1) the Twitter joke they share ain’t that funny.
2) I didn’t think dunking was unseemly, I thought it was more about not feeding trolls cause everyone saw how that ended up?
Pretty sure these editorialists all spend 20 minutes using this website after following the most boring possible accounts and then churn out an article about how it’s less fun than the site where Elon Musk and Nazis talk about how women should only exist to generate feet pics
“I followed back the first one hundred accounts that followed me on this new social media app, and my feed was entirely taken up by gofundme links. App is useless, I didn’t see a single dogpile in 9 hours of scrolling.”
I am coming around to the idea that for many of them, they lack the tech savvy to understand the difference between how BlueSky and feeds serve content, and how other platforms serve content, so they join, follow an inadequate number of the wrong people and don't understand why they only see
I also think a lot of them were a moderately big deal on pre-Musk Twitter (you have to remember that the most obscure journalists were given blue ticks) and they're mad as HELL that Bluesky is not Continuity Twitter and nobody cares.
My feed got vastly better when I followed an unseemly large number of scientists. Initially, I was following either people I know personally, which in my case means mostly science fiction writers, plus accounts I'd followed on X. Adding thousands of scientists made my feed much more interesting.
That, and adding a few niche feeds. Now my reading list randomly serves me Moo Deng pics, science art, people mentioning potatoes (and fries!), and pics of people's dinners and gardens. Also posts about KEXP, world's best radio station. Now I get a mix of "smart people, neat stuff" and "❤️❤️❤️"
I probably should respect Stancil for putting his theories about effective political communication to the test, but then again the whole point of such an exercise is that he should listen to the results, maybe even question whether he should be telling people how to win over voters.
I might respect him if he came out of that election realizing he may not be the super smart election genius he claims to be instead of saying the voters are wrong
There's a joke in there, but it's hard for some to disambiguate from factual analysis. The joke might be the subject as well as the thesis, or both, like a dog chasing its tail in a circle. I can't tell, I'm dizzy.
They're courtiers to billionaires following other courtiers to billionaires and they wonder why they're bored. But I doubt they'd consider following little-known artists, or archaeologists, or people who post weird medieval marginalia, because all those people are "plebs."
Those paragraphs are very funny. Plus I have had many laughs on this site since the beginning, way more than the old bird site. These continued tropes about this site is getting old. When I used FB I did not join groups on something that did not interest me. I joined groups based on my interests.
Her follows are wild. She's got a fair number of people, but I assumed that out of the 400 people she follows we'd have quite a few in common. There were like 6 people where we overlapped
Despite knowing posts are skeets here, the writer manages to come across as even less Bluesky-savvy than the poor Slate writer who had to issue a correction about Alf hog.
Little journey thru my thoughts... is that a typo? Isn't it "deprecating"? Oooh, but twitter humor depreciated over 9 years as we got perspective! *snort*
This pic is a fantastic and hard-hitting piece of photojournalism but I'd hardly call it "funny" or "irreverent". To millions of West Virginians these issues are deadly serious.
If a person ever writes the words "What is missing isn't merely Nazis" they should have their drivers license revoked. And their voters registration. And their birthday.
This has been at the top of my “popular with friends” feed for my entire delayed layover, I can’t imagine how many people have seen it over my shoulder as I mindlessly tap around [joyously]
The first thing I think I saw on Bluesky was a Photoshopped tanker with Alf boobs. Of course I immediately followed you, Faine, because this was a new worldview.
The writer needs a dozen Feeds that make them happy, and some Friends with interesting people they follow.
This is the one and only time I will ever suggest people should debate Faine: I want to see what happens when you put the person responsible for Bluesky's Alf up against Opinion Columnists on a stage.
Canadian MSM is completely compromised and is owned by pro conservatives. Canada is majority left of centre country and none of our MSM press reflects this. Ignore anything by Glib and Stale. There’s always an agenda
If you feel like you're walking on eggshells because you can't treat your fellow human beings with respect, then you deserve to feel like you're walking on eggshells. Don't tread on another's humanity.
i like how whoever this is was able to write "there is no irreverent humor, no bite" a couple sentences after telling their reader the posts are called "skeets"
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We never have fun here.
We do this deeply earnest task for boring each other to death!
Who wore it better?
It's an amazon listing with 0 reviews, so it might turn out fake.
https://www.amazon.com/Funny-Mothman-Slapped-Mothmans-Pleasant/dp/B0CK1B7SBQ/131-7184082-1090354?pd_rd_w=xy2JL&content-id=amzn1.sym.086a7699-38a5-4d61-8309-482151195716&pf_rd_p=086a7699-38a5-4d61-8309-482151195716&pf_rd_r=7P13BG9CS4PPCWVA4QHV&pd_rd_wg=SSxzc&pd_rd_r=9389ec53-6800-4bb5-8918-03aa65f42c05&pd_rd_i=B0CK1B7SBQ&customId=B0752XJYNL&customizationToken=MC_Assembly_1%23B0752XJYNL&th=1&psc=1
I cannot lie.
They’ve also got homophobic jokes and wife-beating jokes.
Which is just me saying "more of that, please".
2) I didn’t think dunking was unseemly, I thought it was more about not feeding trolls cause everyone saw how that ended up?
The age of alf hog is eternal, the Kingdom of alf hog is now.
I mean...
I must have my feed provided to me!
When you stare into the Alf hog, the Alf hog stares back into you.
TF are these jackasses talking about
Or: is that flapping or clapping I hear.
I don't like the word deprecating.
The writer needs a dozen Feeds that make them happy, and some Friends with interesting people they follow.
My guess is there has been much discussion I’ve missed on this point.
https://www.gagehdesigns.com/cryptothiccology
It’s awesome
The right has pre-teen humor on lock.
https://bsky.app/profile/blueheronfarm.bsky.social/post/3kqvqwj5gn42k
Kinda wanna see him clap em. Just saying.
I think they went to mastodon in 2022 by mistake.