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The difference between Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads

The ongoing Twitter exodus sparked life into a new way of doing social media. Instead of a handful of platforms trying to control your life online, people are reclaiming control by building more open and empowering approaches to social media. Some of these you may have heard of: Mastodon, Bluesky,...

No matter the size, hosts may need to contend with DMCA takedowns, warrants for user data, cyber attacks, blocking from authoritarian regimes, and other pressures from powerful interests. While larger hosts have resources to defend against these threats, an advantage of the decentralized model is censors need to play whack-a-mole in a large network where messages flow freely across the globe. Both ActivityPub and AT Protocol developers are receptive to making the two better at communicating with one another, and independent projects like Bridgy Fed, SkyBridge, RSS Parrot and Mastofeed are already letting users get the best of both worlds.

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