It is certainly that, but also that bluesky feels like home to twitter users. They do the best job of running a twitter clone that feels seamless to join and use. My SO is not techy whatsoever, maybe even what you’d call a “normie” and they are thrilled to be on bluesky having been an avid twitter user. Mastodon unfortunately just doesn’t cater to the same or widest audience.
Because I can’t agree. Bluesky is, weirdly, geared around building up custom “queues”, and the default queue, called “Discover” has some really niche stuff in it. This is very much so not like the usual Twitter method, and is way less immediate for generating a dashboard with valuable content than Twitter’s “Just follow a bunch, the algorithm with add in the gaps”.
Like right now the third post ok Discover is a Bara Furry artist essentially advertising his porn.
Bara Furry Porn. The OPPOSITE of mainstream.
I find the app very off putting every time I open it.
That’s fair. They haven’t been on long but it seems to be the preferred alternative for whatever reason. Also, try searching for “BBC” on mastodon. You will find the news… among other things.
So a fun idea might be to set up or join an invite-only Mastodon server, and spin it as the Cool Place To Be™? It sounds silly, but hey, if that’s part of what’s working for another social space…lol
Which was also how that voice only social media gained traction, I swear Clubhouse couldn’t make it clearer their whole point was creating the appearance of a super exclusive club.
Bluesky is still invite only, so eh, doesn’t really matter.
Maybe that’s the whole point: People love to show off about being part of some super exclusive group
It is certainly that, but also that bluesky feels like home to twitter users. They do the best job of running a twitter clone that feels seamless to join and use. My SO is not techy whatsoever, maybe even what you’d call a “normie” and they are thrilled to be on bluesky having been an avid twitter user. Mastodon unfortunately just doesn’t cater to the same or widest audience.
Really?
Because I can’t agree. Bluesky is, weirdly, geared around building up custom “queues”, and the default queue, called “Discover” has some really niche stuff in it. This is very much so not like the usual Twitter method, and is way less immediate for generating a dashboard with valuable content than Twitter’s “Just follow a bunch, the algorithm with add in the gaps”.
Like right now the third post ok Discover is a Bara Furry artist essentially advertising his porn.
Bara Furry Porn. The OPPOSITE of mainstream.
I find the app very off putting every time I open it.
That’s fair. They haven’t been on long but it seems to be the preferred alternative for whatever reason. Also, try searching for “BBC” on mastodon. You will find the news… among other things.
So a fun idea might be to set up or join an invite-only Mastodon server, and spin it as the Cool Place To Be™? It sounds silly, but hey, if that’s part of what’s working for another social space…lol
It could work. Just add a normie approved UI and create a flair of exclusivity.
Which was also how that voice only social media gained traction, I swear Clubhouse couldn’t make it clearer their whole point was creating the appearance of a super exclusive club.