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Yup. I moved to Mastodon because of it, I don't trust BlueSky.
I don't trust a platform that is funded by the guy who gladly sold the previous one to the moron who's now in charge. And I don't trust their claims because as of now decentralized it isn't. It's just not. And there is no real reason for them to do so. So eventually they may just walk back their claims and 99% of the user base won't care about this.
Plus, this website is going to need to make money eventually. But as of yet, they have no concrete monetization plan, which is basically the norm in nowadays with these kinds of projects. We grow fast, we make money later. How is that going to happen? Is it going to be filled with ads? Is it going to basically make the same mistakes as before? We don't know.
Plus again, this is originally made and funded by the guy who made Twitter. And let's not pretend that Twitter wasn't already a dumpster fire before the Muskrat came in. It was. Twitter sucked way before this and, personally, I left it waaaay before this guy came in.
I'm done, personally. I'm done with all of this. If a company is public, I don't even care about their product anymore. Investors are going to ruin it. Doesn't apply here, good. If a social media platform is not decentralized, not open source, I don't want to have anything to do with it anymore. So, no Bluesky I'm done with all of that.
I am on Mastodon and I'm happy with my choice. And that's it for me. I'm not trying anything else. I'm happy on there. It's not filled with ads. I don't have to worry about investors fucking ruining it eventually. And I don't have to worry about it becoming a shithole filled algorithmically boosted Neo-Nazis because anger drives engagement and engagement makes money.
A while back, I was still hesitant. Then I read this article which basically sold me on it.
Jack Dorsey didn't really have a choice since Twitter is a public company and he made an offer that was way over the per share price. If he refused to sell, the stockholders could have filed a lawsuit for not acting in their best interest.