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Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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208 points henrijn | 3 comments | 16 Nov 24 21:58 UTC | HN request time: 2.65s | source
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chevman ◴[16 Nov 24 22:57 UTC] No.42160216[source]▶
Highly recommend folks check out Mastodon as well - fully decentralized, no ads, no algo, no corporate control.

It is continuing to grow steadily and has tons of activity compared to a few years ago.

https://joinmastodon.org/

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m3kw9 ◴[16 Nov 24 23:00 UTC] No.42160249[source]▶
why isn't mastodon one of the winners like bluesky?
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teeray ◴[16 Nov 24 23:08 UTC] No.42160329[source]▶
Because you can go to Bluesky and click “Sign Up” without a confusing explanation about instances.
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1. grishka ◴[16 Nov 24 23:23 UTC] No.42160455[source]▶
Mastodon has a big honkin' "Join mastodon.social" button both on joinmastodon.org and in the mobile apps to solve this exact problem.
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2. rvz ◴[16 Nov 24 23:32 UTC] No.42160529[source]▶
Good solution. Problem is they have chosen a 'default instance' in the app which goes against the idea to encourage federation of the platform and instead accelerates centralization and there was backlash over that change. [0]

mastodon.social will only get more centralized and is the only one that is benefitting from that change.

[0] https://mstdn.social/@feditips/110233282251253677

3. teeray ◴[16 Nov 24 23:33 UTC] No.42160532[source]▶
But the fact they still have this perception of confusing sign-up means they were too late.