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Since February peaks, D* has lost 1208 monthly active users (22%) and 8 servers (13%).
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Fla
•Everyone is welcome on my pod, but it would be nice if diasp.org was still up when the migration can take place. We are basically "only" missing https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/8461 but no one is reviewing it
Upload migration files from profile settings and start processing by tclaus · Pull Request #8461 · diaspora/diaspora
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Adam Hunt
•@Fla Thanks for asking.
D* pods are now closing so fast and the number active users dropping, that I don't see it as worth the time investment to pod hop with all the set-up and finding old contacts etc. I am just not convinced D* will be around for much longer and even if a few pods survive there will be few users left.
I'm now on Bluesky and have connected with most of my friends from here there already, plus have found my city government, councillors, provincial and federal politicians, other agencies and more there. You can find me at:
https://bsky.app/profile/gander22h.bsky.social
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•Adam Hunt
•@Salinger 3: That is a good question.
I have never been on Mastodon, whereas I was already on Bluesky well before it was announced that my D* pod was closing, so I was already established there, it wasn't a new move in reaction to diasp.org closing. I joined Bluesky so I could connect with my municipal services, like my city police and public health, plus my local, provincial and federal politicians, who are now mostly on Bluesky and not on Mastodon. Plus many of my IRL friends are there, including many who quit D* years ago. Most of my D* contacts are there in Bluesky, too.
Mastodon suffers from the same issues as D*, servers set up by random people that close down often, stranding people. Plus the software has a reputation for being not very user friendly, with threads hard t follow. I may turn up there one day, but don't see the point right now. I know almost no one on Mastodon and no services or politicians are there either.
The Mastodon stats
... show more@Salinger 3: That is a good question.
I have never been on Mastodon, whereas I was already on Bluesky well before it was announced that my D* pod was closing, so I was already established there, it wasn't a new move in reaction to diasp.org closing. I joined Bluesky so I could connect with my municipal services, like my city police and public health, plus my local, provincial and federal politicians, who are now mostly on Bluesky and not on Mastodon. Plus many of my IRL friends are there, including many who quit D* years ago. Most of my D* contacts are there in Bluesky, too.
Mastodon suffers from the same issues as D*, servers set up by random people that close down often, stranding people. Plus the software has a reputation for being not very user friendly, with threads hard t follow. I may turn up there one day, but don't see the point right now. I know almost no one on Mastodon and no services or politicians are there either.
The Mastodon stats https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120 are not really inspiring, either. It has been around for 8 years and has about 907,000 active monthly users. That number is fairly stable since November. That compares to Bluesky, which has been around for under a year and has 33 million users and gaining many more each day. Since November the number of Mastodon servers has been steadily dropping from 9,710 to 8,931, a loss of 779 servers or 8% in four months. Will it be around in a year or two?
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•It's nice that you have been able to found again your D* friends there
I hope a bridge will be possible between AT Protocol and Activity Pub.
I don't know why BlueSky didn't work on that. They came after Mastodon and they have the money.
We will see how Bluesky will evolve regarding the privacy issues (censorship, backdoors) , the cost of the infrastructure and ads.
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Salinger 3
•FAQ - AT Protocol
AT Protocolpal
•The best way would have been to Diaspora to be on Zot (Hubzilla Protocol), but I don't think that the way around
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Adam Hunt
•Yes, Activitry Pub has enough issues that Bluesky decided to start over and create a better protocol. As noted, the key issue was account portability, which Bluesky and AT have.
There is already a bridge between AT and Activity Pub: https://lifehacker.com/tech/use-bridgy-feed-to-link-mastodon-and-bluesky
As far as Bluesky goes it is all run on free software on an open protocol, anyone can audit the software, so there are no backdoors. It isn't needed anyway as all posts are public. It is designed to avoid censorship, as the user tools allow everyone to block unwanted accounts very effectively (unlike on D*). The CEO has committed to no ads: https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-wont-enshittify-ads/
The people running Bluesky actually know the issues that have made other platforms unsuccessful and a
... show moreYes, Activitry Pub has enough issues that Bluesky decided to start over and create a better protocol. As noted, the key issue was account portability, which Bluesky and AT have.
There is already a bridge between AT and Activity Pub: https://lifehacker.com/tech/use-bridgy-feed-to-link-mastodon-and-bluesky
As far as Bluesky goes it is all run on free software on an open protocol, anyone can audit the software, so there are no backdoors. It isn't needed anyway as all posts are public. It is designed to avoid censorship, as the user tools allow everyone to block unwanted accounts very effectively (unlike on D*). The CEO has committed to no ads: https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-wont-enshittify-ads/
The people running Bluesky actually know the issues that have made other platforms unsuccessful and are working ti avoid them, so that is something. Hopefully they succeed.
The one issue left to be solved is ongoing funding for Bluesky, but it looks like it will be premium memberships, plus financial transfers. If so that will make it free of advertising and free of takeover risks.
Use 'Bridgy Fed' to Connect Mastodon and Bluesky
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•Msg from Fla (podadmin of diaspora-fr.org )
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