Discussion

• The Independent Io Dodds on mastodon

  People are fleeing Elon Musk's X in droves. What's happening on Threads and Bluesky?

• @jaypeters.11 Jay Peters on threads

  Bluesky feels like the big winner right now.  But Threads isn't standing by.  My thoughts on the past couple weeks in social media: https://www.theverge.com/...

• @michaelzanette Michael Zanette on threads

  I think it's more due to the bone headed decisions that the theads team is making.  Bluesky feels much more customizable and free to choose what you like.  Threads is becoming more and more for “influencers” https://www.ft.com/...

• @metasynthesis.net William Gunn on bluesky

  Create a place where people want to be and brands and advertising will come.  Threads is trying to do it the other way around, because they have to pretend that interactions with brands are something people want.  No one at Meta can say, “Actually, people hate ads.”  [embedded po…

• @carnage4life.bsky.social Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  According to analysis from SimilarWeb, Threads had five times more daily active users in the US than Bluesky, which has just 20 full-time staff and was initially funded by Twitter when Jack Dorsey was its chief executive.  —  Now, Threads is only 1.5 times larger than its rival, …

• @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski on bluesky

  I can't tell you how different it is on X now after so many people have left.  I have always followed mostly right-wing accounts because I cover them, and they are running out of people to pick fights with.  So they're just mostly fighting with each other.

• @jamesshelley.com James Shelley on bluesky

  Strategically speaking, usage vis-a-vis Threads is all that really matters for @bsky.app now.  A critical mass of the birds already flew the coop and they are still just flying around and trying to sort out what wire to land on together.  [embedded post]

• @mikebeas.com Mike Beasley on bluesky

  Actually bonkers.  [embedded post]

• @keithedwards.bsky.social Keith Edwards on bluesky

  Wow.  On Nov. 5th, Threads had five times more daily active users in the US than Bluesky.  —  Now, Threads is only 1.5 times larger.  —  I can see why Meta is freaking out now  —  Story: www.ft.com/content/e1b5...  [image]

• @lekevicius.com @lekevicius.com on bluesky

  The platform that I want to win the most.  —  Not X - it's no longer even trying.  Buried under the weight of bots and pay-to-play.  —  Not Threads - its approach is misguided, reaching for user that doesn't exist.  —  And between Bluesky and Mastodon - Bluesky protocol design se…

• @diwanow.com @diwanow.com on bluesky

  It's a better platform

• @emilprotalinski.bsky.social Emil Protalinski on bluesky

  I never bothered with Threads mainly because I never bothered with Instagram.  —  Was that a mistake?  Maybe, but it's sure been a fun few weeks riding Bluesky's surge.  [embedded post]

• @malmer.com Daniel Malmer on bluesky

  Take with a grain of salt, though.  Similarweb is fairly trustworthy for some websites, but I've seen it off by huge amounts for sites I've had real numbers for.  —  No question the Bluesky is rapidly growing, though.  [embedded post]

• @kevin-indig.bsky.social Kevin Indig on bluesky

  Feels like X really crossed the line to drive users away [embedded post]

• @adrianweckler.bsky.social Adrian Weckler on bluesky

  Bluesky powering ahead, will pass Threads (with its much bigger install base Insta advantage) soon.  —  Then it genuinely has X in its medium-term sights [embedded post]

• @crowslabyrinth.com @crowslabyrinth.com on bluesky

  Impressive numbers for Bluesky, considering there are over ten times more accounts created on Threads.  —  More interesting numbers and graphs in the article.  [embedded post]

• @warnerdavid.bsky.social Warner. D on bluesky

  Still prefer threads, spoutible  —  It has actual #trending [embedded post]

• @chickenpuppet.bsky.social @chickenpuppet.bsky.social on bluesky

  I feel like Threads has been the number one app or close to it since it arrived so the fact it was only getting five times the traffic before the last rush is just pathetic [embedded post]

• @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social John Burn-Murdoch on bluesky

  Chart from our story on Threads hastily rolling out new features as Bluesky rapidly catches up on user numbers in the US and UK www.ft.com/content/e1b5...

• @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social John Burn-Murdoch on bluesky

  The website vs app split for Bluesky vs Threads captures the difference in user base and usage patterns beautifully.  —  Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails.  “Wait what was I doing again?”  —  Threads = normies watching recip…

• @chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn on bluesky

  Bluesky has passed Threads on web usage and is rapidly closing the gap on app.

• r/BlueskySocial r on reddit

  The Right Has a Bluesky Problem.  The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.

