November 12, 2024 at 6:18:54 PM UTC

	Since	posts	replies	likes	reposts and quotes	views
Bluesky	May 2023	1,039	8,236	23,127	2,380
Mastodon	Nov 2022	2,399	29,156	55,396	16,820
GitHub	Jul 2010	179	5,777 3,520	33,866	3,317
npm	Jul 2014	139	1,546			75,991,720
YouTube	Dec 2015	30		1,203		32,713
Letterboxd	Mar 2026	55
Blog	Nov 2025	20
Hacker News	Jan 2011	59	575	802
All	Jul 2010	4,807	37,967	114,394	22,517	76,024,433

For the record, Bluesky can be “worse” than Mastodon (in important ways that we care about) and still be a temporarily valuable place to get folks off of Twitter/X.

15 replies

Jim Nielsen 9 min later

@zachleat wait what? two things can be true at the same time on the internet? I thought the rules of physics did not allow this…
1. Zach Leatherman 24 min later
  
  @jimniels the miami heat death of the universe
Tom Streeter 11 min later

@zachleat And if anyone gets too worked up over either, it’s a good time to back away slowly and not make any sudden moves.
uncenter 15 min later

@zachleat i'm curious in what "important ways that we care about" you find bluesky worse than mastodon?
1. Zach Leatherman 24 min later
  
  @uncenter very much more vulnerable to billionaire buyouts
Private reply 19 min later
Micah 38 min later

@zachleat I'll be watching to see if @mmasnick can get @pluralistic onto Bluesky to know if/when it's less vulnerable to VC rampage or billionaire takeover issues. Tthe first biggest signal would be to see more visible fediverse integration or decentralization.
1. Matthew Phillips 1 day later
  
  @asuh @zachleat @mmasnick @pluralistic it already is decentralized. You can host your own data. A billionaire can't take it from you.
  1. Zach Leatherman 1 day later
    
    @matthewp @asuh @mmasnick @pluralistic Hosting the data is just one small piece of the story. A billionaire can absolutely destroy Bluesky in a buyout scenario.
    1. Matthew Phillips 1 day later
      
      @zachleat @asuh @mmasnick @pluralistic how? Can you explain what they could do wrong that I can't simply choose not to implement in my host/app?
jake lazaroff 1 hr later

@zachleat this somehow gets lost in the discourse but you’re on point here. even if bluesky were a straight up clone of twitter with no grander aspirations it would *still* be a big win (for now at least) just getting people out of a fash-owned space
1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later
  
  @jakelazaroff absolutely
Adam Stoddard 1 hr later

@zachleat I've seen a lot of people realizing the benefits of open web principles in a very direct way on Bluesky ("you can share links here!") who otherwise wouldn't even think about using Mastodon.
That's a win in my book.
1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later
  
  @aaadaaam hell yeah
Private reply 3 hr later