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Re: I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog

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Post by galleywest200 »

publicdebates wrote: post #56

> There are other services that could be used for this purpose instead. Notably, I could embed replies from the social media formerly known as Twitter. Twitter split into x, bluesky, and truthsocial. By picking one, you now allow comments from only 1/3 of your readers. Maybe that's intentional, a sort of ad hoc political filter or gate. But I think it's noteworthy.

Doesn’t Twitter make you pay an exorbitant fee for accessing their API? At least BlueSky is free to access anything on the AT Protocol.

Re: I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog

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Post by BeetleB »

krapp wrote: post #23
cyode wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why above is downvoted. You’re right. Google Trends reveals how much of a flash in the pan Mastodon was post-Twitter: https://imgur.com/a/i2Vq9FR Social media needs to be very simple for the masses to adopt. The elevator pitch needs to be one sentence and must not include the word “server”.

Mastodon doesn't need to be "adopted by the masses" to be successful. I and plenty of other people are perfectly fine happy with it (and I use Mastodon comments for my blog.) I don't understand the knee-jerk reactions whenever Mastodon comes up here. Someone always has to declare it dead, someone always has to rant about "leftist politics" and "fascist moderators." And then they usually suggest Nostr which is far mor…

Same sentiment when it comes to Emacs. As a percentage, its use is generally constant or dropping. A tiny fraction of folks use it.

Yet in absolute numbers users are increasing. And Emacs activity is greater than it has ever been.

Yes. You don't need mass adoption to be wildly successful!

Re: I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog

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Post by lukev »

IshKebab wrote: post #35

> [Bluesky] can't easily be taken over by an authoritarian billionaire creep It definitely can. Bluesky is not as decentralised as you think. https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/

A lot's changed since 2024. The decentralization primitives were always in place, but now they're being actively used. Hosting your own PDS is quite viable if you're tech-inclined, or check out Blacksky.

There's also rumors that the W European social network launched a few days ago is built on ATProto.

Re: I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog

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Post by krapp »

encom wrote: post #58
krapp wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mastodon doesn't need to be "adopted by the masses" to be successful. I and plenty of other people are perfectly fine happy with it (and I use Mastodon comments for my blog.) I don't understand the knee-jerk reactions whenever Mastodon comes up here. Someone always has to declare it dead, someone always has to rant about "leftist politics" and "fascist moderators." And then they usually suggest Nostr which is far mor…

Of course, if you move the goalposts far enough you can say any result is a success. Mastodon looks to have around 800k active users. For comparison IRC has (according to netsplit.de) around 280k users. Is that successful?

>Mastodon looks to have around 800k active users. For comparison IRC has (according to netsplit.de) around 280k users. Is that successful?

Yes.

Bear in mind many people here would consider geminispace to be a success and I seriously doubt that it even has 100k users.

"Success" has valid definitions beyond market capture and revenue. Mastodon is a success because it hosts a community and because it represents a validation of the model of decentralized federated social media.

And it isn't a zero-sum game, either. The entire point is that there doesn't have to be one "Twitter" one "Facebook" one "Youtube," or even one protocol to rule them all.

Re: I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog

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Post by jsheard »

galleywest200 wrote: post #61
publicdebates wrote: post #56

> There are other services that could be used for this purpose instead. Notably, I could embed replies from the social media formerly known as Twitter. Twitter split into x, bluesky, and truthsocial. By picking one, you now allow comments from only 1/3 of your readers. Maybe that's intentional, a sort of ad hoc political filter or gate. But I think it's noteworthy.

Doesn’t Twitter make you pay an exorbitant fee for accessing their API? At least BlueSky is free to access anything on the AT Protocol.

Yep, the free tier only gives you 100 reads per month, and the cheapest paid tier is $200 per month.

Re: I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog

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Post by elsjaako »

jeffhwang wrote: post #36
elsjaako wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know I shouldn't react this way, but this view that Mastodon can only be successful if it's the largest platform out there always gets under my skin. There are about a million active users of the fediverse, and I know plenty of us find it nice right now. Active users are measured in different ways by different platforms, so if we compare registered users, fedi has 12.5M compared to 42M for Bluesky. So it's approxim…

It's probably user error on my part. But as a somewhat technical user, I've been locked out of Mastodon account for months for no discernible reason. I had my standard first name and last name and I'm on one of the biggest Mastodon servers (mastodon.social). I suppose I could just create a brand new account or move to another server but it hasn't seemed worth the effort so far

It is a more complex system than having a single central organization. Not every interest is well represented, so there may not be a lot of content for everyone.

I've never had a mastodon.social account, but I can understand the frustration of having technical issues. If you really wanted to join, like you said, you can just try joining on a different server or even software - with other social networks you generally don't get that choice.

But it looks like you gave it a try and made the rational choice that, for you, it's not worth that effort.

But just because it's not your thing, and it's not the biggest one out there, doesn't mean it failed or missed it's shot. Personally I think it's pretty amazing that an open source project, with no VC money or marketing department or big corporate tie in, has about a million active users, and has for a long time now.

Re: I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog

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Post by andai »

susam wrote: post #52

If you are rendering your blog or website with a static site generator, you could also consider importing comments as content files into your website source and then rendering them as part of the build. The full workflow would look like this: 1. Accept comments via email, CGI scripts, server-side program or by any other means that suits you. A simple hack that requires no server-side scripting: if you run your own we…

>1. Accept comments via email

I only accept comments via Fax ;)

Re: I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog

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Post by mcintyre1994 »

publicdebates wrote: post #56

> There are other services that could be used for this purpose instead. Notably, I could embed replies from the social media formerly known as Twitter. Twitter split into x, bluesky, and truthsocial. By picking one, you now allow comments from only 1/3 of your readers. Maybe that's intentional, a sort of ad hoc political filter or gate. But I think it's noteworthy.

If we grant your premise, isn’t bluesky the only one of them where you can access the data freely?
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