It sounds like Bluesky’s most prominent backer is no longer on its board. On Saturday, Jack Dorsey posted on X about grants for open protocols from his

  • Jo Miran
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    4515 days ago

    Mastodon > BlueSky

    • BrikoXOPM
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      1215 days ago

      Lately, it’s harder and harder to see a difference between Mastodon and Bluesky, as both are full of VC ghouls now.

      • Jo Miran
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        1214 days ago

        I guess that depends on the Mastodon server you are on.

        • BrikoXOPM
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          314 days ago

          I’m on a great instance, but that doesn’t help if the instance uses Mastodon software and not a hard fork.

      • candyman337
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        315 days ago

        I tried saying that on the thread about mastodon announcing they were making a non profit and I got mass down voted

        • BrikoXOPM
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          215 days ago

          Knowing what we know now that some Mastodon instances will get paid by Meta for federating with Threads, is it that surprising?

            • BrikoXOPM
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              114 days ago

              The only time I remember seeing thread used in reference to a post were forums. My bad.

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          https://gotosocial.org is the most popular alternative, but they are still in alpha stage. I’m open to wait and see how things turn out, but the moves Mastodon is making are not encouraging so far.