The other day I finally got it.
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The other day I finally got it. Why #Bluesky is so popular with "regular people" (aka non-techies). It's because it's CENTRALIZED (of course the Bluesky folks would never admit it out right).
One name: Bluesky.
One official URL to join / browse / post messages
One official app: "Bluesky Social" on app storesIn this post-literate society where people have been trained by commercial social media for 2 DECADES to choose the easiest, most frictionless option, of course they will pick Bluesky over the #Fediverse.
Try introducing the concept of servers / instances and names like Mastodon, Sharkey, Pleroma, GoToSocial, Friendica, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Lemmy to people not familiar with them. They'd think you're speaking a foreign language.
The Fediverse is made up of thousands of independent servers. You can't log in to https://joinmastodon.org or https://joinpeertube.org to browse Mastodon or PeerTube. Conversely, when you log into Bluesky you see messages by Bluesky members.
People need to be educated first about defederated options and their numerous advantages.
I get it now. I'm still 1000% in when it comes to the Fediverse but I understand.
And I'm tired.
And I'm posting this here on my GoToSocial account because I wanted to say my piece in one go and I would have run into Mastodon character limits.
How many people have I convinced to join the Fediverse in my 9 months advocating for it through a blog? TWO. How many people are still active on it? One.
Off I go play with LEGOs with my little one - in 12 years, when she's old enough I will set up her own instance. So Fediverse, you gotta be thriving in 2037.
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The other day I finally got it. Why #Bluesky is so popular with "regular people" (aka non-techies). It's because it's CENTRALIZED (of course the Bluesky folks would never admit it out right).
One name: Bluesky.
One official URL to join / browse / post messages
One official app: "Bluesky Social" on app storesIn this post-literate society where people have been trained by commercial social media for 2 DECADES to choose the easiest, most frictionless option, of course they will pick Bluesky over the #Fediverse.
Try introducing the concept of servers / instances and names like Mastodon, Sharkey, Pleroma, GoToSocial, Friendica, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Lemmy to people not familiar with them. They'd think you're speaking a foreign language.
The Fediverse is made up of thousands of independent servers. You can't log in to https://joinmastodon.org or https://joinpeertube.org to browse Mastodon or PeerTube. Conversely, when you log into Bluesky you see messages by Bluesky members.
People need to be educated first about defederated options and their numerous advantages.
I get it now. I'm still 1000% in when it comes to the Fediverse but I understand.
And I'm tired.
And I'm posting this here on my GoToSocial account because I wanted to say my piece in one go and I would have run into Mastodon character limits.
How many people have I convinced to join the Fediverse in my 9 months advocating for it through a blog? TWO. How many people are still active on it? One.
Off I go play with LEGOs with my little one - in 12 years, when she's old enough I will set up her own instance. So Fediverse, you gotta be thriving in 2037.
Yes, it's clear why Bluesky is more popular than Mastodon. The signup process isn't confusing and only has one path to registering. As a techie myself I was a bit overwhelmed when I first signed up with Mastodon. I was unsure which instance to choose and didn't know what each of them were really about. Getting more of the general public to join Mastodon will be a challenge.
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Yes, it's clear why Bluesky is more popular than Mastodon. The signup process isn't confusing and only has one path to registering. As a techie myself I was a bit overwhelmed when I first signed up with Mastodon. I was unsure which instance to choose and didn't know what each of them were really about. Getting more of the general public to join Mastodon will be a challenge.
@MichaelBishop @elena
We need to stop calling them instances or servers, try communities, everyone knows what a community is, want to join the UK graphic artists community? He'll yes -
@MichaelBishop @elena
We need to stop calling them instances or servers, try communities, everyone knows what a community is, want to join the UK graphic artists community? He'll yes@julesbl @MichaelBishop @elena
They tried the word "communities" already (I think in about 2020?), it caused even more confusion because people thought they were forums. Most interaction is between servers rather than within them, so the forum analogy was misleading people.
Whatever we call it, it has to get across that the Fedi is federated like email or the phone network?
