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Bluesky is an open network. This means we can eventually sort ourselves onto two apps, one that calls them posts and one that calls them skeets. All without losing our friends or followers.

Two open networks can coexist. Actually, several already do: ActivityPub was not the only protocol for distributed/federated social networks up to now.

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Noticed you did not name the supposed other two. Wouldn't matter if you could, because no one knows them. If Meta (Facebook) can join the Fedi, and Twitter is working on their API to join the Fedi, does Blue Sky wish to be an island onto itself? Join the Fediverse, or stand alone.

Pretty sure they’re already bridged. Nostr/Bluesky are. My problem in general with this platform is that the emphasis remains on platform, and the actual protocol is an afterthought. If Bluesky actually makes it to decentralization, then it’ll be a force. Until then…

mastodon total MAUs are less than the number of people that signed up in a day to bsky this past week it's not bsky that needs to change

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Sweet summer child. Do you really think those companies, which make money by selling eyeballs to advertisers, have good intentions towards the Fediverse? Have you heard of "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish"? Microsoft practiced that for about two decades very successfully, this still works.

I would not be surprised if that happens with BlueSky too. Can they not just make a protocoll and the OS companies make their apps (as E-Mail and Browsers) where we can browser through the social networks? and also the local algorithm is somehow under democratic control?

It's also not really accurate to say Threads joined the fediverse? It's more like Threads lets you *syndicate* to the fediverse. It's opt-in per account on Threads and you can't reply to comments from outside Threads. So fediverse users are very much second class citizens.

...Which is kind of worse than Bluesky? Like, I think Bridgeyfed in theory allows for two-way conversations in at least some circumstances.