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I'm increasingly concerned that Bluesky has missed its moment. It got a ton of hype when it started rolling out invites, but that died down pretty quickly. Now

by TillE 3y ago

I'm increasingly concerned that Bluesky has missed its moment. It got a ton of hype when it started rolling out invites, but that died down pretty quickly. Now it's been a couple months and they're still not open. Events like this would be a perfect opportunity to grab users from Twitter. But they're not ready.

davidw 3y ago
Yeah I signed up for the wait list, but it's been months, and...nada. Seems like if they're that bogged down, it's got some real problems.
__jem 3y ago
The site seems like its creaking under the strain of everyone checking it right now.
- TechBro8615 3y ago
  Where is the bluesky site? I tried to find it recently and ended up on the app store where I saw that I needed an invite to join, and then I closed it and never came back.
  - __jem 3y ago
    It's still invite only, unfortunately.
  - adharmad 3y ago
    https://bsky.app/ https://bsky.app/
Macha 3y ago
Sounds like Google+ in a way, they limited it to invite only for a long time which caused a lot of the second wave users to get fed up, only for the low interest on actually opening it up causing Google to feel the need to ram it down everyone's throat, and both periods contributed to its negative perception.
partiallypro 3y ago
Didn't help that Jack jumped ship back to Twitter
eviks 3y ago
Would be a pity if so, such a promising technology where you finally have a chance to own your content and connections
GaryNumanVevo 3y ago
Bluesky is great in comparison. Not sure it's going to ever be as big as Twitter, but it's a great alternative to Mastodon
- user_named 3y ago
  So you're just posting to say you got an invite.
- runarberg 3y ago
  I concur. For me the lack of an algorithm is a bug, not a feature, and the way bluesky lets you pick your own algorithms (via feeds) is an amazing improvement. I am active on both Mastodon and BlueSky, but I'm finding my self way more on BlueSky lately.
Jach 3y ago
For the longest time I thought Bluesky was just another euphemism for Twitter, like this site is sometimes called Orange Site. I don't see it becoming the next Twitter; if anything Mastadon has the best chance except I always misspell it.
lovvtide 3y ago
Don't forget about Nostr, which has seen an absolutely incredible amount of development over the last 6 months. Damus (ios) - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/damus/id1628663131 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/damus/id1628663131 Amethyst (android) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitorpamplona.amethyst https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitorpampl... Satellite (web) - https://satellite.earth https://satellite.earth Primal (web) - https://primal.net https://primal.net Iris (web) - https://iris.to https://iris.to Snort (web) - https://snort.social https://snort.social Coracle (web) - https://app.coracle.social https://app.coracle.social All interoperable. All open source.
- lovvtide 3y ago
  Snowden jumped on today https://satellite.earth/@Snowden@Nostr-Check.com https://satellite.earth/@Snowden@Nostr-Check.com
- bentcorner 3y ago
  I've used Nostr a handful of times and am impressed with how responsive the network appears to be. But the problem I have with it is that the default feed (or whatever its called) is chock full of crypto nonsense. Terrible first impression. I made a test post and was immediately pinged by two crypto bots. Yeah no thanks.
  - lovvtide 3y ago
    That's a fair point, and most of the people on nostr are aware of the need to diversify. In fact, as of last week you can create Reddit-like sub-communities on nostr with rules like "no crypto content" which should help a lot.

by TillE 3y ago

davidw 3y ago

Yeah I signed up for the wait list, but it's been months, and...nada. Seems like if they're that bogged down, it's got some real problems.

__jem 3y ago

The site seems like its creaking under the strain of everyone checking it right now.

TechBro8615 3y ago
Where is the bluesky site? I tried to find it recently and ended up on the app store where I saw that I needed an invite to join, and then I closed it and never came back.
- __jem 3y ago
  It's still invite only, unfortunately.
- adharmad 3y ago
  https://bsky.app/ https://bsky.app/

Macha 3y ago

Sounds like Google+ in a way, they limited it to invite only for a long time which caused a lot of the second wave users to get fed up, only for the low interest on actually opening it up causing Google to feel the need to ram it down everyone's throat, and both periods contributed to its negative perception.

partiallypro 3y ago

Didn't help that Jack jumped ship back to Twitter

eviks 3y ago

Would be a pity if so, such a promising technology where you finally have a chance to own your content and connections

GaryNumanVevo 3y ago

Bluesky is great in comparison. Not sure it's going to ever be as big as Twitter, but it's a great alternative to Mastodon

user_named 3y ago
So you're just posting to say you got an invite.
runarberg 3y ago
I concur. For me the lack of an algorithm is a bug, not a feature, and the way bluesky lets you pick your own algorithms (via feeds) is an amazing improvement. I am active on both Mastodon and BlueSky, but I'm finding my self way more on BlueSky lately.

Jach 3y ago

For the longest time I thought Bluesky was just another euphemism for Twitter, like this site is sometimes called Orange Site. I don't see it becoming the next Twitter; if anything Mastadon has the best chance except I always misspell it.

lovvtide 3y ago

Don't forget about Nostr, which has seen an absolutely incredible amount of development over the last 6 months. Damus (ios) - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/damus/id1628663131 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/damus/id1628663131 Amethyst (android) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitorpamplona.amethyst https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitorpampl... Satellite (web) - https://satellite.earth https://satellite.earth Primal (web) - https://primal.net https://primal.net Iris (web) - https://iris.to https://iris.to Snort (web) - https://snort.social https://snort.social Coracle (web) - https://app.coracle.social https://app.coracle.social All interoperable. All open source.

lovvtide 3y ago
Snowden jumped on today https://satellite.earth/@Snowden@Nostr-Check.com https://satellite.earth/@Snowden@Nostr-Check.com
bentcorner 3y ago
I've used Nostr a handful of times and am impressed with how responsive the network appears to be. But the problem I have with it is that the default feed (or whatever its called) is chock full of crypto nonsense. Terrible first impression. I made a test post and was immediately pinged by two crypto bots. Yeah no thanks.
- lovvtide 3y ago
  That's a fair point, and most of the people on nostr are aware of the need to diversify. In fact, as of last week you can create Reddit-like sub-communities on nostr with rules like "no crypto content" which should help a lot.