No algorithms isn’t a selling point to the average user. My Mastodon feed is kinda sad and boring, if I’m not on top of it I’ll just miss interesting posts that happened in the days I didn’t open the app.

Bluesky custom feeds really help with that, while still providing the chronological no-algorithm view as your main feed. It’s just a more interesting experience for people that aren’t chronically online.

This is great! Account portability is one of the biggest reasons BlueSky gave for developing ATProto instead of using ActivityPub. This could be a way of getting them to switch to the standard and expand the fediverse in the process.

No, it’s a fictional instance used to make a point.

You’re conflating privacy with anonymity. Signal is not anonymous, but it is private.

It’s pretty good, but doesn’t satisfy the same craving as a good slice of NY style.

That said, there’s a place here in Seattle called Moto Pizza that makes incredible Detroit-styles pies.