I know it is seemingly criminal to some to mention other social networks on Mastodon, however would like to mention I am on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/joshuastrobl.social
Liam (Gaming on Linux) has been doing a lot of fantastic work creating / maintaining lists for gaming, Linux, and open source (yours truly is also on there). I would suggest using those to follow a bunch of people and filter down after that. Also be sure to ask Liam to add you on the list if you do Linux / OpenSource things!
Open Source one: https://bsky.app/profile/gamingonlinux.com/post/3lay6ngkemk2c
Gaming: https://bsky.app/profile/gamingonlinux.com/post/3laydnibl422h
@me
I see many people leaving TwiXer for Bluesky now.
I guess, the federated, #FreeSoftware alternative doesn't ever win, it's always a "not as sh*t for now" proprietary alternative that the masses go for.
@nicemicro But Bluesky is open source? Their PDS, atproto bits, apps are open source at https://github.com/bluesky-social
@me I knew about their apps, I didn't know that the back end is also open source. So is the only problem that they basically just do not federate with independently hosted servers?
@nicemicro Haven't delved into it enough yet to really say, but last I read you can run your own PDS and log into it using Bluesky, but federation wasn't yet functional. Maybe that's changed since the last I looked though.
@nicemicro Ah nevermind, looks like it is possible. https://docs.bsky.app/blog/self-host-federation
@me does that mean that now the only thing I can be angry about is that the protocol isn't one that's owned by the public?
@nicemicro@fosstodon.org @me@joshuastrobl.social what they call "federation" in that is only being able to run one piece of the puzzle (the PDS) which is still entirely dependent on the corporate run servers, it's not really decentralized and fake federation. The link was about just running the PDS.
Bluesky is just one or two users away from enshittification setting in.
@MylesRyden @nicemicro Only one or two users? Sounds like an easy block then!
@me @gamingonlinux I'm sure I don't have to link Doctorow's reasoning about not joining Bluesky. But, hey, you do you.
@me
I remember the first wave of Twitter exodus where so many people were making fun of Mastodon, arguing that it's not mature enough, too complicated etc.
When bsky and threads came along it was those people that seemed to instantly hype it up.
I think I'm just a little disappointed that people trust a single corporate entity so much faster than something thats pretty close to "owned by the people".
While Bluesky has some cool tech behind it, we know how its story ends. We've seen it play out a thousands times before. See:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast
woops, didn't catch that. thanks!
@me it’s not a big deal. Enjoy your social media diet. Myself, I’ve decided to scale back on my social media usage to reduce the doom scrolling, and I’m unable to keep up with the hundred thirty or so accounts I follow on mastodon alone. That’s enough for me. Too much probably.