Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts

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 :)

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.

Where is this “victory” of bluesky over mastodon? IMO they are both losers and most likely stay losers (as in never be anywhere close to twitter).

Even the accounts posted here, signed up in 2023, posted on bluesky three times.

If anything, I at least know some people who seem to have found some small community amongst the mastodongers.

I suppose that time will tell. Twitter is in the midst of an experiment to see if social network effects will keep users around despite unlimited levels of political hostility, abuse, and algorithmic shenanigans from the ownership. My impression is that there’s a limit and we’ve crossed it post election as Bluesky has been gaining a million users each day, but my bias is showing.

> despite unlimited levels of political hostility, abuse, and algorithmic shenanigans from the ownership

This was happening before Musk bought it but now that it’s coming from the socially unacceptable side of the political spectrum people don’t like it

It is now a private company, with an owner who openly campaigned for a particular candidate and is now expected to take a role in that candidate's administration.

You can see the difference, right?

One is certainly more visibly political while the other is much harder to see. Seems like even you are confused by it.

So, you do see a difference. Meanwhile, you still ignore the difference in being a public vs. private company and the necessary disclosures that come from that difference.

That said, please open my eyes. I have yet to see you provide anything to support your stance that the publicly-traded, pre-Elon version of Twitter was equally as active in pushing a political agenda as the current version.

It's ok to admit, even if the guy is on your team.