Look, just fucking use Mastodon

A blunt, profanity-laced argument urging people to adopt Mastodon over Bluesky, driven by frustration with Bluesky’s origins, leadership, and moderation choices. It calls out ties to Jack Dorsey and criticizes Bluesky CEO Jay Graber for dismissing questions about enforcement and for a habit of changing terms of service, plus specific failures like not banning Jesse Singal and suppressing criticism of figures such as Charlie Kirk. The piece argues Bluesky’s promised federation is weak because ATProto’s design keeps heavy dependence on company-run servers, making escape difficult even if third-party federated projects like Blacksky or Northsky try to help.

Mastodon is presented as the practical alternative: a nonprofit-run, federated network that offers real “escape hatches” - the ability to switch instances while keeping followers, use content warnings, longer posts, polls, edits, and mature third-party clients. It admits Mastodon isn’t perfect (instances can harbor harassment, racist blind spots, bad admins, and messy blocklists) but emphasizes that decentralization and instance choice materially protect against corporate enshittification. The conclusion is urgent and simple: start trying Mastodon now, pick an instance and a client, find friends, and don’t wait for Bluesky to degrade further.