Wow. Was on 15k followers when I sent this yesterday. Now almost 20k 🥳 Very happy to give a few subscription to Democracy for Sale to number 20,000!!! - ThreadSky

petergeoghegan.bsky.social • 115 days ago

Wow. Was on 15k followers when I sent this yesterday. Now almost 20k 🥳

Very happy to give a few subscription to Democracy for Sale to number 20,000!!!

Reposted from Peter Geoghegan

Boom! This place is really taking off 🍾🎉

As a journalist I’ll admit was worried about leaving 70k followers behind on the other place

Looking at how numbers of followers are growing that worry fast disappearing

Thanks to everyone! And obligatory newsletter plug: democracyforsale.substack.com

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carolvorderman.bsky.social•115 days ago

It's great here Peter

veterans4europe.bsky.social•115 days ago

It's like a breath of beautiful fresh air Carol !

bernardhughes.bsky.social•115 days ago

My recollection from when people did this on Twitter is that your follower count falls, as people unfollow with a view to re-following as number 20,000...

petergeoghegan.bsky.social•115 days ago

Ah yes that’s a good point

jazhowe1968.bsky.social•115 days ago

Now that is the perfect example of a first world problem lol

bernardhughes.bsky.social•115 days ago

And Peter has cruised through the 20k barrier without looking back

aliquack.bsky.social•115 days ago

I got 4 new followers 🫠

pimlicat.bsky.social•115 days ago

Me too. Do you think they're all bots? Or is this real?

johnlynsted.bsky.social•115 days ago

This one's real, joined last week.

steelycitydan.bsky.social•115 days ago

I have nothing to really base this on, but here feels much less bot-heavy than the Other Place.

paulastell.bsky.social•115 days ago

We're real!!

julesmchamish.bsky.social•115 days ago

Unlike when newbies joined the Bird, Bluesky newbies will immediately search out people they followed on Bird. That, along will all the starter packs will gain you followers. Find who the people that you follow, follow👇

https://bsky.app/profile/youngvulgarian.bsky.social/post/3laoxajtilc2j

johngfh.bsky.social•115 days ago

I think therefore I'm real.

Came over from the ToXic place today. Looks so much better on here than what that place had become.

neilhoops.bsky.social•115 days ago

Thanks for following me. Didn't post much on Twitter but feel more inclined to on here. I'm so real that I took a politics course of your fathers at QMC 1972-3.

neilhoops.bsky.social•115 days ago

Followed both of you over from Twitter and am definitely real.

ockamsrazor.bsky.social•115 days ago

It may be the impact of being listed in a starter pack?

card5hark.bsky.social•115 days ago

That is precisely how I ended up here.

ockamsrazor.bsky.social•115 days ago

Ha - the science is proven!

petergeoghegan.bsky.social•115 days ago

I’d expect some bots - and seems to be so - but also think there could be an early mover advantage

ockamsrazor.bsky.social•115 days ago

early adopter or early majority?

nomen707070.bsky.social•115 days ago

Seems like a mass exodus from Twitter in such a short space of time, I have just joined here and I guess it’s accounts like mine (no real name, no photo) that brings the doubt. (Gulp. Please don’t block me!)

cobramanu.bsky.social•115 days ago

I listened to ‘Democracy for Sale’ on Audible & must say it was absolutely brilliant. If only it was mandatory on the school curriculum.

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