Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'

Bluesky is a registered public benefit company and Dorsey is no longer with the company and no longer on the board.

"He's said he's sorry, and he's not going to do it again. You'll see. He's changed."

Best not to prod the mouse.

Introducing "Masto! The flying elephant! A legally distinctive flying elephant than Dumbo!"

Dumbodon

And the name doesn't help.

Mastodon needs a lot of work before it becomes a mainstream option. They missed a big opportunity when twitter became toxic, and now they can’t compete against bluesky. Hope i’m wrong but i think they are doomed.

That is a major issue the fediverse needs to fix.

We need a single federated account that works across all platforms that iant tied to a single server even if said server goes down that preferably allows for your private key to be held by u. Ideally get this to work with the new passkey standard supported by google, apple, microsoft etc.

Then. We need to make a website that is like 3 simple steps.

Step 0: Option a) sign up with email Option b) sign up with username

Step 1: Select or search for 3 categories ur interested in

Step 2: Show me nsfw yes/no default no Show me extreme opinions yes/no default no (need to rework what word to use instead of "extreme") Show me bot accounts yes/no default yes

Step 2.5: automaticly send said user off to an instance that is the following:

1. Respects their email/username sign up choice
2. Related to their interests
3. Respects their nsfw choice
4. Is defederated from extreme instances for dont show me extreme opinions hexbear lemmy.ml etc 4.Respects the load any individual instance can handle that the instance admin can configure.

Step 3: user signs up to the instance they have been directed to

Step 4: reccommend people/communities etc fir them to follow/subscribe to. Reccommend blockliats for specific subjects, racist, tankie, asshole, nazi, etc.

Done!

Their already exists a standard for accounts just that its not yet been implemented into most services yet. Mastodon already has blocklists (although poorly managed and implemented). It wouldnt be too hard to make this website i could probably do it myself ngl.

Should probably also drop this vid into the proccess somewhere as a quick explainer.

This is the most common reply to any mention of onboarding newcomers, but it’s not helpful. It’d be much more productive to hear specific criticisms so we can address them.

• Is clicking the big “Join” (the default server) on joinmastodon.org really that big of a hurdle?
• Is a firehouse home feed required to engage users from the start?

We used to be <1% we are now up to about 4%. We are on the slow lead in to the exponential curve.

It's wild that no one ever had a problem with this with email and yet this is apparently so confusing they abandon it.

100% agree

No. Im a self serving bastard who wants to see Activpub as the dominant form of content sharing and discussion. Because i think Activpub is an objectivly better standard that gives more power and liberty to the individual.