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Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves (www.politico.eu)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/372863

cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/61363

The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.

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[–] 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't go to BlueSky !!! They're not better than X. They obey to the same leaders... MONEY, GREED, AND POWER. A few weeks ago they restricted 72 Turkish protesters the access to their BlueSky accounts on simple request of the Turkish Government. So, BlueSky cannot be trusted they will secure the accounts of their customers. If Trump would ask BlueSky to block all accounts of members who are against him, they'll do it right away.

https://www.turkishminute.com/2025/04/17/bluesky-restrict-access-72-account-turk-amid-government-pressure7/

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Make mastodon more accessible then.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Which accessibility standards does Mastodon break?

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Oh boy, where do I even begin:

    1. Federation. People have no idea what it is, which means that they have to familiarize themselves with all these technical concepts just to create an account.

    2. Servers. Most mastodon servers are locked, and you have to petition the admins to let you in, which often implies waiting more than a day. In other sites, you can create an account in 5 seconds, so mastodon is at a disadvantage.

    3. Lack of an algorithm. This implies people won't see the content they like, which means they have to go and actively look for content. Most people don't want to spend time doing that, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes ans look at pretty pictures.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    3 is a feature to me. The "algorithms" seem to create bubbles, and I want to decide myself.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    and bluesky doesn’t have a default algorithm either, but allows you to subscribe to algorithms created by other people

    being able to choose how the information is presented is the way

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That seems like a good way, to give the user the option. In your opinion, are these algorithms transparent enough to understand or even verify for regular users?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    yes and no… essentially they’re http services that people run, so they can either be closed or FOSS… i could see a future where there’s like those 1-click “run on ” on github pages and you can audit the code if you want, and self host

    they call them “feeds” if you’re interested in going deep

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Some people want to make social media account to browse illustration or photography.

    Unfortunately, that's not doable on fediverse. You follow anyone, and suddenly your feed filled with content that you are not interested in. Example: your favourite artist also post a lot of game screenshoot, but you're not interested in the games. You just want to see the illustration.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    1. The same is true for Bsky but people don't complain about it there. It asks you what server you want when you sign up, etc., which is what people complain about in the Mastodon journey.

    2. Most people aren't on locked servers. By which, I mean the majority of mastodon users are on the .social instance which is the default when you sign up on the official app/site and is open to anyone.

    3. Not an accessibility issue.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (1 child)
    1. So what?
    2. Damn straight they are locked. Other wise you get Nicole spam on all of them, instead of just a few.
    3. So what?
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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    So, you don't know what accessibility standards are. You're just using a term, "accessibility", to mean "the way that I want it to work".

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    BlueSky may not be ideal, but anything is better than X.

    X is just a machine for turning billionaire cash into political domination.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    bluesky is just early twitter, and it wont stay that way for long. they've already removed people from there that the Turkish govt doesn't like and there is nothing at all stopping some billionaire like musk from swooping in and buying it all up.

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