Whenever I pop into X now, I'm just struck but how much worse the user experience is there with a timeline full of pointless ads, little engagement and pointless to post when external links are throttled.
Once I've finished archiving my COVID threads, I'll close up that account.
Once I've finished archiving my COVID threads, I'll close up that account.
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As a studly 70 YO I'm used to gorgeous women hitting on me so that was no bother
So pleased you are here.
My blocking finger was worn to the bone.
Never going back. Not even to visit.
https://bsky.app/profile/seanmcarroll.bsky.social/post/3l745sp7od62z
https://theracket.news/p/substacks-nazi-problem-isnt-going-away
I loved all the things Twitter was for.
I'm very grateful for BSky, as it stands.
my bf sent me a Twitter link to a post and when I opened it and then backed out to my feed it was a shock lol, also so many bots under every post 😭😭
Much happier here.
1. Bluechecks
2. Ads
3. Blatant engagement farming
4. People announcing their intentions to quit and come here
It ultimately bred toxicity & made the bots problem even worse to the point that no post felt authentic to the point that the app wasn’t fun to engage on anymore.
But yesterday after the umpteenth nazi anime PFP ran their mouth at me about something heinous...I just gave up and deactivated without thinking
I'm already happier
They'll need to start running ads sooner or later...
They're likely running at a pretty big loss right now just to give users the cleanest product they can, but they'll HAVE to start the enshitification process if they want to keep the lights on...
It's inevitable...
The status quo has been changed
There's something to be said for that. Passive resistance.
In the meantime, you leave a quality archive of searchable C-19 material.
Erasing history by throttling it is Musk's trademark.
The Other Place may need the odd random post or occasional retweet to keep the account alive, and prevent it from being deleted?
I'm not sure, but seem to remember something along those lines?
Or does that count restart, now we are here ...
pffftttt
Need to “cut the cord” and deactivate. 😕
X has ceased to exist, it’s dead, its an ex-X
Thankfully many are deciding to try Bluesky, lovely having them here.
I’ve tagged important science and politics stuff in my feed for later reference over many years. If the stuff I’ve retweeted is deleted, then that’s a shame.
I suspect he just doesn't accept how negatively his image affects the buy decision, and when a cut down version is bad, you aren't inclined to spend to improve.
Sex bots.
putin bots.
Ugh.
There are ways to keep a product free (Wikipedia is awash with cash even after the highly paid execs and grifters have had their cut). There are Patreon models or simple donations (the Wiki model).
You would want to be confident you were donating to a charitable trust rather than seeding a corporation though. Off the top of my head I am not sure what structure BlueSky has to protect it from predators.
And this is one central server with more than 15m users, with all the photos, videos and content being uploaded, there's no way donations are going to cover that.
I pay for radio, TV and newspapers to avoid adverts. I'm very simiply anti-advertising.
This only makes sense for the hosted service.
Things don't have to be funded by ads - but they do have to be funded.
This lot have been donation funded for 25 years.
The downright blatant racism is on full display
I would check # in past they have it coded wg1wga etc just to see what they were up too now just #WideOpen
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