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I'm not really sure what the benefit of BS over Mastodon is anyway. Everyone interesting is on Mastodon

by bowsamic 2y ago

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rsynnott 2y ago
Bluesky’s more accessible to the general public. I’m on both, though use Mastodon more (partially due to _far_ better third party clients available); it’s a very different crowd.
- bowsamic 2y ago
  How would you describe Bluesky's crowd vs. Mastodon? I found the latter great for finding interesting developers, musicians, artists, etc. My X is full of people having constant meltdowns or who are just always fighting others, no one really sharing anything interesting. Haven't tried bluesky bc it was invite only (I assume it isn't anymore if you say it's accessible) and I didn't really care enough to ask for one from someone.
  - steveklabnik 2y ago
    bsky is open to anyone, and has been for a while now, that’s correct.
jacooper 2y ago
Sure, if you don't care about sports, news, anything other than tech. Bluesky literally just started and it already covers more things than mastodon ever did while providing a better UX without stupid technical limitations like not implementing global full text search.
- bowsamic 2y ago
  Are there artists and musicians on bluesky, or just programmers?
  - steveklabnik 2y ago
    A lot of artists came over recently because you're not allowed to opt out of Grok anymore. I haven't seen a ton of musicians. It's more than just programmers though; lots of news organizations, some government stuff... there just aren't 12M programmers in the world, it's got some variety. Though not everything of course, I know some folks who are still waiting on sports content to show up more, for example.
  - jacooper 2y ago
    I would say there are more artists and game designers than programmers. However sports and news content in general is still lacking, but better than mastodon for sure.

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I'm not really sure what the benefit of BS over Mastodon is anyway. Everyone interesting is on Mastodon

by bowsamic 2y ago

I'm not really sure what the benefit of BS over Mastodon is anyway. Everyone interesting is on Mastodon

deleted 2y ago
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rsynnott 2y ago
Bluesky’s more accessible to the general public. I’m on both, though use Mastodon more (partially due to _far_ better third party clients available); it’s a very different crowd.
- bowsamic 2y ago
  How would you describe Bluesky's crowd vs. Mastodon? I found the latter great for finding interesting developers, musicians, artists, etc. My X is full of people having constant meltdowns or who are just always fighting others, no one really sharing anything interesting. Haven't tried bluesky bc it was invite only (I assume it isn't anymore if you say it's accessible) and I didn't really care enough to ask for one from someone.
  - steveklabnik 2y ago
    bsky is open to anyone, and has been for a while now, that’s correct.
jacooper 2y ago
Sure, if you don't care about sports, news, anything other than tech. Bluesky literally just started and it already covers more things than mastodon ever did while providing a better UX without stupid technical limitations like not implementing global full text search.
- bowsamic 2y ago
  Are there artists and musicians on bluesky, or just programmers?
  - steveklabnik 2y ago
    A lot of artists came over recently because you're not allowed to opt out of Grok anymore. I haven't seen a ton of musicians. It's more than just programmers though; lots of news organizations, some government stuff... there just aren't 12M programmers in the world, it's got some variety. Though not everything of course, I know some folks who are still waiting on sports content to show up more, for example.
  - jacooper 2y ago
    I would say there are more artists and game designers than programmers. However sports and news content in general is still lacking, but better than mastodon for sure.