I agree that Mastodon isn’t it in its current form. I’ve left Twitter a while ago now, although when I have to, I will read messages via https://xcancel.com/ Since there is no clear winner I’ve set up a mastodon and nostr and bluesky account and I use https://openvibe.social/ to read and cross-post to all platforms, when I feel the need to share anything at all. There are other apps that do the same trick... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

I don't understand all the comments promoting the openness of twitter/x. There's a ton of friction to interact with X without an account. Meanwhile, the alternatives mostly allow third party apps, cross posting, and logged out access. I can follow mastodon and threads accounts on my bluesky timeline using one of many bridge services: https://fed.brid.gy/ I can merge mastodon, bluesky, nostr, and threads one... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

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