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Mastodon vs BlueSky - differences (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BurnedOliveTree@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Hey, I wanted to ask someone who has probably more knowledge than me about it - what's the difference about these two services? I know Mastodon has ActivityPub, so it works with Lemmy, and BlueSky has it's own kind of federation, but does it even has anything to federate to?

I'm asking not which one is better, I'm searching logical argument for one or other. I'm obviously more leaning toward Mastodon since I'm here, but I wanted to give my friend, who is thinking about joining, some real arguments.

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[-] Paddzr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Is Mastodon Lemmy? Is bluesky Twitter alternative? I just want reddit alternative.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Mastodon has a certain level of federated connectivity with Lemmy, but it's also a Twitter alternative, similar in that way to BlueSky. Lemmy (or mBin) is the Reddit alternative.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Mastodon is like if Twitter could read reddit, Instagram, and various other social media network posts as Tweets, except every social network is a much tinier version of it.

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

mbin is both Reddit and Twitter.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think the biggest end user perspective difference between mastodon and Lemmy is mastodon is designed more for following people and organizations and the occasional hashtag topic like Twitter, Lemmy is closer to reddit in that is more organized for topics and communities where individual identities are less important, less people use legal names, etc. I also see more advertising on mastodon but that may just be an instance or moderator thing and not a general difference.

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