If you wonder why more websites become confusing... It's not exactly an accident.

That happened fast, censorship demands already reached Bluesky and got applied. Third-party apps are not affected for now, likely due to their limited audience.

Clearly the security practice around Pixelfed bears questioning. I'm also a bit surprise at the lack of protection of private messages in the ActivityPub protocol (even though it's a hard admittedly a hard problem).

Simple steps to escape the algorithmic social media circus.

This is indeed clear, the centralized web platforms are fragile by default. They are very prone to capture, this is what just happened.

Definitely a good move, especially when we see the behavior of the tech moguls...

I think the trend is clear: don't criticise the powerful or else...

Good reaction and opinion piece about the latest policy changes at Meta. This is really going to be toxic, but they just don't care at the top.

Interesting little study of engagement on various platforms. Clearly the Fediverse could do better in terms of avoiding "friendly fire", I suspect it's the top reason limiting its growth.

A good petition to push forward. Political leaders shouldn't keep interacting in this cesspool.

I wish other platforms would go through so much scrutiny. Still it gives a good idea about the mental health issue they collectively represent.

Kind of unsurprising right? I mean LinkedIn is clearly a deformed version of reality where people write like corporate drones most of the time. It was only a matter of time until robot generated content would be prevalent there, it's just harder to spot since even humans aren't behaving genuinely there.

Bluesky is already hitting growth pains regarding moderation and its guidelines. By being centralized it is also more at risk within the current US political climate.

Yet another long piece in this interesting and in depth conversation about Bluesky. The fact that it stays civil is called out explicitly and this is appreciated.

Excellent post from Cory Doctorow about why he is only on Mastodon. Not being federated should indeed just be a deal breaker by now. Empty promises should be avoided.

Very good piece explaining why the Ferdiverse is currently our only option for a decentralized social media platform. Maybe Bluesky will become another option... maybe... but so far it's only empty promises with a real risk of capture.

Everything is in the title... if you thought you owned anything on those platforms, think twice.

The debate about how BlueSky and decentralisation or federation continues. It's nice to see how civilized the people involved are. This is how we can make progress.

A long and comprehensive analysis of Bluesky. Also brings interesting critiques about both Bluesky and the Fediverse. Clearly Bluesky as of today is not effectively decentralized and shouldn't be considered as such.

Excellent post showing reasons to be skeptical about Bluesky's future. Despite all their likely sincere claims I don't see how they'll escape enclosure and enshittification when their sketchy VCs will want to see money back.