Jay: Our goal is to give can have fun and feel safe. And so we've already always focused a lot on trust and safety, making sure that users have an ability to have an experience that's free from bots and harassment and spam
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Jay Graber's (Mandarin) Chinese name "Lantian" means Blue Sky. I love the fact that a brilliant woman is the CEO of BlueSky -- the perfect antidote to the incel, redpill, technobro dickocracy at Xmaga. I think i just invented "dickocracy". 🤣
This. Although I had a twitter account for several years I was only active the last 3 or 4.
I've been here a little over a week and have more followers and more engagements here than I was there.
The only reason I want to grow is for the shelter dog advocacy I do.
Yup. I had built up a few thousand followers on the bird and not that many here yet. I'm still on the Bird as well as here for the dog networking. Once I have enough people here to give the dogs a chance I am leaving the nest altogether.
A lot of people I follow here do not reciprocate. I had more followers at the Hellscape, and I still go back on occasion to check on friends who have not yet come here. I have suggested they should join the fun.
A safe space where, if you want to be left alone with people who r at least partially like-minded, you can do so. The Muskrat's goal is 2 make life as miserable as possible 4 those who think he & his fiendish friends stink; so of course we all fled as soon as we could. Wonderful!
Initially, there were too many Twitter/X alternatives--it felt like there was no one place to seek refuge because the environment was so fragmented. I had a Bluesky account but rarely used it. I'm glad that there is now a clear choice to seek non-craziness.
I can hear the "free speech" cry babies from a mile away. Just as an FYI, you do not have free speech on an internet forum. They can ban you or disallow any content they want. Good for Jay for trying to create a place without the hate and trolls.
I read an interview on here the other day about a Scottish woman being harassed on the other site for being a vegan. The bully was a very disturbed woman. Found her home address, called her employer, threatened her kids, seriously weird stuff.
It's great to come to a place that isn't flooded with platform owner-driven political propaganda and self-promotion. It's a breath of fresh air to be able to express myself without having a troll hurl insults at me, too. Blue skies...indeed.
Until @bsky.app has a 'verification' or 'vetting' feature, it won't attract big advertisers/orgs/genuine media etc..
That was the feature that attracted me to Twitter yrs ago; Elon SELLING blue checks, meant anyone could 'impersonate' it lost value as a reliable source of info
Didn’t realize how badly Elon’s app was radicalizing me until I left all the hate behind and moved here. Comforting, welcoming and a sense of community here.
I like Spoutible too. They also don’t put up with trash over there. I think it’s always good to have options and I agree with you about YouTube and TikTok also.
I unsubscribed from X, but,
because he feels threatened, musk will soon come with his billions to buy bluesky, I hope not, but if so I will unsubscribe from Bluesky
As I’m reading down the comments,I realize something then pause to ask myself.
SINCE WHEN DOES SANITY & APPLICATION OF LOGIC TO NOT BE A DICK inherently get stuck only with “what women can do”
Then it hits me why we are so fuqd up at this point .
Good decision isn’t gender bias . Dnt be a dic
For sure! I was so scared of what X had become. Imagine having your deepest held views challenged constantly. It’s just un-american. The fascists can just keep X for all I care. At least we are safe here.
That’s a romanticised idea of Twitter’s change. It became a dump for conspiracies and misinformation. If those are opposite your views and cannot be combatted I can see why others leave too.
Yeah for sure. I’m just glad we have each other. And we all watch and read the real media who never lie and have our best interest at heart. And we trust the government while they are insurrectionists and fascists. The government wouldn’t lie to us under Biden. But it will under Trump for sure.
Seems like . I have to remember to block argumentative people even if they are left or liberal. If they have no interest in facts or are married to their dogma . That sort of thing
I don’t think this is sustainable for a for-profit business. Eventually, it will need to drive engagement. Better to run as a non-for-profit co-op, owned and run by the people who can profit from it. Like the old Associated Press.
