Chris Trottier
“It’s not fair to compare #Bluesky to Mastodon because Mastodon has been around for years and Bluesky has just been released.”
Actually, Bluesky has been in development since 2019.
That means it’s 3 years younger than Mastodon, and 1 year younger than ActivityPub’s validation by the W3C.
There’s also the matter of BlueSky receiving $13 million in funding while Mastodon receives $32,000/month from Patreon.
All things considered, it’s @Gargron who’s the underdog here.
Chris Trottier
The other way to look at #Bluesky is that *this* is what they’ve built after four years in development and $13 million in funding.
Chris Trottier
Of course, I realize that most people don’t care that this is a non-profit going against a Silicon Valley-funded corporation.
For the same reason most people don’t care about whether their food is organic vs. factory farmed.
But to those who do care, that should give them context about who builds what and how.
Chris Pirillo
@atomicpoet @Gargron ...I don't understand how Bluesky trumps Mastodon. Truthfully. I'm on it, but seem to be missing the allure? Far fewer features, far less useful mobile app, non-existent discovery mechanics, etc. For anyone who complained about Mastodon, there are seemingly no overt wins?
poswald
@atomicpoet @Gargron it’s also not fair to compare a site with 2 orders of magnitude less people on it. Pretty easy to have a quality site if it’s invite only.
Stefan Scholl
@atomicpoet I still don't understand all the posts and articles about #Bluesky. The only users there came after an invitation. How can you compare this artificial community to anything else?
It's too early to decide anything.
Kevin Schwarz
@atomicpoet @Gargron Long live Mastodon!
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