Bluesky posts are finally open to the public::Bluesky remains an invite-only decentralized Twitter alternative, but now, you don’t need to be logged in to be able to see posts on the platform. The app has a new logo, too.

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    10 months ago

    Can someone explain to me how Bluesky is different than Mastodon and if it’s not different why they bothered creating it when Mastodon exists? I truly don’t get it.

    • nutsack@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      less confusing to sign up and use, nice clean looking app, same look and feel as the OG twitter

      • ahal@lemmy.ca
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        10 months ago

        You could build all that on top of Mastodon too though. E.g mozilla.social uses Firefox accounts to sign in and the Elk theme.

      • Squizzy@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Original Twitter had a shit app, that was always the case too people used third party apps which became a cause for the exodus when that Twat stopped them working.

      • Natanael@slrpnk.net
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        10 months ago

        Atprotocol.

        Mastodon and activitypub is very much like social media implemented in the form of public email lists implemented over HTTP (push massages between servers).

        Bluesky uses content addressing (think magnet links for torrents, but for linking to post data) and pull mechanism with notifications, plus public shared archive nodes (CDN-like servers).

        The main difference is that you’re much more independent of individual servers and can easily move your account around, since your account ID is tied to a cryptographic key belonging to your account which you bring with you along with your post archive, and your handle can be based on a domain name you own (also works as a verification mechanism you don’t have to pay extra for).

    • Kairos@lemmy.today
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      10 months ago

      It has a data salad which has the benefit of making it marginally easier to migrate accounts and also makes it much more resource intensive and unsafe.