@marioguzman I have a #bluesky account - I cross-post sometimes but it’s a ghost town
Who else is on #bluesky?
@rbreich It’s a good day for the democracy. 👍🏻
That gives hope.
But I would really appreciate if you would post the text here in the #Fediverse as well instead of a screenshot of your post on your #Bluesky account.
Because the Fediverse is the democratic alternative to #Twitter and BlueSky
It's my third #mastodonniversary today! Crazy!!
To celebrate I am getting ready to help host and chair the first #SocialBC and Society of Open Social Servers of BC Annual General Meeting tomorrow with @arbutus and @jrenken
it starts at 5PM! full info in the announcement 📢
If you are in BC and would like to help grow a #regional instance come on over! There is no requirement to be part
of the Society but any SocialBC account holder
can be at the AGM and anyone who has donated at least $20 in the past year is a full member and can vote and volunteer for the Board!
Onward for the #opensocialweb!
#SOSSBC
#mastodon
#fediverse
#volunteer
#community
#society
#bc
#mastodonMigration
#bluesky
Mastodon.social's continued growth as a percentage of the Fedi is (IMHO) worrying, I did a thread about this: https://social.chinwag.org/@FediThing/115492120189076969
M.s is currently 28.7% of all active Fedi accounts and rising. For whatever it's worth, if m.s reaches these network percentages I'm going to take following actions:
40% - Stop recommending mastodon.social accounts on @FediFollows & https://fedi.directory
45% - Limit mastodon.social
50% - Defederate mastodon.social
Thoughts? Do these sound okay?
@homegrown @FediFollows I've used the #fediverse since 2017, had accounts on many different instances. A month ago i created my current account on #MastodonSocial because i was transferring over 1K music posts from #Bluesky where i had done a music discovery project earlier in 2025 but wanted to leave there and not lose all that work.
I chose Mastodon.social because it was a TON of work and i needed to know i was choosing an instance that could handle that many posts and wasn't going away.
Chewie
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Today, senior executives from CBC/RadioCanada came to testify before the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications. I had the chance to ask a lot of questions. But I made sure to ask why the CBC is still committed to X - and why they haven't investigated Mastodon (and Bluesky). Here's my exchange with CEO Marie-Philippe Bouchard and Editor in Chief Brodie Fenlon. #CBC #Mastodon #X #Bluesky #SRC #Canada #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #TRCM #CanadianBroadcastingCorporation #SocialMedia https://youtu.be/lJUeQZlvD-E?si=msTknV5VyaI-drCD
OK bye bye #BlueSky! 👋
Martin Holland
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Kurznachrichtendienst: Bluesky will einen "Dislike"-Button testen
Damit Bluesky-User deutlicher machen können, welche Inhalte sie mögen und welche nicht, soll es bald auch eine Möglichkeit geben, diese negativ zu bewerten.
Kurznachrichtendienst: Bluesky will einen "Dislike"-Button testen
Damit Bluesky-User deutlicher machen können, welche Inhalte sie mögen und welche nicht, soll es bald auch eine Möglichkeit geben, diese negativ zu bewerten.
If you follow me on #BlueSky I have bad news for you. Tomorrow (Monday) my posts won't appear on BlueSky anymore. I turned Bridgy Fed on for the Dutch elections, but those are now over. So goodbye! 👋🏻
The only reason people are on BlueSky (beside the network effect) are the quote posts. Well, I have good news. We on Mastodon also have quote posts now (or at the next couple of days when the new version is released for everyone). So Leave #BlueSky and Join #Mastodon! https://joinmastodon.org
If you follow me on #BlueSky I have bad news for you. Tomorrow (Monday) my posts won't appear on BlueSky anymore. I turned Bridgy Fed on for the Dutch elections, but those are now over. So goodbye! 👋🏻
Wichtiges Update 👉https://mastodon.social/@pallenberg/115463274368780192
Auf #Bluesky kam es nicht gut an, was ich in meinem Newsletter/Podcast rausgehauen habe 👉 https://www.metacheles.de/bluesky-der-traum-ist-vorbei/
Keine 2 Wochen nach den Trump Accounts, werden die 1. #Antifa & "Gegen Rechts"-Accounts als "Terrororganisation" markiert.
- Und genau das macht Bluesky, weil #Trump es will!
