I’ve lost about 60% of my followers coming over to BlueSky… and nearly 100% of the abuse I used to get. Result! 😎 - ThreadSky

reecedinsdale.bsky.social • 78 days ago

I’ve lost about 60% of my followers coming over to BlueSky… and nearly 100% of the abuse I used to get.
Result! 😎

I think the reason some big names of Twitter don’t move over to here is that they would have to start from scratch with followers. I have just seen that one with 525.9k over there is on here with 129 followers. Quite a comedown if you are bothered about follower numbers.

Comments

markkbadger10.bsky.social•77 days ago

terryleopard.bsky.social•78 days ago

There used to be a hell of a lot higher engagement to follower ratio here. So you get a lot more interaction per person.

That seems to be slowing down though.

nicklazyred.bsky.social•78 days ago

Far more civilized over here isn’t it….

chris-c-jones.bsky.social•78 days ago

Much, much better here. No #Muskbot. 😉 Glad to see you here. 👍

davidcavlovic.bsky.social•78 days ago

I left the day MuskOx bought Twitter. I had already been banned in 2021 from FB for being anti Trump and discussing an FB boycott (with the likes of Julie Foy, btw) so no loss leaving X. One day I knew there would be another platform, and here it is.😀

kevinmortiom.bsky.social•78 days ago

And gained new ones 😊

maureenfelix.bsky.social•78 days ago

It’s a much nicer place to be

janeinsomerset.bsky.social•78 days ago

It’s family here and that’s what counts x

stoneycat.bsky.social•77 days ago

My personal favourite was that bloke that said "I hope your cock falls off"
before calling you a 'basted' 🤭
I couldn't tell if he was being Yorkshire or if he just couldn't spell 🙃
Still makes me laugh now tbh

bethany9119.bsky.social•76 days ago

Oh my days! 🤣

I'm dying!!! 🤣🤣

alunjt.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yeah its SOOOO much better here

k2p2ssk.bsky.social•77 days ago

Why are people so fixated on how many followers they have? Ego trip? Just speak your voice……

doodleslave.bsky.social•78 days ago

Exactly. Here I actively avoid following those with high numbers of followers unless I know and/or admire them. It's quality, not quantity which matters.

louishenwood.bsky.social•77 days ago

That 40% might have been largely bots

argentology.bsky.social•77 days ago

It's all about quality, not quantity. Having said that, I've lost count of the number of sad men/scammers following thousands but no posts with no that followed me and got blocked immediately 🤭

axster59.bsky.social•78 days ago

Are you a Leeds fan ? 😂

manmademoon.bsky.social•78 days ago

I miss having 100’s of thousands of followers (as i hoped it would spread awareness of my projects when they eventually get completed,) but the truth is, most of them were probably bots, anyway!

arrdavid.bsky.social•78 days ago

I followed you over on to here, Duncan. Along for Reece.
Not a bot, just "100% pure, old-fashioned, home-grown human, born free right here, in the real world, genuine child of Zion".

manmademoon.bsky.social•78 days ago

😂👍🏼❤️

melissasindengray.bsky.social•78 days ago

Yeah…. But you’ve got the ‘bucket of sick’ joke lady, so… y’know!!!😁

manmademoon.bsky.social•78 days ago

😂

idk1965.bsky.social•78 days ago

👍🥰😁

caseyfrieman.bsky.social•78 days ago

In the same boat and happy to be aboard

realsirlansalot.bsky.social•78 days ago

Quality, not quantity 😉

garyelsworth.bsky.social•78 days ago

I didn’t follow you on the ‘other place’ so you at least one new follower!

mrmoog.bsky.social•78 days ago

Same here mate. been a good move ditching that vile platform. 🙏💚

joy-bell.bsky.social•77 days ago

Lower numbers=common sense, kindness, humility to name only three.

jackiet0206.bsky.social•77 days ago

I closed my X account now. I hopped on the other day and the discussion was how Zelensky is only hanging on so he doesn't get investigated and that he doesn't want the war to end. Just reels of hatred and vile beliefs. The Farage/Musk/Trump-loving imbecils can stay there, hopefully they'll implode.

