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What made everyone move to Bluesky or Threads instead of Mastodon? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by dch82@lemmy.zip to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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What made everybody move from a corporate social media platform to another corporate social media platform instead of the fediverse?

After all, the Fediverse and Activitypub is much more mature than Bluesky and the copycat AT protocol or Threads and ... whatever they use.

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[–] maxenmajs@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll speak about my experience. Bluesky feels like an upgrade to Twitter. There are many algorithmic feeds to choose from, and it's easy to discover people to follow. Mastodon, on the other hand, is a straight downgrade from Bluesky because it is lacking in those features.

I imagine a lot of people leaving Twitter feel similarly. They don't care much about privacy or federation. Bluesky just works, and that's what matters to them.

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean by privacy? Mastodon doesnt have privacy or encryption

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I guess a lot of people feel like Mastodon is more private because it's smaller. Which is a kind of privacy, I guess, until it isn't.