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Bluesky has gained a million new users in the last three days. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bluesky has gained a million new users in the last three days.

The platform posted about the milestone this afternoon, which it crossed after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered a ban on Elon Musk’s X yesterday as part of an ongoing feud with the platform.

Apparently, enough are headed to Bluesky to drive its iOS app to the top of the Brazilian App Store, as TechCrunch writes.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Finding the right mastodon instance was incredibly annoying. I use it, but barely. Most of the artists I follow are on Bluesky, anyway, which is a lot easier to use.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Mastodon allows you to transfer your followers when you migrate, so it's not a big deal if you change your mind about the first instance you had chosen.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You lost an average user at "instance", long before "transferring an account". It's a big deal.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That may be true for someone just looking to sign up with no help, but if they come across a guide or if their friend helps them, then it's easy.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So you agree with me. To succeed, a product shouldn't require a guide or a friend's help to install and configure it. I work in IT, yet I don't see people around me bothering with all that. Now think of your relatives, friends, people you see every day on the street or in a mall - they couldn't care less.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well, entering Mastodon in the search bar of a search engine today shows that it's even easier than it was during the big Twitter exodus. The first link is mastodon.social. Clicking that lands you on a page where Create an account is highlighted in blue. From there, it's the standard signup process everyone is used to.

Edit: Rewrote the comment to focus on the actual flow today rather than anything speculative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Transferring also means losing your post history, it all gets stuck on the instance you left behind.