granberoy.bsky.social•78 days ago

All the good ones will find you over here eventually. 😁

peteferg.bsky.social•77 days ago

Quality, not quantity, Reece 😉

portseton.bsky.social•77 days ago

The fragility of ego. Choosing to stay on Shitter in the belief that you are 'followed' in the current situation is to knowingly support a right-wing, Nazi saluting agenda. Question: does anyone need 'followers' so badly? Answer: yes!

indycelt.bsky.social•77 days ago

I couldn't be bothered less! Anyone staying on #MuskTheNazi fascist platform isn't worth keeping! It's like taking out the trash! The decent ones will leave #XPooSky to the brilliant & best place #Bluesky I wouldn't be anywhere else! Dumped X & Meta 💩 Just got FascistBook to dump at the end of March

librarianne.bsky.social•77 days ago

We may be bonkers but we’re benign! Glad you’re settling in well x

cjharry.bsky.social•78 days ago

It was the right move! 🙂👍🙏✊

trishtoo.bsky.social•78 days ago

Just goes to show Reece it’s quality that counts 😉

karpatitude.bsky.social•77 days ago

I read this and had a moment of being genuinely confused about what you’d be getting abuse about and then I remembered X ☹️

bowe3.bsky.social•78 days ago

I so don't miss the noise.

mrsrgs.bsky.social•78 days ago

I am so much happier having left X and moved to BlueSky. Nos don't matter.

claire60.bsky.social•78 days ago

I'm still on other site as some friends won't come over. It's definitely worse since Trump was elected, the vitriol is off the scale. Peaceful here but people rarely interact!

bankwell.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes the interaction here is poor. It is certainly peaceful and relaxing and there are many top quality posters.

It’s also good to escape the vitriol and bile of Twitter but overall I have to say Bluesky is turning out to be less than I imagined.

claire60.bsky.social•77 days ago

I enjoy reading the posts here tbh.

bankwell.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes Claire, as I mentioned there are excellent contributors on here and, like you, I do enjoy that aspect - but the engagement and interaction is very low unless you have a high following and reach.

peter-moore.bsky.social•78 days ago

Techno-Spring Cleaning? Not quite an 'XTwit' myself - still pop in now and again; it's so much more peaceful and creative here

oldbrat.bsky.social•78 days ago

why stay swimming in a cesspool when there is cleaner water, new and old friends, and new things to try? #BlueSky

sneag.bsky.social•77 days ago

I've increased my followers by 100% to nearly 300.

The quality of interaction has improved 100%.

areyouyesyet.bsky.social•77 days ago

Like me, you use Lists to give you separate Feeds. IMHO pretty essential on Bluesky as it lacks a few X features

I've not had to block anyone here yet. Don't think I've even muted anyone

usmansmith.bsky.social•78 days ago

I came over here for the cakes & the craic.
I had to bring my own cakes.
The fun has never stopped.

duplodog.bsky.social•78 days ago

Quality not quantity ❤️

viviennesoton.bsky.social•77 days ago

Hardly ever check my follower count but it seemed to increase quite fast compared to X. But since I switched from my photo to the cat I have deterred the predatory ‘Christian patriot American’ with 3 selfies and no posts and so the increase has stopped. I’m happy with that - people I like are here.

spanglish51.bsky.social•78 days ago

Morning Reece …. It’s just a nicer environment over here .

nank6.bsky.social•77 days ago

How wonderful ❤

beecollins.bsky.social•78 days ago

The abuse over there was something else. No respectful disagreement or discussion, just straight into angry name-calling and shouting down. This is a big improvement.

suemasonburns.bsky.social•78 days ago

I followed you over there but never interacted. Over here it feels like the vast majority of people are actually real people so it feels safer to speak out. Those numbers on the hell site are misleading

malemet.bsky.social•77 days ago

A huge amount of accounts on there aren't real people, eventually I got quite good at spotting them.

