I’m still on it, nothing has replaced its “most people in politics use it and you can DM them” function, but the idea that people should just stay on there if they’re annoyed by it is crazy. No, it’s a website, they should do things they enjoy instead of using it - ThreadSky

daveweigel.bsky.social • 87 days ago

I’m still on it, nothing has replaced its “most people in politics use it and you can DM them” function, but the idea that people should just stay on there if they’re annoyed by it is crazy. No, it’s a website, they should do things they enjoy instead of using it

Reposted from Mike Royce

"Twitter isn’t real life" turned into "leaving Twitter is ignoring reality” very quickly!

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yourcanadiangf.bsky.social•87 days ago

Were there any articles about how people shouldn't have left MySpace for Facebook back then? I've used over 25 social media sites/chat platforms since getting a 28K modem hook up. The nature of the internet is to change - and do it often.

meehawl.com•87 days ago

WILL NO ONE THINK OF MY FRIENDSTER?!?!

tweety8727.bsky.social•87 days ago

I don't give a rats who leaves twitter all I care about is I left twitter. I left even before it was popular the minute Musk bought it. No surprise what happened over there.

aplindurrrr.bsky.social•87 days ago

Especially if you don't have a need for it. I can't think of any other situation in life where we tell people to "stick with it" in regards to a hobby.

If something is making you absolutely miserable and you don't need it for work/to make a living, why should anyone stick with it? Lol it's asinine.

enricofermi.bsky.social•87 days ago

I think you'll find that a large, and growing, percentage of the political people you follow are coming to BlueSky.

guydemoeres.bsky.social•87 days ago

My account is still active, but I don’t engage. I guess I quiet-quit Twitter. I feel compelled to have an active account for lurking.

Anyhoo, fuck Elon Musk and Donald Trump. I’m not havin’ it.

vespertyne.bsky.social•87 days ago

In 2017 I was tired of all politics all the time, so intentionally diversified my Twitter feed to include things that bring me joy - cats, art, music, Asian dramas, books, etc.
I’m having difficulty replicating that here. So I keep my X account for those things, and for my international moots.

balisane.bsky.social•87 days ago

How are you trying to find those things? For instance, there is so much kdrama/cdrama chat here that I had to mute keywords and I'm not even near that meta-fandom. Hopefully you can reassemble it.

vespertyne.bsky.social•87 days ago

I see little of it! Plus, I’m mostly into Chinese wuxia dramas - period fantasy dramas in with gorgeous, balletic fight scenes - and xianxia dramas - fantasy/mythological dramas.
And in Kdramas I prefer legal/detective/crime and historical dramas, not romcoms. So it’s hard to find my people here!

balisane.bsky.social•87 days ago

Meanwhile I literally muted "wuxia" because bless them, my Discover was drowning in twirling hanfu. As for the non-romcom kdramas, gotta admit I haven't seen a lot of those around.

If you don't see the Feed you want, try creating it: I think you'll be surprised by how fast it populates.

vespertyne.bsky.social•87 days ago

It’s getting better. But no where near what it is on X. I’ve started posting in the comment sections on MDL, which is the most satisfying site I’ve found.
LOTS of my fav genre of Kdramas. SoKos love government (police, lawyer, politician) corruption and rich chaebols getting held accountable!

serious-bichon.bsky.social•87 days ago

I think there is a learned helplessness sometimes with dying tech. We’ve lived long enough to know a piece of tech is lifechanging, but not long enough to internalize that all tech dies and is replaced by something that does the same thing but better

insidejoke.bsky.social•87 days ago

Culture gap between people that were on the internet early and saw a bunch of forums die or get ripped apart by infighting, vs people that first got online a decade or so ago and all still on the first real internet community of which they were ever part

anonymousleftie.bsky.social•87 days ago

You follow me on there 😂

andrewmceo.bsky.social•87 days ago

You're still on Twitter because you care about clicks and engagement. F off.

cobrollins.bsky.social•87 days ago

I have my alt open in a browser tab so that I can check in on the chief republican thought leader (catturd)

americantype.bsky.social•87 days ago

He must be fuming that Kristi Noem was given the dog killer role in the cabinet.

difficultopinions.com•87 days ago

I guess the question is: Where's the line? What more bad stuff does Elon have to do to make people perk up and say, "Whoa, that's too much."

