Easier sign up. On BlueSky you can just sign up for an account and go. You don't have to worry about picking an instance or anything like on Mastodon, which can be a bit off-putting for someone not familiar with federation.

[–] legion@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It’s ridiculous how much Mastodon advocates downplay this.

I strongly prefer Mastodon over the alternatives, but the onboarding experience is BAD for the average user.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Onboarding to Mastodon is actually identical to BS/Threads now. They've made huge improvements. It's a shame that most of the news media's experience discovering Mastodon for the first time was in Oct '22 because it's left a bit of a "techie" aura around the whole thing they're still trying to shake off. If Mastodon was then where it is now, I don't even think BS or Threads would try to compete.

[–] lowered_lifted@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

A lot of journalists are really bad at using the machine they use to do their job and it shows.

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

For a while now, the app has been really easy to sign up on, and now the website is the same.

[–] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 6 points 2 years ago

Isn't BlueSky still on an invite system?

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

FYI- Signing up and following people on the Mastodon app now is literally just as easy as it is on BS. All the Federation stuff is hidden unless you want to look for it. It's very nice.

[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been on the waiting list for months now, at least there are Mastodon instances with open registration available.

[–] jackie_jormp_jomp@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Want an invite?