@thomasfuchs @jesseplusplus @jonty Mastodon is open source and is based on open standards that much of the already existing web uses. Bluesky throws all of that out the window for a subpar experience and limited user freedom (I haven't seen their source code anywhere for their clients).

Mastodon here has the backing of the full FOSS community, and then some. Bluesky doesn't.

@thomasfuchs closed beta (but with fascists).

though i guess they need fascists to test their content tagging. wonder how they test their bestiality tags.

@jesseplusplus @jonty

@thomasfuchs It's a funny bug. I'm not one for cheap dunks on devs, but this was clearly a security issue with solid prior art (imagine if Let's Encrypt let me claim S3!), so I'm a little ok with a bit of dunking.

@thomasfuchs @jesseplusplus @jonty It's not just a "bug", it's a failure of their entire identity model that shows how badly they failed to think it through. There's no fix for this without a manual list or a total rethink.

@thomasfuchs @jesseplusplus @jonty "bugs" is one thing, "failure to do a basic bibliographic search when discovering a design for a much better wheel" is another.

@thomasfuchs @jesseplusplus @jonty I agree.