When does principled leaving outweigh slightly better access to DMs?

joejoelo.bsky.social•87 days ago

It can become irrelevant if everyone leaves

willieyoung.bsky.social•87 days ago

I'm sure for journalists it has its merits, but no one is obliged to use it; no matter how much some people claim it's the public square, it's not.
I will say that my two least favorite parts of bluesky are "here's what's on the site you left" and "people on twitter are trying to make us go back."

toninparsons.bsky.social•87 days ago

My husband is deep into Mathematics Twitter which isn’t a thing here yet. I fucking hate Musk for what he’s stolen from us.

ernie.tedium.co•87 days ago

Yeah, the DM function kept me there longer than I wanted

man-w-no-name.bsky.social•87 days ago

I think fundamentally that journalists and "opposition" politicians should not be using that sort of platform if wholly owned by (and manipulated by) a high-level agent of the government. How is that not inherently compromising/conflicting?

shenloop.bsky.social•87 days ago

Delusion of influence…

gp2k.tikimail.org•87 days ago

Why do they think random people owe them time on their website? What a strange thing to think.

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•87 days ago

I’m still on it because there’s still no replacement for it when it comes to monitoring international breaking news. But the overall experience is pretty horrific and my account is suppressed to the extent of having no reach anymore, so posting there is like shouting into an evil wind.

andrewmceo.bsky.social•87 days ago

Really? You need to monitor breaking international news constantly?

brownbird77.bsky.social•87 days ago

Following news, domestic and international was the main reason I was on Twitter.

peter-donnelly.bsky.social•87 days ago

Same

BlueSky was useless for news even three months ago, and it's still not great because stupid lazy media outfits and journalists won't dual post, but it's getting better

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•87 days ago

You literally follow me and benefit from the curation I perform.

andrewmceo.bsky.social•87 days ago

I don't benefit from you. I probably followed you via starter packs not intentionally. I'll fix that now.

blisterpearl.bsky.social•87 days ago

I follow you and benefit from the curation you perform. Andrew has chosen this time to alienate an ever-increasing number of our community.

Thank you.

kalmantibs.bsky.social•87 days ago

You just gained a follower, Leah. Nice to meet you. 🙏🏼🕊️

robairone.bsky.social•87 days ago

- My experience there exactly…

doctorj.bsky.social•87 days ago

You're giving money to the world's richest Nazi Transphobe. I'm sorry, we all have to start over, but you just have to. Delete it.

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•87 days ago

I don’t pay for the platform.

doctorj.bsky.social•87 days ago

Any engagement, with views on ads and promoted tweets etc, makes money for evil. If you wanna stay, that's your choice! I deleted long ago because I don't want to support anything related to Nazis.

moman.bsky.social•87 days ago

What’s interesting is that last week seemed to be the tipping point and Bluesky surpassed Twitter for breaking action in college football this week

gooop.net•87 days ago

Yeah, sports are actually finally here, and I think they'll drag the rest of current events along with it

feuermathdoc.bsky.social•87 days ago

I'm on it still because there isn't enough sports liveposting here and the same is true for tv shows. As long as you don't read replies to posts, it's fine.

nickyhutson.bsky.social•87 days ago

I canceled my Twitter/X account and haven’t regretted it at all

craigsj.bsky.social•87 days ago

not enough talk about its value for DMs i feel

docadams.bsky.social•87 days ago

I saw a credible post that argued for keeping it and reactivated my account because the handle goes up for grabs after 30 days. That could be a potential identity theft/impersonation problem.