richmountbasket.bsky.social•77 days ago

Perhaps we can come up with some insults, just to make you feel more at home? 😜

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

I’m sure many will. 😄

paultype5.bsky.social•77 days ago

Overjoyed you are here, 'I am your No one fan', but seriously you're alright. 😊

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

Thank you, Paul. ✊

paultype5.bsky.social•77 days ago

😊✊

michellefrusa1117.bsky.social•78 days ago

It's not how many followers you have, but about the quality of those followers...
Quality takes patience, morons are by the truck loads at the "dead-bird" place.

mcoule.bsky.social•77 days ago

I used to get quite a lot of abuse on Xitter (that's a chi, right?) and with very little effort on my part I have nearly five hundred followers here already. So colour me amazed.

yourilegod.bsky.social•77 days ago

Resisting, because I'm not like that. 🤣

sunderlandlolly.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes, I've only been told to shut my ****ing mouth once on Bluesky recently, compared with the daily trolling by the Reform/Russian bots over there (and I only have a handful of followers). It's not an echo chamber on Bluesky, it's a like-minded community x

mickeya.bsky.social•77 days ago

NO!!! I'll pulverise 'em. 😡

sunderlandlolly.bsky.social•77 days ago

Lol😆💗

lizdavies1.bsky.social•77 days ago

Have you been over there lately? Its a cesspool

sunderlandlolly.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes, it really is 😬😬😬

aglimpseoflondon.bsky.social•77 days ago

But how many of those large number of followers are bots

jaksays.bsky.social•78 days ago

I dumped 60k followers there, and am happy to just be a nobody here ... much more pleasant

kelleycostigan.bsky.social•77 days ago

I’m glad you’re here! I lost followers in my transfer but am really not bothered. Have a great day! 😁

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

And you, Kelly.

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

Kelley… sorry. x

kelleycostigan.bsky.social•77 days ago

No worries. It was my grandmother’s maiden name. It’s not the usual spelling. 😊

marilynb.bsky.social•76 days ago

Some you just can’t het rid of 😅😜

felaheen.bsky.social•77 days ago

I'd been on Twitter since 2010 - mostly EduTwitter. I was never in it for the follows, but I had about 1200 & I followed many more. Lost both lists when I moved here losing touch with many great teachers. But this place is much better for my mental health - still have to shut it off now and again.

redranger27.bsky.social•78 days ago

But amoungst the “you woke/leftist/ wanker” posts. None of them mentioned “Hey I’m watching life on mars and you’re in it” 😂 Although I will say you’re character, what a wanker 🤦🏼‍♀️😩😂

redranger27.bsky.social•78 days ago

“Your” just for clarity😂

ronmacrae.bsky.social•77 days ago

Sorry you’re missing out.

“your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries"

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

Thank you. 😄

magus-smillsoid.bsky.social•77 days ago

If you know Eric Idle, ask him to come over here too!

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

Wish I did. Seems like a fabulous human.

buzzbomb11.bsky.social•77 days ago

Fuck off ya cunt............99%😂😂kidding mate

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

That feels better. 😄

malemet.bsky.social•77 days ago

Feels familiar, just like old times 🤣

lindyloocody2.bsky.social•78 days ago

🌹 Is that abuse?

losdemas.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/malwaretech.com/post/3ljnt223wlk2k

losdemas.bsky.social•78 days ago

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

topsyscatmum.bsky.social•78 days ago

It is much calmer over here...😉.

vandyke4ad.bsky.social•78 days ago

Rosanna Arquette had over 600K followers when she left Twitter (after Muskrat's takeover), in favour of Instagram.