- Und genau das habe ich angekuendigt!
- Und genau das zeigt, dass sie nichts dagegen unternehmen koennen!
Der Screenshot zeigt einen Beitrag auf der Plattform **Bluesky**, in dem ein Post mit einem Artikel-Link (vom Spiegel) und einem Kommentar eines Accounts mit dem Namen *Gegen Rechts – Bunt statt Braun* zu sehen ist.
Unter dem Post befindet sich eine Warnmeldung der Plattform mit dem Titel:
**„Kennzeichnungen zu deinen Inhalten“**
Der Hinweistext darunter lautet:
> „Du kannst gegen diese Kennzeichnungen Einspruch erheben, wenn du der Meinung bist, dass sie zu Unrecht vergeben wurden.“
Darunter ist eine Markierung mit der Begründung:
**„Misleading“**
> „Altered images/videos, deceptive links, or false statements.“
> Quelle: **@moderation.bsky.app**
Das bedeutet: Der Beitrag oder ein darin enthaltener Link wurde von der Plattform als **irreführend** eingestuft (z. B. wegen veränderter Bilder, täuschender Links oder falscher Behauptungen). Der Nutzer hat jedoch die Möglichkeit, diese Einstufung anzufechten.
Der Screenshot dokumentiert also, dass ein antifaschistischer Beitrag von Bluesky fälschlich als „irreführend“ markiert wurde, verbunden mit einer Warnung, die Antifa als angeblich „terroristische Organisation“ bezeichnet. Diese Markierung wurde automatisiert durch das Moderationssystem der Plattform vorgenommen, obwohl der Inhalt offenkundig gegen Rechts gerichtet ist und sich auf demokratische, antifaschistische Werte bezieht.
Nunja, genau dass wurde am ersten Tag, oder kurz danach, von #Bluesky schon vorausgesagt.
Wollte halt nur keiner hören.
Aber #Reichweite war da wichtiger als ein dezentrales offenes #fediverse
Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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40 million people decided that the solution to corporate-controlled social media is another corporate-controlled social media.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/bluesky-hits-40-million-users-introduces-dislikes-beta/
#bluesky #bigtech #decentralization #socialmedia #wedoittoourselves #brainrot
40 million people decided that the solution to corporate-controlled social media is another corporate-controlled social media.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/bluesky-hits-40-million-users-introduces-dislikes-beta/
#bluesky #bigtech #decentralization #socialmedia #wedoittoourselves #brainrot
"I ... think the odds of #Bluesky following #Twitter’s path is (sic) very high, given the structural similarities. Bluesky is a for-profit group still in the venture-capital honeymoon phase where it doesn’t need major revenue" — @hildabast
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/10/30/a-mastodon-migration-from-bluesky-would-be-different/
Have you been noticing the flurries of new or returning people leaving Bluesky due to recent controversies?
It got me thinking about how a real Bluesky exodus would play out, and digging into the studies of the 2022 Mastodon migration from Twitter. I found 14 studies. TLDR; a Bluesky flight would be different.
Here's my new post @PLOS :
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/10/30/a-mastodon-migration-from-bluesky-would-be-different/
In case you missed it, Mastodon treasure @hildabast has published a great article describing the current situation with Mastodon and #Bluesky and the relative merits of each.
What is particularly nice about this detailed essay is the conservative and learned approach she takes, and the honesty with which she recognizes deficiencies in both platforms. She also addresses how Mastodon's recent developments in usability are changing this equation.
Great job Hilda!
Have you been noticing the flurries of new or returning people leaving Bluesky due to recent controversies?
It got me thinking about how a real Bluesky exodus would play out, and digging into the studies of the 2022 Mastodon migration from Twitter. I found 14 studies. TLDR; a Bluesky flight would be different.
Here's my new post @PLOS :
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/10/30/a-mastodon-migration-from-bluesky-would-be-different/
@hildabast @PLOS I'm #transgender and left #Bluesky after 2 years there earlier this month. I've used the #fediverse in some capacity since 2017 and love it. I went to Bluesky to see #ATProto progress, tried #Blacksky servers which failed miserably for me and a ton of other users in reliability (Couldn't post, blank feeds).
So now i'm back here but bridged to follow some Bluesky accounts. I think if more accounts there bridge that will help people feel more inclined to come back.