I generally agree with all this, but I will say the fedi is still viable.
Mastodon is not.
The fedi can still diversify as we learn what did and did not work with apps post Twitter.
And a major lesson is that you still have to have a good product. Standing for ‘ethical alternatives’ is great but in a world where we have to choose between bad and awful to survive on a regular basis, soap boxing with under developed half assed platforms is not going to cut it.
I think it’s good to keep talking about the ills of Bluesky.
But we need to keep talking about how Mastodon basically held the door open for them by refusing to adapt and listen to the souls that were telling the project how to win. hachyderm.io/@danilo/113488791…
Bluesky now growing at a rate of 12-13 users per secondSo why am I beating this drum?
Mastodon’s failure to capture Twitter’s collapse is instructive as a once-in-a-generation cautionary tale
Product design matters, protocol ideology is not enough, and disliking capitalism is not an exemption from economics
You will read a lot of copium about the fediverse still being viable, but it is now the smaller development target. That has consequences.
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If you’re going to hate Bluesky because you prefer Mastodon that’s fine. Do you.
But it disingenuous to talk about the ills of Bluesky and ignore the years of poor stewardship, unilateralism and how friendly Mastodon is with centralized platforms despite claiming to build an ethical alternative to them.
Yes, I don’t like Bluesky either, but I’m also a pragmatist.
And a lot of people are just not being honest about the very real and longstanding issues that have been pushing people away from Mastodon for a long time.
Do I like the idea of having to join a platform like Bluesky to engage with my people online. No. Hell no. I actually fucking hate it.
But I’m a community person that has empathy for people that do not have my skills and experiences who are just trying to find a place to kick it on a web filled with corporate platforms and open source projects run and maintained by virulent bigots.
So, I’m going to practice a bit of humility and go to where the people so I can listen and learn about what people need to pull them away from platforms we all know are bad in the long run.
The fedi has famously had a lack of empathy for people that are not in tech, which is one of the core reasons people are going to Bluesky.
Yes, there a plenty of great ideas and theories in the fedi, but until they are put into action in a way that is accessible for non tech nerds, the Blueskys of social media are going to win. Period.
And telling people they are wrong for making that decision when there is no open source platform that gives them the experience they want is the kind of arrogance that kills possibilities from happening.
Geeks of Mastodon, C writers and API whisperers, are you bored and without a short project?
I would love for #CURL to be able to list Samba directories. Last year I made a PR allowing for local directories listing and wanted to do the the same for smb, but without success. I think succeeding requires knowledge of Windows APIs.
I can provide some help getting it merged.
This is where I got stuck: github.com/colinleroy/curl/com…
(the magic should happen in smb_send_open_directory)
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Brian Grinter
in reply to Gorgeous Killer • • •mekka okereke
in reply to Brian Grinter • • •Some key features driving BlueSky's success are:
1) Starter packs
2) Block lists
3) Don't be completely terrible to the Black women early adopters, who have driven adoption of every platform from FaceBook to Instagram to Twitter to Vine.
Notice I didn't even say "Be great to Black women early adopters!" I just said don't be completely terrible.
None of the things above require millions in funding. Funding is not the issue. Ideology and prioritization are.