And I lost my most famous follower.

davidcavlovic.bsky.social•78 days ago

Who? Maybe they’re here?

vandyke4ad.bsky.social•78 days ago

Her name doesn't show up in Search, so I think not.

davidcavlovic.bsky.social•78 days ago

Give it time.

emyrdavies.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/rosannaarquette.bsky.social

davidcavlovic.bsky.social•77 days ago

Oh you meant Rosanna Arquette. Yes, I found her a while back.

vandyke4ad.bsky.social•77 days ago

Ta.

mrrobertbob.bsky.social•78 days ago

Same here……so worth it not to be supporting Musk. Also happy to leave the abusive accounts behind in their echo chamber. 😀👍

louisefoster.bsky.social•77 days ago

👌😎👌

amandamanley.bsky.social•77 days ago

I only had 3,000 but I felt the pain 😁

lucidwhim.bsky.social•78 days ago

Ah yes, but you now have quality over quantity 😉

garrycharlesscreenwriter.com•77 days ago

I didn’t have that many to start with 😂

von70.bsky.social•77 days ago

Hope you are keeping well

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

Working very hard, Von… but all good.
You?

von70.bsky.social•76 days ago

New chapter ahead of me. But I'm good. My favourite time of the year is hitting. Natural world revives itself in Spring . Stay well , remember to stop and breathe from work . Take care

babshbruce.bsky.social•77 days ago

Good to hear it’s not all about the numbers for you Reece. I follow you because I think you’re a good man and you have just confirmed that for me. Have a lovely day. 🌻

t166er.bsky.social•78 days ago

😃✔️....

sparklykitten.bsky.social•78 days ago

Morning Reece. Same here! Over there, you needed 10k to get even a handful of interactions. I get way more engagement with fab folk here, despite having a third of the connections 🥰

i-do-despair.bsky.social•78 days ago

Same! 😊 Morning! 😘

sparklykitten.bsky.social•77 days ago

Morning lovely ☕️😘

gildy65.bsky.social•77 days ago

My interaction is down. There. Here. Elsewhere. Then again...we cannot keep up with everyone even those we would like to. Things will probably become busier as things settle down.

sparklykitten.bsky.social•77 days ago

There is unsurprising because certain views are being promoted over others. I don't think mine has increased here massively even as I've connected with more folk, but I agree, it's hard work and I already spend too much time here!!

darklyadapted.bsky.social•77 days ago

I’ve got 80% of what I had there, in 18 months instead of 11 years.

propsmh.bsky.social•78 days ago

Quality over quantity Reece 👌

markpitt.bsky.social•77 days ago

The latest statistic I heard is that 1 in 3 users on “the other place” are now bots, so you could have more followers but over 30% of them could be bots.
Not saying BlueSky is free of bots but there are far less of them here.

almiles.bsky.social•77 days ago

Soon the bots will be AI and chatting to each other... a whole social media app of nothing but environment-burning self-licking AI lollipops.

markpitt.bsky.social•77 days ago

I think that is already happening, bots interacting with bots.

jonathanmarkvoc.bsky.social•78 days ago

Win,win...

heppy111.bsky.social•78 days ago

It's altogether a much better place to be. It feels safe, with the obvious caveats, of course.

And knowing you're not aiding the muskrat in any way on here - quite the opposite! - just gives it that little extra something...

I've yet to meet anyone who regrets their move from the hellsite.

heppy111.bsky.social•78 days ago

I see Ina got there before me...

0o-xero-o0.bsky.social•77 days ago

Same. And if I'm honest, I have nearly 100% stopped dishing out abuse too, even if I disagree with someone. That has to be a positive.

nicholasf1.bsky.social•78 days ago

"MR. DINSDALE!!!"
(Please try to imagine Norman Wisdom saying this in black and white, before falling off his bicycle, or something.)

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•78 days ago

Please don’t. 🤦‍♂️😉

jakkb77.bsky.social•78 days ago

It seems you have the balance right? Quality brings more joy and quantity brings more engagement? (But if it's abusive engagement,then the fun has gone, and the blood pressure is up!!)
Your follower numbers are going to go 📈📈📈📈! I'm sure you will handle it with your usual panache💙

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thank you, ma’am.

jackinthesky.bsky.social•78 days ago

Happy Days mr d because geez you used to get some horrors … scary people 🤦‍♀️

kasparknusper.bsky.social•78 days ago

Well if you've payed that much for fake followers, you have to get back the investment first, I guess...

