Bluesky (Mastodon's take)

Little post about Mastodon/Fediverse’s general view on #Bluesky.

I think it’s a bit far to say it’s all centralised, etc.. and a lot of people who are saying stuff like this don’t even know how atproto works. Sure, a few do, and there are pros and cons to ActivityPub and atproto, but looking through my friend Kuba’s Bluesky feed which shows Mastodon/ActivityPub posts mentioning Bluesky, you can really see a ton of negative opinions.

Of course it’s your account and instances, so post what you want (within the rules, duh!!) but it’s not right to say it’s billionaire owned, because last time I checked (2 seconds ago on a quick Google search!) there’s no single billionaire working for Bluesky. Sure, they have investors, but they’re interested in the protocol itself, not Bluesky the app. They have clearly stated this - many Bluesky engineers have.

Just putting my say out there. If you really want people to join Mastodon I wouldn’t be so narrow-minded and almost not letting people use other apps. It’s their choice – CHOICE, your fav word 😏

Rant over 💬