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Ask HN: Are you on Bluesky or Mastodon?
Just wondering which (if any) of these two social networks HN users frequents and why that choice.
- jgrahamc 2y agoNeither.
- FroshKiller 2y agoI used Mastodon for a while but did not build any kind of community. I use Bluesky now because that's where most of my mutuals from Twitter post.
- darthrupert 2y agoThey're pretty much identical to Twitter in terms of personal harm. So yeah, I'm on bluesky and I do have a pointless account on Mastodon, too.
- muzani 2y agoBluesky has moderation figured out and they hide rude comments by default so the habit of being rude doesn't spread as easily. The downside is it feels a lot more passive aggressive. Like instead of criticizing conservatives who vote for Trump, people would criticize conservatives who vote for Hitler.
- codingdave 2y agoNo, Neither.
- LinuxBender 2y agoAre you on Bluesky or Mastodon? No, Neither.
- krapp 2y agoBoth. I find it easier to curate a community and keep out the assholes and bots. Eventually that will change as these platforms become popular enough for the mainstream to show up and ruin, and I will have to move to greener pastures. But for now it's good.
- pluto_modadic 2y agojust mastodon.
- palmfacehn 2y agoI've only used social media to host giveaways and have a presence for some of my sites. Bluesky and Mastodon don't have a big enough overlap with my users.
- rednafi 2y agoBluesky. Mastodon never clicked for me.
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- avinassh 2y agoI am on both, but I actively use Bluesky (along with Twitter)
- rsynnott 2y agoBoth; I've been on Mastodon since Twitter imploded a couple years back (well, I think I had an account since the last time Twitter toyed with banning third-party clients in 2018 or so, but I didn't use it at that point), and had a Bluesky account since early 2023, but didn't use it until a few months ago when it abruptly gained serious traction. These days I mostly use Bluesky; it is more _fun_, which is the main thing I'm hoping to get out of twitter-esque services.
- t-3 2y agoI've had a Mastodon account for years, but never used it. Newer twitter-clones also fail to interest me, simply because user-driven social media just isn't all that engaging for me. Topic-driven or article-driven like old-school forums or HN/Slashdot/etc. produce much better discussion and are less annoying to navigate and curate.
- jones1618 2y agoMastedon because it is open-source & completely federated/distributed. No one owns your social graph but you and it has tools for finding your former Twitter/X friends on Mastedon. It's super active and most of my interactions with people have been positive and interesting.