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Written by Heather Buchel on 2024-12-14 at 03:58

Trying so hard to resist telling people to come over to Mastodon everytime Bluesky does another "what if we suck at that whole platform safety thing and let a racist or transphobe or two hang out with you all, no biggie right?" because I think Mastodon has more of that "own your community" kind of stuff I think people actually want.

The problem is, I wouldn't even know where to tell people (which instance) to make an account. Like, that's kind of a problem. Idk 😐

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Written by Heather Buchel on 2024-12-14 at 04:03

I kind of think people are drawn to Bluesky BECAUSE there are no alternatives right now for using atproto. It's just bluesky.

Wondering if mastodon.social has the same moderation issues? Like, would it even be different? I feel a little insulated on hachyderm who seem to do an alright job. But it's largely a tech instance. I wouldn't suggest everyone join it. Idk!

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Written by Nik on 2024-12-14 at 08:17

@hbuchel why does "it's largely a tech instance" matter?

I confess, I don't understand peoples' obsession with specific servers. It feels like as if when you joined Reddit your account was somehow limited to posting to a specific subreddit.

I appreciate there's a critical server connectivity limit below which reach and discovery are affected, and new users might not be best served by those smaller servers, but apart from that...?

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Written by Nik on 2024-12-14 at 08:23

@hbuchel if Hachyderm is

1. Sufficiently well connected that discovery and search works well

2. Sufficiently well moderated

3. Not going to ask a user to leave if they post about non-tech topics

then I'm not sure how it's a bad recommendation.

I'm assuming people want to follow accounts of people they know, and their primary discovery mechanism is posts that are boosted into their feed.

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Written by Nik on 2024-12-14 at 08:28

@hbuchel I understand that people might browse the local timeline for discovery purposes, and obviously that's server-specific.

But also very hit and miss. So wouldn't new users be better served on a well-connected server where discovery via search and following hashtags gives a better experience?

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