Have you ever heard of the term federation-washing?

  • realitista@lemm.ee
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    6 hours ago

    But Bluesky does have a lot better features when it comes to actually effectively using the platform. Getting set up on Bluesky is orders of magnitude easier than Mastodon, and I do think that’s a big part of why it’s become the preferred destination recently. Mastodon had a real shot early on but didn’t make it easy enough for people.

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      6 hours ago

      Getting set up on Bluesky is orders of magnitude easier than Mastodon,

      I’m so tired of hearing this. Just click the mastodon.social button in the app and it’s not any different.

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        3 hours ago

        Wouldn’t that mean everyone is centralized on the same instance? I don’t use Mastodon so I don’t know if it’s the same as here…

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          3 hours ago

          Not everyone. Just those users who don’t care enough to be picky. I wish they would rotate the instances but this is better than nothing.

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            2 hours ago

            Sorry what do you mean? I see users posting from other instances in my mastodon app (I haven’t used it much).

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              2 hours ago

              Sorry, what do you mean?

              I see users posting from other instances in my mastodon app

              Which would indicate that

              everyone is centralized on the same instance?

              is incorrect.

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                1 hour ago

                Idk this whole thread confuses me. I’m on est.social instance, I’m gonna assume I see everyone who hasnt excluded my instance and vice versa…

                • Ulrich@feddit.org
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                  57 minutes ago

                  It’s a bit more complicated than that, but yes, that’s the gist of it.

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      6 hours ago

      You can convenience or security, never both. Unfortunately bluesky’s compromises towards convenience hurt it’s security measures against enshittification

      • Ulrich@feddit.org
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        2 hours ago

        You can convenience or security, never both.

        Generally, yes. Strictly, no.