kasparknusper.bsky.social•78 days ago

Talking about your cited post...

sandradouglas.bsky.social•78 days ago

Spot on!

nickcyclingchemist.bsky.social•77 days ago

You and every other user, including me too! I’d gladly give them ALL up to not have to constantly defend myself.

jandredrew.bsky.social•78 days ago

I lost 4000 by coming over which was just about 90% of my followers. but I feel a lot cleaner for it, even though most of you don't even follow me anymore.

edrybicki.bsky.social•77 days ago

It is definitely a Better Place 😁

rosieroobster.bsky.social•78 days ago

Good morning Reece, so glad the negatives stayed in the other place? We're quite a nice lot over here?! 🙂 Enjoy your day. ⚘

mrsoz17.bsky.social•78 days ago

Only the crème de la crème
On here 👍🏼

perfumeaddict.bsky.social•78 days ago

Besides, a lot of followers on Twitter are bots. What most of us want on here is engagement, not numbers. Better to have a handful of friends than a million acquaintances, as it were.

primenumberone.bsky.social•77 days ago

Better to have all the nice people interacting without the absolute c*nts & the bots… ❤️

tomb-ra--------r.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yah boo sucks! Your Dad’s inspector Morse!

I’m sorry I’m not a natural at this whole trolling thing…..

wovlad.bsky.social•77 days ago

Tickled me that. The trolls have stayed at Home to Roost

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

I think the coat thing would be for the best.
🤦‍♂️ 😉

wovlad.bsky.social•77 days ago

Was hoping I'd find a gif of Mark Williams from the Fast Show. So this will do.

https://youtu.be/c3OM2MA1pic?si=fdljT5pttQ1VTnHD

nettekin.bsky.social•78 days ago

We're quality over here! Quantity is overrated! 😁
Evening Reece!

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•78 days ago

Evening, Jeanie.

chris17jn.bsky.social•78 days ago

Yes!
Never mind the numbers ; feel the quality! 😉

nettekin.bsky.social•78 days ago

☺

theaeronut.bsky.social•78 days ago

Definitely a better environment over here!

tykebrahe.bsky.social•77 days ago

I think if you have a business that depends on social media numbers /publicity it’s almost impossible to ditch Twitters’ c215m account holders , but if you are just in there for ‘fun’ or habit there really is no reason to stay if you have an ounce of empathy (which Musk says is a bad thing)

squibbmeisteruk.bsky.social•77 days ago

Feels good doesn't it? Mind you, somebody did give me some relatively mild abuse on here the othe day; then a few hours later came back to me with an apology.

longjimsilver.bsky.social•78 days ago

My blood pressure has dropped significantly after leaving twitter. I no longer have to constantly fight with reform voting, brain dead idiots.

gillmh.bsky.social•77 days ago

I thought I could let the abuse just wash over me. Turns out it was having a far greater impact than I'd hoped. So relieved that Bluesky is filled with decent human beings who can agree to differ without throwing insults at me.

perfumeaddict.bsky.social•77 days ago

Agreed. I am still in GCs over there, because we don't have them on here yet, but I try to avoid main because I start getting stressed really easily. There's SO much aggravation and people are very touchy, ready for a fight all the time.

gillmh.bsky.social•77 days ago

I had to take by bio photo down, some very personal attacks - thought I was immune at first. I was in a few GCs too. But in the end decided to just close my account. I've lost a few of my old friends who decided to stay and fight on.

perfumeaddict.bsky.social•77 days ago

Totally understand that, on both counts. I think everyone has to make a personal decision on this. I closed my FB and that's it for a lot of friends - I have no other way of contacting them.

longjimsilver.bsky.social•77 days ago

Fully agree…I got into the habit of engaging with them, which was probably not the best approach. You are then left seething at the complete stupidity. Blue Sky has a far better following in terms of reasonable people.

malemet.bsky.social•77 days ago

Strangely, I turned full circle. First got hurt, then angry, then defensive and then started to enjoy winding them up and taking the piss out of them when they got angry. Bit psychopathic so probably not healthy.

gillmh.bsky.social•77 days ago

I always engaged, in the belief that the spreading of far right misinformation and disinformation needed correcting. I was in a permanent rage at something I had absolutely no influence over. Hope bluesky can remain a safe place.

bethany9119.bsky.social•76 days ago

I've gained a few followers. I miss a couple of accounts over there.

