Fabrizio Musacchio
@pixeltracker@sigmoid.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

In this blog post, I share my recent experiences with #Bluesky as a platform for scientific exchange. I see both advantages and risks: #Bluesky offers new opportunities, but I also miss key aspects of #Mastodon that have grown important to me ( #privacy, #sustainability, #community, #opensource). For now, I use both. In the post, I reflect on what each platform gets right (and wrong) for science.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-07-23-mastodon_vs_bluesky/

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Reflections on joining Bluesky: Opportunities and risks for the scientific community. The scientific community is once again shifting platforms — seeking visibility, stability, and trust in uncertain digital environments. Bluesky offers new momentum and technical promise, but questions around decentralization, moderation, and long-term sustainability remain. Between Mastodon's ideals and Bluesky's usability, we are faced with a complex landscape of compromises. Image generated by DALL-E.
Reflections on joining Bluesky: Opportunities and risks for the scientific community. The scientific community is once again shifting platforms — seeking visibility, stability, and trust in uncertain digital environments. Bluesky offers new momentum and technical promise, but questions around decentralization, moderation, and long-term sustainability remain. Between Mastodon's ideals and Bluesky's usability, we are faced with a complex landscape of compromises. Image generated by DALL-E.
Reflections on joining Bluesky: Opportunities and risks for the scientific community. The scientific community is once again shifting platforms — seeking visibility, stability, and trust in uncertain digital environments. Bluesky offers new momentum and technical promise, but questions around decentralization, moderation, and long-term sustainability remain. Between Mastodon's ideals and Bluesky's usability, we are faced with a complex landscape of compromises. Image generated by DALL-E.