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That was a shockingly long turnaround for these, considering. I’ve come and gone from Mastodon like three times since this was an argument and at least twice since they said they would do this.
Oh, well. I originally thought this was a bad call, and I did hate the old Twitter snippy bullshit this enabled, but Bluesky sorta proved to me this was a cultural issue more than a feature set issue. And while we’re at it, while I don’t particularly like the implementation of Bluesky’s custom subject feeds I’m fairly convinced that some alternative to chronological-only feeds would be beneficial. This seems like too little, too late, honestly.
I like Bluesky and I’m currently on hiatus from Mastodon, but when you say “too little, too late” it may be that Bluesky beat them there, but at the end of the day Bluesky is still Big Tech bullshit. It is a matter of when, not if, it will be enshittified and we need a replacement.
Bluesky is a breath of fresh air and I like the community and features there. And twenty years ago Google was the awesome upstart punching Microsoft in the balls, and yet here we are today.
Not really related to the bulk of your comment but I’m curious (if you don’t mind sharing) what features you like from BlueSky, in comparison to Mastodon?
Custom feeds, subscribed blocklists, blocking/muting keywords for a period of time. Basically the moderation controls. My mental health is better when I can just turn off certain topics for a bit without abandoning them altogether.
If I remember right, mast has a feature where you can follow someone but only their self posts and not reposts. There are accounts that are repost machines and I don’t want to follow someone if I’m not getting to hear their own thoughts in their own words. I wish Bluesky had that.
That makes a lot of sense; thanks so much!
