Bluesky takes the velvet rope down 🦋

Bluesky has opened up and requires no waitlist now, so if you were searching for a Twitter alternative, then here you go:

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Once registered, find me here:

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For reference:

Feature Bluesky ActivityPub/Mastodon Other SNS
Decentralization Yes Yes No
Open-Source Yes Yes No
Account Portability Yes (ATProto was designed with this in mind.) Yes (but it varies with the app/site you're working with No
Moderation community based community based Centralized
Focus Text, photo (video on roadmap) Various Varies
Customization High Very high None
Access Just made public Most instances public but some are not. Public

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My take:

It's basically what Twitter was supposed to become before Elon Musk bought the place and turned it into a festering cesspool. And while I'm more of an ActivityPub/Mastodon/Indieweb enthusiast, there's no reason not to have a Bluesky account since the two will talk to each other in the very near future thanks to folks like @snarfed.org@snarfed.org and Brid.gy.

Besides all that, it's so new, you can still smell the wet paint and fresh drywall over there, so you can move in and create your own space quite easily now... and if it gets enshittified, then no love lost, right? Whatcha got to lose?


Federating the fediverse: BlueSky alpha version

ICYMI:

There’s a way for you to crosspost to BlueSky from your own #indieweb enabled website thanks to Joel’s (@joel@otter.garden) additions to Bridgy (created by Ryan (@snarfed.org@snarfed.org).

Also, I’m actually doing it right now and have been for about a week or so. So you’ll notice likes/reposts and comments coming from over there on my site and can interact from there, as I craft my one-man SNS outpost on the innanetz.

Joel Auterson @joelotter.com Just recently finished adding Bluesky backfeeding support to @snarfed.org's Bridgy :)
Details on how to do it here: Bridgy Bluesky setup