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X's idiocy is doing wonders for Bluesky. (htxt.co.za)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Dot@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 41 points 3 weeks ago (21 children)

Mastodon struggles a bit to pick up pace.

Found this:

https://www.makeuseof.com/why-people-leaving-mastodon/

It explains some pain points.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 59 points 3 weeks ago (20 children)

Basically it’s “I can’t get ✨ engagement ✨ on Mastodon”

People want big amounts of likes and reposts you don’t get that on Mastodon, the system is too distributed for that.

Bluesky gives them the big numbers

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

The reasons mentioned in the article:

One reason is that it seemed tech-savvy users heavily dominated the platform, making it difficult for regular social media users to find their way and feel comfortable on the platform.

I think that's saying the content tends to be very niche and it's hard to find people with similar non-tech interests.

and

Users have described their timelines (and even the explore tab) as “stale” because there’s often not much interesting content to consume or engage with.

This lines up with my experience: it's hard to find people with similar interests. Even when you do, people aren't saying much of interest.

[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep, same problem Lemmy has vs reddit. Only the nerdiest tech nerds got on here. Not many communities from reddit or just in general here. For example, I had to go back to reddit for a good sized general anime community. It's that or fucking 4chan, and no thanks on the latter.

To me, Lemmy feels very much a giant technology board with a few memes.

But I will say, the past few days, Bluesky has gotten a lot more interesting.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yep, same problem Lemmy has vs reddit. Only the nerdiest tech nerds got on here. Not many communities from reddit or just in general here. For example, I had to go back to reddit for a good sized general anime community.

I've had the same experience. I still post here because I want the platform to take off, but Lemmy doesn't fulfill my needs.

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