A photograph of a short-eared owl mid-flight was the last Instagram post biology professor Carl Bergstrom shared before announcing his departure from the platform Jan. 10.
  • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    As far as I can tell, the advantages of Mastodon over Bluesky are:

    • Well implemented federation
    • moopet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 days ago
      • No “starter kits” which are just positive-feedback loops for popular accounts
      • No “algorithm” which promotes popularity or engagement over quality or relevance
      • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Bluesky’s main feed is totally algorithm free, it’s just the people you follow’s posts in chronological order, same as mastodon.

        Starter kits are optional, but they allow you to get started in hours rather than months. For me, they made the difference between a vibrant and interesting feed well tailored towards my interests, and a very sparse feed that I didn’t use on Mastodon. For me they were the difference between a useful social network and a non-useful one.