Sadly programming topics have not gotten much traction on BlueSky. You don't even have a real category for it (just generic Technology) as it's not all that popular. Most the programming related feeds are majority zero engagement.
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#82I went to the homepage for the first time. First post was someone saying they want to be a designer for the campaign that had Waltz name on it. Then you have Patton Oswald tell people never be friends with Nazis because they have Nazi friends. I decided to visit twitter homepage but it asked me to signin. I went to the homepage for Mastodon. It had comments about new science discoveries, tech, some politics but more…
What I don't like about Mastodon is the way it federate servers. For example, if someone on server B "retweets" a post from server A, it does not carry over likes and comments from server A. That means personal instances are cumbersome and big servers always have a bigger leverage. That also implies you have no single page to just see all the comments about that post. Bsky, on the other hand, does not have such hard…
True. Federation is a disaster. Like you say, the simple use case of having consistent likes and replies doesn't even work.
This breaks conversations. An OP hosting a popular thread will see the same/similar reply many times because people can't even see each other's replies.
Federation makes discovery and search impossible or at the very least extremely hard to implement, whilst this is such a core feature of social networks.
Federation is extremely wasteful. People hosting instances with just a few thousands of users are reporting gigantic bandwidth consumption and hefty bills. Not to mention storage bills for all that media.
Federation does not allow for the independence it suggests. A bitter activist can advocate for other admins to defederate you and then your instance is cut off. You're not independent, you answer to the rule of the purists and the Mastodon way.
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#83Sadly programming topics have not gotten much traction on BlueSky. You don't even have a real category for it (just generic Technology) as it's not all that popular. Most the programming related feeds are majority zero engagement.
Yeah... Reddit's still the MVP here. But tbh I'd take the ghost town of BlueSky over what passes for programming discourse on X. Long since taken over by video producers and tech bros pushing their "grindset"
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, why use a platform not run by a pure non-profit org - and run by a guy who sold their previous one?
I’m surprised to find someone who still believes “non profit” carries any weight. These are all propaganda sites. The value is the influence.
Bullshit, not every founder or organization is morally bankrupt. Have a look at Lichess or the Blender Foundation. (Ethical) values are an essential aspect of any organization, and at least for me, these are shining beacons of humanity.
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#85If weird sun twitter was on Bluesky, in which category would it go?
"weird sun twitter"?
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#86Sadly programming topics have not gotten much traction on BlueSky. You don't even have a real category for it (just generic Technology) as it's not all that popular. Most the programming related feeds are majority zero engagement.
Many tech people left Twitter for Mastodon before Bluesky took off. Some also left for cohost, but unfortunately that has just closed down due to lack of funds.
I'm currently on bluesky, but that also has the "no sustainable funding" serious bug. Also it's a frankly miserable place until US election misery dies down, which may take a while.
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#88Sadly programming topics have not gotten much traction on BlueSky. You don't even have a real category for it (just generic Technology) as it's not all that popular. Most the programming related feeds are majority zero engagement.
It's a feedback loop as well; I refrain from saying anything too nerdy on BlueSky because it feels “off-topic”.
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#90I took the bite and made an account on Bluesky, my first time on such social media. Very disappointing thus far: I have been pestered and followed by bots and no amount of blocking does anything. I am trying to curate my feeds with mutes, blocks and "I want to see less of this" to cultivate an art/science/nature/programming feed, and the app keeps shoving politics and rage bait down my throat. Custom and Following fe…
You need to follow people, not block. Unlike Facebook or X there is no strong algorithm (although feeds are technically custom algorithms, but they're mainly lists of people or posts that contain certain keywords) but once you follow enough people, you pretty much only see their content, more-or-less in order. If you don't follow enough people, your feed is filled with whatever's trending at that moment. Blocking whe…
There are also curated "booster packs" with one click following of everyone in a category (type of artist, industry, etc.)