Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
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@hpod16 the problem is that the same people that don't know will run into lots of UX issues when trying Fediverse. I know a few sadly...
@lucien The fact that Mastodon/Fediverse differs from fb in terms of interface is a big advantage. Fb's UX was made only for one purpose - to make people even more and more addictive from meta products and their algorithms. Mastodon UX is designed pro-user, it is also very friendly in its simplicity. Moreover people can choose from plenty of different apps, ui's, themes, styles etc. And that's the beauty of Fediverse. They have a freedom of choice.
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Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them.
@hpod16 I can't tell what to think
Is this where all of those that think the EU is any different from the US are coming from
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Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them. @hpod16 I imagine some genius is sure that The Solution
is to federate all of Facebook to fediverse.Let's find that person and make sure they can never reproduce. It'd be worse than when AOL turned loose all their mouthbreathers on Usenet decades ago.
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Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them. @pini @hpod16 @EUCommission it makes no sense to me why X icons are plastered all over EU websites and hardly any Mastodon icons. Glad there is a reply to a post like this the odd time, but it would be hugely more impactful if all EU institutions replaced all X icons on all official websites with Mastodon icons. An icon on a website is marketing for a platform. Why don't you #SwitchTheIcons ?
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@pini @hpod16 @EUCommission it makes no sense to me why X icons are plastered all over EU websites and hardly any Mastodon icons. Glad there is a reply to a post like this the odd time, but it would be hugely more impactful if all EU institutions replaced all X icons on all official websites with Mastodon icons. An icon on a website is marketing for a platform. Why don't you #SwitchTheIcons ?
@hpod16 @EUCommission many people use Facebook for the events and groups features, and a great Fediverse alternative is https://mobilizon.org/ @mobilizon . In my community in Cloughjordan Ireland I have got lots of groups into Mobilizon and using it as a community notice board. See http://mobilizon.ie as an example
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@MissWarcraft Maybe, but I don't think so. Political content seems to do really well on Bluesky, I see a ton of it getting shared widely.
I think it's just the toxic culture here. I've seen so many people driven out. There are too many self-righteous, gate-keepy people. On Bluesky, you can at least lock your replies, no wonder people feel safer there.
Compare the drop-off on https://mastodon-analytics.com vs https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth.
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Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them. @hpod16 @EUCommission
Live it! Thanks for standing for the fediverse -
Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them. @hpod16 @datenhalde jetzt überlege ich, meinen FB-Account zu reaktivieren um den Post zu liken
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Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them. @hpod16@eupolicy.social
Never thought I'd see eye to eye with the EU commission's social account, but this? They're doing good work here. Or should I say plural 'you' rather -
Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them. @hpod16@eupolicy.social "Simply pick a server" and like that you've lost them. FB people need full instructions, they're used to everything being fully streamlined!
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Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them. @hpod16 Why do I get the feeling the op with the "EU citizen-only alternative" wish would end up in some wildly white supremacist instance, yaigh.
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This might be a small distinction to some, but personally, I think it's a good thing that they verified the account, so that people know whether to report them for what the organization is doing versus for impersonation.
To me, a much bigger problem is that they are actually hosting that account. Why is that even necessary if Bluesky/Atmosphere is meant to be decentralized?
Either way, agree on the hard pass though.
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This might be a small distinction to some, but personally, I think it's a good thing that they verified the account, so that people know whether to report them for what the organization is doing versus for impersonation.
To me, a much bigger problem is that they are actually hosting that account. Why is that even necessary if Bluesky/Atmosphere is meant to be decentralized?
Either way, agree on the hard pass though.
@stefan @postpunkmusic @MissWarcraft
Well, at least ICE's presence on BS gave us this piece of news: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/ice-becomes-one-of-the-most-blocked-accounts-on-bluesky-after-its-verification/ -
@stefan @postpunkmusic @MissWarcraft
Well, at least ICE's presence on BS gave us this piece of news: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/ice-becomes-one-of-the-most-blocked-accounts-on-bluesky-after-its-verification/@hpod16 Yeah, but not a huge fan of people's blocks being public on Bluesky/ATProto. Not sure if ICE is going to do anything with that list, but I'd rather not be on it.
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@hpod16 Yeah, but not a huge fan of people's blocks being public on Bluesky/ATProto. Not sure if ICE is going to do anything with that list, but I'd rather not be on it.
@stefan @postpunkmusic @MissWarcraft blocks are public??? That's not good practice AT ALL!
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@stefan @postpunkmusic @MissWarcraft blocks are public??? That's not good practice AT ALL!
@hpod16 Yep, that's how we know who the most blocked accounts are.
More details:
Why are blocks on Bluesky public? | Bluesky
The technical implementation of public blocks and some possibilities for more privacy preserving block implementations — an area of active research and experimentation.
(docs.bsky.app)
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Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them. @hpod16@eupolicy.social
Even when you (go way the hell out of your way to) tell them, the response tends to be either "in one ear and out the other" or "but that doesn't show up in the tools I like to use". -
@hpod16 Yep, that's how we know who the most blocked accounts are.
More details:
Why are blocks on Bluesky public? | Bluesky
The technical implementation of public blocks and some possibilities for more privacy preserving block implementations — an area of active research and experimentation.
(docs.bsky.app)
@stefan @hpod16 @postpunkmusic @MissWarcraft That is for me reason enough to not touch that network. I guess nearly no one using Bluesky is aware of this. And the consequences of it appear only, when it’s to late. There are things to be public and blocklists are not.
