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Re:Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day by teeray on Saturday November 16, 2024 @06:08PM (#42160329)
Because you can go to Bluesky and click “Sign Up” without a confusing explanation about instances.
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Re:Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day by grishka on Saturday November 16, 2024 @06:23PM (#42160455)
Mastodon has a big honkin' "Join mastodon.social" button both on joinmastodon.org and in the mobile apps to solve this exact problem.
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Re:Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day by teeray on Saturday November 16, 2024 @06:33PM (#42160532)
But the fact they still have this perception of confusing sign-up means they were too late.
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Re:Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day by rvz on Saturday November 16, 2024 @06:32PM (#42160529)
Good solution. Problem is they have chosen a 'default instance' in the app which goes against the idea to encourage federation of the platform and instead accelerates centralization and there was backlash over that change. [0]

mastodon.social will only get more centralized and is the only one that is benefitting from that change.

[0] https://mstdn.social/@feditips/110233282251253677

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Re:Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day by genem9 on Saturday November 16, 2024 @06:13PM (#42160368)
This. Nostr could learn from this too.
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