Every dipshit screaming about "echo chambers" entirely misses the point that BSKY is on it's face better. On the other site every other post in my feed is an ad for the worst mobile game you've ever seen or an ad that fails to load and pushes your scroll up.
Was the easiest experience to date as I am new to this Arena. I have started channels on multiple platforms and this has been the simplest and less frustrating of all Platforms. Hats Off highly recommended. Big Hugs......
I respect success of Bluesky but smells a lot like censorship. The only problem of X is the algo feed which Musk skews towards his vision of the world.
The ability of demagogues & autocrats to surprise, to create a new scandal every day, is their superpower. It diminishes attention to the previous day's transgressions & normalizes them. It slowly numbs the senses, including outrage. Values are the only defense. Hold them dear.
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I feel that the economy in general needs a representation of women in line with population ratios.
If 50% of CEOs and so on, were filled by women it would have a tectonic effect on society.
Sorry, everyone in the mainstream media sold out long ago: BREAKING: BAD: The Hypocrisy of the Mainstream Media and How it Elected Donald Trump https://a.co/d/3vcUrnL
That’s great to hear, Jay! Thanks for prioritizing trust and safety—creating a fun and secure space makes all the difference. Keep up the awesome work in making sure we can enjoy the platform without bots, harassment, or spam!
Occupants of the burning building were "lured" to the safety of the sidewalk. Hell, we didn't need to be lured, we sought out a safe, respecting environment.
This is why all authoritarian gvmts fail—they fall short of expectations. After cheap eggs, people want the communicative environment they feel safe about, and—comfortable in.
Somebody tell her to start anticipating ways that blocking may be made illegal cuz those mf's are almost surely going to compel consumption of their garbage
from the thread bsky released about the software update and the evolution of the app...they took user safety and moderation tools VERY seriously. Sounded like one of the reasons it was originally invite only... like a *responsible* software developers / social media company might do
@support.bsky.team also have to address the new approaches, like lists to block Dems supporting recounts and discussing the role of Russian ops in this election, those resistant to "just going nicely" or Russia/Putin experts.
Methinks the op has moved in, now projecting "grifting" onto Dems.
Check.
I heard today that elon wants You Tube; not sure if true. I say NO!! Thank you for Bluesky; I haven’t been called any vile names here. And I’m not that controversial; there is good and bad, right and wrong. It shouldn’t be difficult to live a good life.
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I've been here a little over a week and have more followers and more engagements here than I was there.
The only reason I want to grow is for the shelter dog advocacy I do.
Lose those troll and bot accts. We don't need them here.
https://bsky.app/profile/patternintegrity.bsky.social/post/3lbd6dozxcs2y
That was the feature that attracted me to Twitter yrs ago; Elon SELLING blue checks, meant anyone could 'impersonate' it lost value as a reliable source of info
@jay.bsky.team
I'm not a popular or public figure but people are able to know this is my real account because it's my website
Thanks for taking the time to respond though, it was helpful as a starting point.
He’s a stray I’ve been feeding for a while 🥰
How does BlueSky combat bots and spam?
Never go there.
because he feels threatened, musk will soon come with his billions to buy bluesky, I hope not, but if so I will unsubscribe from Bluesky
SINCE WHEN DOES SANITY & APPLICATION OF LOGIC TO NOT BE A DICK inherently get stuck only with “what women can do”
Then it hits me why we are so fuqd up at this point .
Good decision isn’t gender bias . Dnt be a dic
The government?! Did you choose their feeds to follow?! What a bootlicker.
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@jay.bsky.team
I like how it functions
Be careful out there
If 50% of CEOs and so on, were filled by women it would have a tectonic effect on society.
Oh. Must be talking about that trail of Reese's Pieces I followed over to here....
And it is working!
Thanks, Bluesky!
BlueSky is to X as FDR was to Hitler.
(Over the top^, Harvey J. Kaye?)
@harveyjkaye.bsky.social
#BlueSky for Bluer Skies
Leave the media to make my social media app sound smutty.
Methinks the op has moved in, now projecting "grifting" onto Dems.
Check.