The most promising thing about Bluesky is that engagement seems surprisingly high. Posts from the larger accounts I follow get maybe 2000 likes on Twitter, 1000 on Bluesky, and 10 on Mastodon.

I really hope they manage to federate themselves with the larger ecosystem in one way or another, it's annoying that they've chosen to not use ActivityPub.

If anyone has an invite, I really want to join but don't know anyone who's already using it.

Emailed.

Thank you! At first glance, Bluesky seems great. I like X and don't care about Musk or problematic speech, but Bluesky is showing me accounts I like, whereas it's hard to convince Twitter to show me content I want to see.

Maybe it's just that Bluesky's current userbase is stronger, pre eternal September. Anyway, I really appreciated your generosity.

I promise to be diligent about posting, so as to honor your invite. I will behave. Unlike on X, where I'll continue being completely insane lol.

I don't suppose you have another invite kicking around.... :)

Be careful with engagement stats on Mastodon, only the origin server will show all the likes and boosts.

What's the technical advantage of ActivityPub over AT Protocol?

As you said, it's early days. That's all subject to change. Especially if it goes public.