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Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts

168 points IAmGraydon | 5 comments | 20 Nov 24 01:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.831s | source

Hey fellow HN enthusiasts!

I'm looking to expand my Bluesky feed with accounts that share interesting, tech-related content, similar to what we discuss here on HN.

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Aachen ◴[20 Nov 24 01:28 UTC] No.42189950[source]▶
I see a lot of people on Mastodon posting jokes about Twitter users moving to another centralised and venture capital-backed platform, like that "this time it will be different for sure!". I haven't read up on it myself so don't know what to think. Can someone burst my bubble on this?

Edit: saw a lot of valid responses, thanks! My question is answered and I might sign up on bsky as well if I get bored on Mastodon or want to connect with someone there :)

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rectang ◴[20 Nov 24 01:54 UTC] No.42190129[source]▶
There’s a deep lesson in the victory of Bluesky over Mastodon about the general inability of Open Source projects to provide a simple, intuitive end user experience. It’s unsurprising for those of us who have participated in Open Souce for a while, but Bluesky vs. Mastodon will become the canonical example.
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1. krapp ◴[20 Nov 24 12:14 UTC] No.42193201[source]▶
Wasn't Bluesky developed in house by a paid team at Twitter, who also developed the protocol? And isn't its UX essentially a clone of Twitter's, which itself is the result of millions of dollars in R&D and proprietary labor? And isn't the existing familiarity with Twitter the only reason Bluesky's interface is "intuitive?"

A lot of the rough edges for Mastodon come from it actually being decentralized, and the extra complexity that brings. There is for all intents and purposes only one Bluesky instance, and there will likely only ever be one instance due to network effects. It's open source in the same way Reddit or HN are open source - the code is available, but there is only one implementation that matters.

I don't think you're entirely wrong - Mastodon could definitely do with better UX, but let's not pretend the playing field is level here. Bluesky's success is very much the result of corporate and proprietary development culture, advertising and startup hype, not of open source culture.

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2. Kye ◴[20 Nov 24 15:56 UTC] No.42195071[source]▶
There's one Bluesky appview and so far one public relay run by Bluesky.[0] There are over 1000 independent AT protocol instances and numerous independent appviews.

[0] Technically two if you count the development site.

[0a] New appview just dropped and it's Discord https://bsky.app/profile/samuel.bsky.team/post/3lbfdkqinl22z

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4. wannacboatmovie ◴[20 Nov 24 21:01 UTC] No.42198070[source]▶
HN is not open source. Only the base software package is, the 'secret sauce' is proprietary.
5. g8oz ◴[21 Nov 24 02:41 UTC] No.42200556[source]▶
Don't know why you're being downvoted, every point is bang on.