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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39653865
It's brief, around 25:15
If you've been sitting on making a post about your favorite instance, this could be a good opportunity to do so.
Going by our registration applications, a lot of people are learning about the fediverse for the first time and they're excited about the idea. I've really enjoyed reading through them :)
A little disappointing that Bluesky is on there as well, but pretty awesome other than that. And I guess even Bluesky is probably better than Threads, and definitely better than Xitter.
I'm particularly glad to see Pixelfed as the only Instagram alternative, because it's a great space that could use more support.
Yeah BlueSky is a solid side-step. It's still for-profit and not federated but every BlueSky user is one not on X. And a lot of BlueSky's userbase is comprised of particularly influential X users so them leaving is particularly harmful to the ecosystem.
I also think it's funny how the journalists who repeat BlueSkys "decentralized" nonsense thought Mastodon was too weird and technical, and yet are promoting Pixelfed. Not complaining, but it is funny.
How is bluesky not also big tech? It's based in Seattle and founded by Jack Dorsey.
It is big tech. It's just less big tech than Xitter and Facebook. And it at least kinda-sorta has some vague federation-like design. And it's a "public benefit corporation", which doesn't mean much because it's still for-profit, but it at least means they're allowed to not put profit ahead of public good, unlike normal for-profit companies. Not as good as Mastodon by far, with its true federation and true not-for-profit status in the guiding entity, but it's not nothing.