Is it just the momentum and word of mouth, or are there improved features as well?

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    Easier sign up. On BlueSky you can just sign up for an account and go. You don’t have to worry about picking an instance or anything like on Mastodon, which can be a bit off-putting for someone not familiar with federation.

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      It’s ridiculous how much Mastodon advocates downplay this.

      I strongly prefer Mastodon over the alternatives, but the onboarding experience is BAD for the average user.

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        Onboarding to Mastodon is actually identical to BS/Threads now. They’ve made huge improvements. It’s a shame that most of the news media’s experience discovering Mastodon for the first time was in Oct '22 because it’s left a bit of a “techie” aura around the whole thing they’re still trying to shake off. If Mastodon was then where it is now, I don’t even think BS or Threads would try to compete.

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      FYI- Signing up and following people on the Mastodon app now is literally just as easy as it is on BS. All the Federation stuff is hidden unless you want to look for it. It’s very nice.

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      I’ve been on the waiting list for months now, at least there are Mastodon instances with open registration available.