And here, @kissane provides another legit critique of Mastodon that I actually agree emphatically about.
But once Bluesky decentralizes, how will they solve this problem?
Because the core of the problem is gated communities. Once anyone can set up a server that federates with Bluesky, I guarantee that the gated communities will come.
Maybe Bluesky can learn from Mastodon’s misstep—but we don’t know until decentralization happens.