REMINDER
#FreeourFeeds is just #FeedOurPockets
It's a SCAM to allow the vulture capitalist cryptobros who factually own #bluesky to expand it, without having to spend their own money.
The expansion funded by the scam campaign will still be a centralized, corporate-owned, proprietary/NOT FOSS, walled-garden #DTBO socmedia platform, which owns your accounts, your data and WILL sell it, along with "tier" subscriptions so you can have the rented *privilege* of remaining there, and using its features.
Consider, instead, donating to your #fediverse instance. The returns are much better; a truly FREE FEED, NOT CORPORATE OWNED, #FOSS, TRULY DE-CENTRALIZED, PEOPLE OPERATED AND OWNED communities of the Fediverse.
No, it does NOT matter that some people who wrote a couple good books or said things you agree with supports them. That will be a bloody nose on them, and here is hoping that eventually they will realize the scam, or will be exposed as a wanton part of it.
BLUESKY IS NOT THE FEDIVERSE, IT'S JUST ANOTHER CORPORATE OWNED WALL GARDEN.
@faraiwe I've tried to sum up what's so troubling about Free Our Feeds, and why it won't work here
https://malici.ous.computer/@shellsharks/statuses/01JHN5A9844W3SMPE2A39K0V4J
Also available via my blog: https://shellsharks.com/notes/2025/01/15/bluesky-wont-free-your-feed
Imagine what Mastodon (or other Fediverse caretakers) could do with 30 million to better market this place and clean up some of the common pitfalls (e.g. moderation, onboarding, discovery, etc...)