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People on Bluesky have been bulk posting invite codes on "X," apparently trying to boost their follower numbers to more Twitter-like levels, but the codes have been snatched up by bots and now there's an influx of trolls and Neo-Nazi accounts. 🙄

Bluesky is full of people who complain Mastodon is "too hard" but who mostly seemed to want to port their Twitter followers and experience directly.

That is to say, I think a bunch of people who are used to being "a big deal" on Twitter are frustrated by Bluesky's perpetual closed beta. And I get it sucks starting over on a new site. But I don't think porting over the worst parts of the Twitter experience is what anyone had in mind.

@gwynnion Before I got onto Mastodon, I was fairly convinced by various media stories that it was "too difficult." I mean, more difficult than, what, falling out of bed? Sure. But anyone who can sign up for a Gmail account can figure out Mastodon.

@gwynnion Not that the user experience is seamless, but where is it?

Also, the first mobile app I tried for Mastodon was junk. I'm currently using Tusky, which seems fine so far.

@Gargron @gwynnion I knew someone would ask! (I just didn't know it would be you, lol)

I can't remember now. I deleted it from my phone, and it's not showing up in my Google App store history.

@jaythurbershow @gwynnion Indeed, I have a professional interest in this. So it probably wasn't the official Mastodon app then, or you would have remembered, right?

@Gargron @gwynnion I really think it might have been the official app, but I can't say for certain, and I don't want to lead you astray.

What I remember is that although it supported multiple accounts, it had trouble switching from one to another. Two accounts it could manage; when I added a third, it would crash every time I tried to switch. It was a Moto G4 Play; don't remember which Android OS.

Eugen Rochko

@jaythurbershow @gwynnion Did it have a green landscape with colorful elephants on the starting screen?

@Gargron @gwynnion I barely remember what I had for breakfast.

But I finally found it in my Google Play history — yes, it was the official Mastodon app.

@jaythurbershow @gwynnion Ah. If you remember, feel free to tell me what you didn't like about it via e-mail eugen@joinmastodon.org--unless the crash was the only thing.