From what I gather, the admins could be stepping in more like they do on Lemmy for hateful behaviors/users. If BlueSky were more federated like Lemmy, I think they would have been defederated by now for not taking direct action.
The block lists themselves work great imo and should be used universally on the Fediverse, but people do have understandable gripes with admins there for not stepping in more and are instead differing moderation to the user level tools in place.
I feel that content, consistency, and having a dialogue between users is the lifeblood of these platforms.
I’m not on Lemmy, BlueSky, or the Fediverse because of Linux, open source, or anti-social behaviors. But I find some of the other parts to be interesting so I’ve stuck around. I think the first two things are interesting, but not a primary concern or need for me to at this point in time.
I mean I use Windows cause the specific games I play are only playable on Windows. I think a lot of people are in the camp of only switching when it’s not a big hindrance.
BlueSky is something I’d use more, but it’s a pretty big time investment to get started as a new user. First you need to find peers with similar interests to even get started or convince some of your friends to hop to the platform with you.
Just commenting or posting without trying to connect with others first is just not the most fun experience. It often feels like you’re speaking into the void with no assurance you’ll even get a reaction or response back. Contrast that with smaller Fediverse instances like Wafrn where engagement is much higher, albeit with a higher technical knowledge niche audience like Lemmy, which could easily be a barrier to entry.
What smaller instances do right, is that they give people more ways to express themselves, the barrier to interaction feels much lower, and I know my voice isn’t just lost in the void since I can go to the ‘active’ feed and see my post sequentially there next to other people’s posts. Sometimes it can feel a bit awkward for me if I post something light hearted and the person that posts just before/after you shares something more serious. I still mostly prefer this shared feed though that will include my friends posts as well as new posts.
Some things I wish they did a bit differently was the reply system, since if I’m scrolling through recent posts it’ll show me the same post and their reply threads back to back in reverse order. So it’s not just bumping the post to the top of the feed, which I don’t mind, but the same post may appear multiple times back to back for each back and forth reply rather than being a single continuing thread.
This thread isn’t being very helpful one way or the other, because we’re all talking about different snippets of information about driving.
The law, in certain states, is to go the speed of traffic if you’re in the left lane. In other states, it’s to keep the left lane clear unless to pass.
The rules of the road in general is to follow signage and drive at the speed which feels safe based on the conditions of the road.
In some places, the conditions of the road can be good enough that it’s not a major concern to go even five miles over. In other places, driving the speed limit could actually be dangerous since that’s too fast depending on the time of day, the season, or due to wear on the road itself.
History serves as a record for the decisions of those who came before us. I believe it matters so that we can learn something from both the mistakes and the pivotal moments of the past.
Personally, I was convinced about just how much history mattered when I took a class on it taught by a veteran. The way we avoid making poor decisions -decisions which bring about the premature deaths of countless young men and the innocent, through acts of war - is by learning from our past and looking for a better path.
Philosophy matters for the same reasons, imo. If we are not taught how to reason, how can we expect to live a life that has any meaning or purpose? Both for ourselves and for others. If we’re not taught how to see through the dangers and misdirection of logical fallacies, for instance, we can more easily be bought into a lie or blame a scapegoat for all of our problems.
What makes something useful to you? Does it need to be something done or learned purely for the sake of profits? Does it need to be cold and unfeeling data for it to matter?
Words alone aren’t really what I’m alluding to here, more so authoritarian labels. One case which caused a decent amount of friction on BlueSky was that someone was allowed on the platform that was making harassment style content about other BlueSky users, but they shared the content off of the platform.
If it was built like Lemmy, then instances could pressure each other to be more selective for who they allow on the platform.
Often mean words aren’t the core problem, but toxic individuals or people/bots with ulterior motives on a platform. Not everyone should have the privilege of being part of a community if they can’t be decent.