One of the strongest advocates for #Palestine, Lexi Alexander, was recently suspended from #Bluesky without explanation. Truth is that her advocacy was becoming too influential. Even before bsky mods booted her she was promoting #UpScrolled, which is one of the few safe #socialmedia sites for Palestinians. Issam Hijazi is the founder of UpScrolled.

I joined UpScrolled because I value Lexi’s perspective and bsky mods won’t stop me from following her. If you have an UpScrolled account let me know and I’ll follow you too.

One of the strongest advocates for #Palestine, Lexi Alexander, was recently suspended from #Bluesky without explanation. Truth is that her advocacy was becoming too influential. Even before bsky mods booted her she was promoting #UpScrolled, which is one of the few safe #socialmedia sites for Palestinians. Issam Hijazi is the founder of UpScrolled.

I joined UpScrolled because I value Lexi’s perspective and bsky mods won’t stop me from following her. If you have an UpScrolled account let me know and I’ll follow you too.

Mastodon and Bluesky are better than the centralized status quo. But between the two, I predict that Mastodon's ActivityPub will outlast Bluesky's AT Proto. More thoughts here: https://evanhahn.com/prediction-mastodon-will-outlive-bluesky/

#mastodon #bluesky #ActivityPub #ATProto #decentralization #tech

Mastodon and Bluesky are better than the centralized status quo. But between the two, I predict that Mastodon's ActivityPub will outlast Bluesky's AT Proto. More thoughts here: https://evanhahn.com/prediction-mastodon-will-outlive-bluesky/

#mastodon #bluesky #ActivityPub #ATProto #decentralization #tech

There's so many entry points to this topic, it's hard to know where to start. But, I think the most fun and interesting start is to dissect the strategies of other microblogging platforms. Particularly during the "great migrations." Then explore why it's perhaps impossible for Mastodon to compete on those terms without abandoning its core values.

This is a freestyle, so I ask for some grace in my words and the story's pacing.

Let's start with #Bluesky

To my followers:

I see that #Musk's #X is limiting the visibility of my posts in an unprecedented way

posts that used to get 1000s of views before #Musk are now almost invisible

I keep staying on #X to follow those I'm interested in. You can also find me on #Mastodon, #Bluesky

ai miei follower:

vedo che #X di #Musk limita la visibilità dei miei post in un modo senza precedenti:

post che prima di #Musk ricevevano migliaia di visualizzazioni,sono quasi invisibili

Rimango qui solo per seguire chi mi interessa,mi trovate anche su #Mastodon e #Bluesky

Really good comments from @manton on my 2026 open social web preditions. Exactly the sorts of discussions I'd hope this incite... #Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb #BlueSky

https://www.manton.org/2025/12/27/fediverse-predictions.html

Bluesky, in yet another act of anti-Palestinian racism, has suspended the Palestinian filmmaker and activist Lexi Alexander.

Bluesky is not a safe platform for Palestinians, or (to a lesser extent) for people who advocate for Palestine. Every morning I wake up to notifications for replies from fundraising Palestinians, and by the time I'm awake enough to give them a proper look, the accounts have already been deleted.

#bluesky #politics #palestine #uspol #uspolitics

Ich sage euch warum ich hier erstmal abwarte.

Die PLC-Directory, also wo alle Identitaeten gespeichert werden, liegt bei Bluesky PBC, die sich uebrigens auch einzig und allein fuer die Weiterentwicklung von AT-Proto zustaendig fuehlen.

#Eurosky ist, wie #Bluesky auch, nicht dezentral. Und #atproto ist ist (noch) kein W3C- oder IETF-Standard wie #ActivityPub, sondern ein von Bluesky entwickeltes und gesteuertes Protokoll – mit Roadmap-Macht beim Unternehmen!

Bluesky, in yet another act of anti-Palestinian racism, has suspended the Palestinian filmmaker and activist Lexi Alexander.

Bluesky is not a safe platform for Palestinians, or (to a lesser extent) for people who advocate for Palestine. Every morning I wake up to notifications for replies from fundraising Palestinians, and by the time I'm awake enough to give them a proper look, the accounts have already been deleted.

#bluesky #politics #palestine #uspol #uspolitics

@nixCraft if he wants to be constructive he should get off #bluesky.

I refused to join Bluesky and Threads because unlike Mastodon, they are operated by for-profit entities.

Bluesky was founded by Jack Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter and advocated for Muskrat to buy it.

Threads is a Meta company.

No. Way. In. Hell. was I signing up.

I've never regretted joining Mastodon in the years since I left Twitter.

I've had more meaningful engagement here than I ever did after spending over 12 years on the bird site.

https://mastodon.social/@IDoodle/115788604155077730

#Mastodon #bluesky

I refused to join Bluesky and Threads because unlike Mastodon, they are operated by for-profit entities.

Bluesky was founded by Jack Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter and advocated for Muskrat to buy it.

Threads is a Meta company.

No. Way. In. Hell. was I signing up.

I've never regretted joining Mastodon in the years since I left Twitter.

I've had more meaningful engagement here than I ever did after spending over 12 years on the bird site.

https://mastodon.social/@IDoodle/115788604155077730

#Mastodon #bluesky

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/115313114658391338

Numerous reports lately of #Bluesky using their default "Discover" feed to promote right wing accounts and shadow ban progressive users. And yet, progressives continue to flock to this centralized, VC funded, tech bro platform 🤷

We have the opportunity to create a better public social media ecosystem, but only if we together make better choices.