It seems like blue sky is fun right now because it’s exclusive. There doesn’t seem to be anything fundamental to the technology that differentiates the experience from Twitter.

ujuj 3y ago

To be fair, you can have two products that uses different technologies but have a similar UI/UX, and in a way BlueSky is more similar to Twitter than to Mastodon, UI/UX-wise. And to be honest it's a good thing: many non-tech friends were a bit confused about Mastodon, where you have to understand parts of the technology behind to do basic things (like follow someone from another instance, IIRC). BlueSky is (currently) a bit more friendly UI/UX-wise. I don't know how that will evolve with more instances, though. I also found that discovering people was easier, but YMMV.

neilalexander 3y ago

> There doesn’t seem to be anything fundamental to the technology that differentiates the experience from Twitter It seems like you're conflating the technology with the user experience. Yes, the user experience is similar. No, the technology underpinning it isn't.

brundolf 3y ago

The technology allows the community to iterate on the experience from twitter. There are already several alternate clients, people have made custom feed algorithms, custom tools and spam-fighting systems, and we're just getting started The twitter experience has been in decline for years, and took a sharp downward turn when ownership changed. But people on twitter just have to live with it, especially now that the (already limited) API has been closed down almost completely, because it's not an open platform like bluesky. If bluesky ever starts to make the official client a bad experience, or starts to make moderation (or non-moderation!) decisions people don't like, users don't have to just live with it. They can go find or create the experience they want without losing anything