Not really federated so far, right? They talk a lot about being open, but (when) will they be really? Can I sign up for an account that intereacts with Bluesky through any other provider?

I mean, I signed up, it seems interesting enough. If nothing else it has some recognizable accounts to follow, better network effect than Mastodon.

And once he has the numbers he will just sell it again

Fuck billionaires. Mastodon never had limited sign-ups because you're not a product on it.

FOSS life!

Requires a phone number to sign up. No thanks.

I'll skip. Just like how I skipped AOL, MySpace, LiveJournal, 4Chan, Friendster, Hi5, Orkut, Bebo, Tumblr, Facebook, Pinterest, Blogger, Google+, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Quora, Twitch, YouTube, Vine, Netflix, OkCupid, Tinder, Grindr, Bumble, Discord, TikTok… oh all of the Apple ecosystem, and many other I missed by being oblivious or simply never heard of…

I liked the Slashdot, Digg, Reddit and now the Lemmy format/style. Will continue to move on to whatever I find stupid simple and publicly accessible I guess. I am naturally lazy, advertisement averse and hate having to provide personal info just to use something non-governmental or non-essential.

Now, with the increasing prevalence of LLM based bots, I will probably ineluctably reduce my time spent posting anything (I certainly hope it doesn't get that bad, only time will tell) on any kind of “social media” and focus on current and new family, friends, coworkers, colleagues and acquaintances.

This might have been interesting a few months ago, when they were getting the kind of free publicity that CEOs would kill for. Now that the momentum is gone, though, nobody cares. They took WAY too long to get their shit together.

I feel like the hype already died down quite some time ago. I know a few people who made an account, but this is the first time I heard the site mentioned this year. Same with Threads.

Why the fuck do they require my phone number to register? No thanks.

That's the MSN butterfly...

#🧐

It would be better for them to use Activity hub or at least hook into it. Leverage Mastodon/other services.

Yay, a "good" guy with a company will stop a bad guy with a company!

All hail Jack!

Oh this remembered me of that I do have an account since last year and just used it to argue with some fan boys about if Bluesky is full FOSS or not (it’s not)

Nice. Maybe finally a useable twitter alternative.

joined awhile ago, I found the lack of hashtags frustrating - it limited discoverability, unlike on Mastodon where I just follow dozens of hashtags

I guess I can delete the invite I never used.

Wow I assumed that anyone could sign up from the beginning, but anything like Twitter couldn't interest me less so I never looked into it

Quick, everyone go to the new hype Nazi bar! (Well, not so hype anymore)