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#Twitter #X #Bluesky #Threads #Mastodon #SocialMedia

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 @c6d0060b bluesky is decentralized and full open source no ? 
 @c6d0060b So good! Saved for later… 
 @c6d0060b The problem with Mastodon is that "everything but the kitchen sink" is a solution with no vision nor purpose. 
 @c6d0060b A lot of these features that distinguish Fedi are *worse* for most users. Opt-in search means it's hard to find what I'm looking for; it's way worse user experience than the global search available on Bluesky, and has been cited as one of the top reasons by people who chose not to use the Fediverse why they left. 
 @c6d0060b And alt text? 
 @c6d0060b You can add a row for "Funding" which could be Ads, VC, Ads, and non-profit. 
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#Spoutible 
 @c6d0060b who cares about content warnings? 
 @c6d0060b okay, das mit dem "safe space" würde ich nicht zu 100% unterschreiben. Ich habe hier schon dinge gesehen, die hab sogar ich noch nicht gesehen. Gut im Play Store ist Mastodon mit 18 Jahren empfohlen und im App Store 17+ - für Kinder und Jugendliche würde ich es tatsächlich nicht empfehlen. 
 @c6d0060b your alt-text 😙👌 
 @c6d0060b Bluesky does have content warnings though 
 @c6d0060b 👏 for the extensive alt text! 🎆 
 @c6d0060b this is well done, good job! only question I have is whats not open source about Bluesky? I thought they released everything 
 @c6d0060b #Mastodon just needs more users. Hence why I see the #ActivityPub federation to #Threads as a good thing. It may actually then look like a very compelling rival - all those features AND the users! 
 @@c6d0060b Is Mastodon a service? I think it is a software. The "service" is mementomori.social and many others, some of them not being a service at all. It would be better called Activitypub provider network, technically speaking, or Fediverse, which is wider term and covers other protocols too. 
 hiii from nostr 
 @c6d0060b 'safe space' come on, what does that even mean?  Most of the fediverse is fediblocked? 
 @c6d0060b Nicely done!
Small nitpick: I wonder if there would be a way to incorporate Fedi (vs Mastodon only) without compromising the clarity. Maybe in the alt text.
Only real difference is if the other software supports CW.
Then again I think Mastodon proper is 50-75% of the traffic... 
 @c6d0060b FYI: Bluesky (or ATProto according to the diagram there) *can* be self-hosted. The thing is the instance of the Bluesky BGS doesn’t aggregate with other PDSs but Bluesky’s official one (for now). So while technically you can self-host it, it may not be as useful until your PDS can be connected to the main BGS. 
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One criteria I would add to that chart would be "is it #AltText/Voiceover friendly?" I know Mastodon allows visually impaired users to hear text, and the culture here promotes lots of AltText inclusion. Technically, AltText is possible on the Bird Site, but I haven't checked to see if folks include it often. 
 @c6d0060b I wouldn't call #Mastodon or the #Fediverse a safe space, though.

Depending on where you look, you can definitely find the unfiltered and unrestricted variety™ of the internet. But I think that's a good thing. And there are plenty of tools to protect yourself. Maybe that's what you meant? 
 @c6d0060b Safe space yes, untill you start using mastodons not encrypted private messaging. Then this whole "safe" turn out to be not so much safe or even not safe at all. 🙃 
 @c6d0060b promising that mastodon is a safe space is dangerously overoptimistic, people have been burned believing that promise, is it better? Heck yes, but "safe"? no, not by a wide margin.