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1. Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 17:26:39 UTC Chris Trottier

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   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 17:26:39 UTC Chris Trottier

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     • Erin Kissane

     This absolutely happened, but I think @kissane needs to acknowledge there was a big difference between the November Twitter Migration to Mastodon, and Bluesky’s current closed beta.

     For one thing, Mastodon was already decentralized and people were rushing to any server with open registrations.

     Meanwhile, you have to be invited to Bluesky—and it hasn’t decentralized yet.

     But also, how will Bluesky avoid this problem once it decentralizes? We don’t know.

   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 17:26:40 UTC Chris Trottier

     Some might call me a “Mastodon fan”—but for a fan, I tend to critique it a lot.

     Nevertheless, let me give my perspective on my “defensive maneuvering”.

     Bluesky has a better onboarding experience. User friendliness, not so much. But most people forgive this because it’s in “closed beta”.

     The real unease is that Bluesky is VC-funded, is following the Silicon Valley hype machine by the book, and still hasn’t decentralized.

     Yeah, I’m leery. So are many others.