Putting aside control and anecdotes, neither of which would be fair to comment on without more context and a lengthier discussion, this breaks the email metaphor a bit, doesn't it?
The Fediverse is just like email, where we all talk to each other, except Outlook blocked Gmail because MS and Google had a fight during a meeting so you're gonna have to migrate to Yahoo or learn to self-host.
That's not necessarily a criticism, I just find it funny.
Maybe you're already aware, but bluesky doesn't operate with instances like in ActivityPub land.
I've seen many people I believe are using their own PDS, but yes, discoverability is likely better because a relay is meant to aggregate and share all data it can (look up "bluesky firehose").
P.S. Mastodon's devs are part of a new initiative to improve this area of the Fediverse. Because it's so recent, we'll have to wait to see how it goes.
Speaking of features, I'm somewhat surprised more people aren't interested in Misskey and co., especially compared to Mastodon's overwhelming share of the Fediverse pie.
Maybe on Bluesky they start with one person less calling them tards.
FWIW you can probably report that. While trying Bluesky, I reported some crappy stuff and I can't remember any that was still up when I checked later.
How did she find my account?
Just like Mastodon/AP, data is mostly public by default. I assume it doesn't take much to find new accounts to spam. We're usually talking about bots here, not normal user accounts, just to be clear.
That's a different thing, and I don't think bigger character limits would help with a culture of not reading past headlines, not verifying and sharing sources, lacking moderation, and so on. Bigger issues.
I doubt this sort of attitude helps, too. Mastodon developers know at least some of its failings. Migrating to Bluesky is not effortless.
The amount of internet spaces with generous character limits and shit discussions makes me think that's far from the biggest issue.
For what it's worth, the rest of the report is mostly fine, and I'm inclined to believe I learned something about Drew. But I also felt that was not honest, and question if it had to be included at all. Looking around, it seems the author likes Stallman, and regardless of how they felt before, they probably disliked Drew when they found he was connected to the Stallman report.
So thanks for mentioning that weird vibe. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who paused at that section.
Ironically, the writing felt weaker than Drew's, which led to unexpected feelings while reading. For example:
r/preteen_girls (why this was even allowed to exist is beyond our comprehension)
Emphasis mine. My immediate reaction was this shouldn't be beyond comprehension to anyone who looks into Reddit's history and culture. Silly, not even a nitpick proper—though I have one—but it got a snort from me.
Anyway, assuming provided information is correct, seems he:
I, uh, also wonder if one can get in trouble for hosting screenshots of certain content for a report. Guess it also depends on where they're hosting from. I hope they're fine, because from this report and the rest of their blog, they seem to enjoy internet slapfights.
And I'm saying you're better off without. That sentence is ridiculous enough already, it doesn't need the source to make it worse. But good on you for worrying about credit, do as you will.
The wonders of ActivityPub allow Mastodon users to interact with Lemmy, actually. Wild stuff.