#[Mastodon] Enable BlueSky Bridging

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hybrid wing
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I don't use the Fediverse much anymore, due to all the admin slapfights. But I'd still like to see the posts. If you use https://fed.brid.gy/ it'll automatically copy your posts over to BlueSky.

sharp spoke
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I dont think i will at the moment: I'm actually extremely suspicious of bluesky.
For a technical explaination of the problems of bsky read this: https://anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/maybe-bluesky-has-won

anderegg.ca
Maybe Bluesky has “won”

November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch of takes about this recently, but I keep seeing things I disagree with. I figure that’s a good enough excuse to write more about this weird-assed social network.

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I should make a post/video about my thoughts on masto/bsky, but the bullet points are:

  • bluesky stopped being a "public benefit LLC" in July 2023, when they had an 8mil seed funding round.

    • You want to know who the lead investor was? "Blockchain Capital". Wonderful. announcement

  • Mastodon's funding is on patreon, available to the public:

    • $21k / month (ie, about $250k yearly budget)
    • Mastodon GmbH is a german (actual) non-profit corp

  • Twitter began brainstorming Bluesky in 2019

    • 3 years after Mastodon
    • 1 year after #deletefacebook
    • My overriding feeling is that they made a competitor in extremely bad faith.

My take:
Mastodon is built in good faith using existing web standards and is a true open source project.
That mastodon has 1/4 of the active users of bsky is incredible, given the former is entirely community funded, and that the latter has the backing of the normal silicon valley sleezebags and their money.

tepid streamBOT