But this place rocks.

Met a few trolls but they're very easy to banish here.

elemjay.bsky.social•77 days ago

Snap. Here, it's quality over quantity.
I'm not missing the HellXcape one bit.

shropshiregreenman.bsky.social•78 days ago

And no Temu either!

davidcavlovic.bsky.social•78 days ago

Temu is so annoying.

spanglish51.bsky.social•78 days ago

Yay . A win !!

heppy111.bsky.social•78 days ago

This!

shropshiregreenman.bsky.social•78 days ago

It frustrates me that some of my favourite follows in the other place are clinging on by their fingernails, desperate not to lose those numbers. Just bite the bullet and make the move. The genuine supporters will follow. The rest are probably defunct accounts and bots!

speeduffs.bsky.social•78 days ago

Very occasionally I get bots.
Obviously I block them, but sometimes follow them to see what happens to those accounts.
So far, all have disappeared.
😀

lilysslave.bsky.social•78 days ago

Morning Reece. Peace is everything.

cotswoldy.bsky.social•78 days ago

But, you know...wankers and automation.

tramac.bsky.social•78 days ago

Good to hear you don't get the same level of abuse over here. Twitter can be such a cesspit sometimes. I often wonder how people get off on being so abusive because I can barely find the energy to think of a witty repost let alone to spew bile at someone .

adeville.bsky.social•78 days ago

Quality not quantity

malemet.bsky.social•77 days ago

I've been restricted on X for suspicious activity! I can't think of anything suspicious I've got up to so it's a mystery. The bonus is I'm not getting called retard and paedo after every comment so it's not all bad 😊

pzw4569.bsky.social•76 days ago

Quality, not quantity?

yorkshireingrid.bsky.social•78 days ago

Followed you there til I quit it. Glad to find you here now.

eatmyhalo.bsky.social•78 days ago

I’m still here, pal. And I think I was only abusive 50% of the time over there.
😆

richardredstar.bsky.social•73 days ago

True Reece, I still pop over to the other place to chat with some who never mover to here. On most occasions, I end up blocking someone.

almiles.bsky.social•77 days ago

Inactive followers were probably Musk-bots anyway...
As long as your "old" place has a pinned note saying where the new place is, it should be fine.

thatcymraes.bsky.social•78 days ago

Tosser! 🤪

Does that help?

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•78 days ago

😄
That’s more like it!

thebuell.bsky.social•78 days ago

Lancashire thinks Yorkshire puds are overrated.

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•78 days ago

There’s a line. ☹️

thebuell.bsky.social•78 days ago

As expected. 😆

tramowl.bsky.social•78 days ago

If you give your followers a time, we can congregate together and send abuse in a ceremonial fashion, for a 10 minute pile on. Just for old times 😆 🤣

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•78 days ago

Now you’re talking! 👍

thestephenralph.bsky.social•78 days ago

Apologies, have I come to the right place for an argument?! 😃

heppy111.bsky.social•78 days ago

Trust you! 🤣🤣🤣

profsensible.bsky.social•77 days ago

If you are bothered about numbers of followers, then I’m not going to follow you.

reecedinsdale.bsky.social•77 days ago

Read it again.
I’m not bothered.
Don’t follow.
All is good.

profsensible.bsky.social•77 days ago

Sorry - it wasn’t directed at you - infact it was supporting your pov. 😬

asleepinyorkshire.bsky.social•78 days ago

Reece I'm just warming up 🫣😇😂. Anyway a couple of highly delightful posters for your shed wall, no copyright on any of these - well until MI6 have to hand over my location or Trump will imprison Mandelson. I hope you've had a good day. Kind regards