tktkskeets.bsky.social•87 days ago

Honestly if we all spent less time exposed to the most annoying takes of our ideological opponents the political environment might improve a tiny bit

proftinkerbell.bsky.social•87 days ago

I do think it's valuable to see what the next news cycle will be. Eating pets, garbage, caravan, lab leak theory, FEMA conspiracy, tan suit. Injected like poison and magnified by MSM for fun and profit.

daveweigel.bsky.social•87 days ago

One reason I like to post what I’m reading (beyond bragging that I’m so great) is to show that even if you’re internet poisoned you can log off and focus on better shit

mtc111.bsky.social•87 days ago

I wish there was a setting for ‘block all twitter/bluesky discourse’

vivsmythe.bsky.social•87 days ago

Muting keywords should dial the noise down substantially

aoxamaxoa.bsky.social•87 days ago

I just increasingly find myself mostly feeling mad when I use twitter, which is no way to live if you aren’t using it in one way or another for work

zabozrut.bsky.social•87 days ago

X knows how to play with our dopamine levels and has abused the function to an extent that we are starting to feel disgusted.
Just like if your donut shop triples the amount of sugar in its donuts...

andrewmceo.bsky.social•87 days ago

You're a f*cking writer for Semafor, which very few people give a sh*t about. Who cares.

doctorj.bsky.social•87 days ago

You should leave it. No reason to support Nazis, which you're doing if you stay. I'm sorry you have to give up your following, but sometimes doing what is right is hard.

chuddletime.bsky.social•87 days ago

I get this is why a lot of journalists are still on there as well, but doesn't it seem reckless to use DMs on a platform whose owner is increasingly likely to access and weaponize those messages? Certainly risky for sources.

illimij.bsky.social•87 days ago

As the core user group of Bluesky leans left, I feel it would behoove (blaring klaxons: Matt Y-style rhetoric) Dem politicians to move here in mass. Media would have to follow.

circastephen.bsky.social•87 days ago

Yeah i've been on it the last few days trying to keep up with what's going on in Georgia (the country). Bluesky is great but it just doesn't have the international user base to keep up on real-time events

coccoccoc1.bsky.social•87 days ago

I hear this. I'd like to see more elected representatives here. Maybe I'm just lousy at finding them?

chuckgoat.bsky.social•87 days ago

Also, Dave can DM them. I can't. You can't. 99.99% of us can't.

And for the few that I can technically send a DM, they'll just ignore it, probably even more than they would ignore an email.

chuckgoat.bsky.social•87 days ago

Same as the responses to their tweets. Some famous people used to read them, interact with their followers. Now they would have to go through hundreds, sometimes thousands of bluechecks calling them names before getting to the first non-bluecheck real response.

It's broken.

nauticavan.bsky.social•87 days ago

Yea I mean I stopped visiting Slate in like 2015 not because I hated the owner (I don’t know who owned it), but because it sucked ass

nannerpuddin.bsky.social•87 days ago

It’s one man’s personal blog now just like truth social.

kushghost.bsky.social•87 days ago

bots, trolls and politicians. yep pretty glad i left.

jackmalloy.bsky.social•87 days ago

I hear you but no matter what I did, my favorites faded from my feed and hate-spewing nonsense prevailed. The algorithm was tampered with and it became abhorrent.

unremembered80s.bsky.social•87 days ago

This is a damn lie, I am still on Myspace everyday and the only reason you people aren't is that you are COWARDS

czesco.bsky.social•87 days ago

Is Leon Musk being able to read your DMs part of its charm?

darkwebmallcop.bsky.social•87 days ago

Aren’t you concerned that the owner can read your DMs?

offthepigs.bsky.social•87 days ago

There's also the trust factor, Must threw all trust in the platform away. The sheer volume of fake accounts and bot brigades, plus his hair of manipulating the algorithm to serve himself... I don't trust anything on there.

bigbux.bsky.social•87 days ago

You really trust musk with your DM’s?

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