• r/LeopardsAteMyFace r on reddit

  Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk's X

• r/ThreadsApp r on reddit

  Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk's X

• r/democrats r on reddit

  One of the best reasons to join bluesky.  It suppresses the disinformation machine aka X

• r/BlueskySocial r on reddit

  The Right Has a Bluesky Problem

• r/DecodingTheGurus r on reddit

  Please join bluesky and own the magas friends

• r/politics r on reddit

  The Right Has a Bluesky Problem

• @mtthgn@mastodon.social @mtthgn@mastodon.social on mastodon

  What great timing that @cwebber's incredible blog post on this topic would show up in my feed!  Thank you so much for writing this, Christine!  —  If you're interested at all in #ActivityPub, #atproto, #bluesky, and #mastodon, you should do yourself a favor and find the time to r…

• @ricmac@mastodon.social Richard MacManus on mastodon

  @cwebber in a *very* detailed technical analysis of Bluesky, says that it isn't currently decentralized or federated.  Instead, “...this should actually be the way Bluesky brands itself, which I believe would be more honest: an open architecture (that's fair to say!) with the pos…

• @ming.bsky.social Flemming Funch on bluesky

  This is the best comparison of the Bluesky and Fediverse protocols and their pros and cons.  Very technical, though.  I certainly didn't follow all of it.  [embedded post]

• @jeffgreco.com Leftist Greco Chamber on bluesky

  I thought this was a great piece with a fair approach to Jay and the team's pragmatism in prioritizing cloning Twitter over launching a fully decentralized system.  [embedded post]

• @eubiedrew.bsky.social @eubiedrew.bsky.social on bluesky

  “This is all to say: blogging plus feed readers started out a lot more decentralized than Bluesky has, and having one big player [Google] enter the room and then exit effectively killed the system.”  —  dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...  by @dustyweb.bsky.social

• @werd.io Ben Werdmuller on bluesky

  This is superb post sets out to ask how decentralized Bluesky is but goes far deeper into the different models at play in decentralized social networking.  Required reading for anyone who cares about the space.  #Fediverse

• @kentbye.com Kent Bye on bluesky

  “Bluesky is not meaningfully decentralized and that it is certainly not federated according to any technical definition of federation we have had”  —  Great deep dive digging into the technical nuances of the ATProtocol where decentralized federation is still aspirational.  —  du…

• @january3.github.io January Weiner on bluesky

  OK, so I really like #BlueSkye, getting loads of new papers and tools and funnies, but I am pessimistic about the future.  BlueSky may be run by good guys now, but it is centralized (and will probably stay that way).  And they will have to start earning money.  —  dustycloud.org/…

• @davidcarroll.org David Carroll on bluesky

  Fascinating thread analyzing Bluesky and AT Proto by one of the authors of ActivityPub social.coop/@cwebber/113...

• @dustyweb.bsky.social Christine Lemmer-Webber on bluesky

  BY THE WAY if you are reading this, I am dual-posting here and on the fediverse simulataneously, dual-wielding social media “platforms” social.coop/@cwebber/113...  Why not follow the same thing in two places at once I guess [embedded post]

• @rabble.nz @rabble.nz on bluesky

  This is an important read if you care about how Bluesky works and if is designed to replace centralized systems then we need to make sure this new commons isn't also enclosed.  —  Bluesky is amazing and powerful but there are risks in how it works.  —  dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec…

• @dustyweb.bsky.social Christine Lemmer-Webber on bluesky

  How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...  A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts.  I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread.  🧵

• @hobg0blin.bsky.social @hobg0blin.bsky.social on bluesky

  pretty fair breakdown of bluesky's lack of decentralization.  i tend to agree with christine's takes here: bluesky can't really lay claim to being meaningfully decentralized, but embracing ideas like “credible exit” and the company as future adversary are good steps.  dustycloud.…

• @steveklabnik.com Steve Klabnik on bluesky

  This is by far the best criticism of bsky/atproto I've seen so far: dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...  I mean that in the sense of “fair” and “understands what they're talking about” as well as a more traditional “makes good points”.

• @dustyweb.bsky.social Christine Lemmer-Webber on bluesky

  Okay I am back from lunch, time to resume my analysis thread for “How decentralized is bluesky really?” dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...  I have been receiving a lot of notifications, I am not reading any of them until I finish with this so bear with me, BEAR WITH ME, we're gonna m…

• @openrisk.eu @openrisk.eu on bluesky

  An insightful (long) read, by one of the key architects of #activitypub (on which the current #fediverse is built).  Detailed dive into the (technical) definitions of decentralization and federation and the difference choices and designs of #bluesky and #atproto  —  dustycloud.or…

• @illegaldaydream.bsky.social Milo Trujillo on bluesky

  A great discussion by @dustyweb.bsky.social comparing the architecture of ATProto (Bluesky) and ActivityPub (used by Mastodon), and pain points of each - especially with “decentralizing” Bluesky dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...

• @beeps.gay @beeps.gay on bluesky

  The co-author of ActivityPub has done a tear down of how decentralised Bluesky is.  The answer: not very.  —  In fact, the protocol relies almost entirely on Bluesky to operate and many of the current leg-ups it has over the fediverse are because of that centralisation.  —  dusty…

• r/solarpunk r on reddit

  How decentralized is Bluesky really?  A good tech/social write-up

• r/Mastodon r on mastodon

  Co-creator of ActivityPub, Christine Lemmer-Webber, on whether Bluesky/ATProto is actually decentralised (spoiler: it's not)