Good morning, Bluesky. There are 14 million of us now, and seemingly more on the way. That's pretty cool. Welcome if you're new, and I hope you enjoy your piece of the sky.
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Never was on Xitter, but I was on FB until the day after the 2016 election! Never looked back! I check IG because of my friends on there! Love it here!
Yeah it seems like this cursed election was the formative experience for the community or communities here. There was a BlueSky before this summer but it now feels like we have a distinctive thing for this new era, a new Us.
A lot of people are rightfully concerned about what is going to happen to them now with a Trump gov't with how Elon has been kissing ass. Others saw their follower counts take a steep dive and finally realized they're better off elsewhere. Regardless of why they finally came, I welcome them. 🙂
As I was traumascrolling Leon's hellscape yesterday, I realized I was holding my breath, bracing for the next violent hit of MAGA hatred and inhumanity.
That's when I fled to BSky, where a block is a block, and I can exhale.
Here for politics. #Libdem #ProEU #WomensRights and my sweetheart is a remain voting Farmer.
Son is on autistic spec & has Tourette’s. And I love labradors.
I would like to follow if we share the same interests
It's pretty nice. The interface is pretty nice. Overall a pretty good experience but I need to get back up to the thousands of followers I had on Twitter. I still left them there I'm just not engaging with it.
I wonder how many are Canadian? It feels like we are in migration mode, just like the geese. But I have no real evidence to base this on. Are there any stats?
I’m a refugee and new here, too. Let us all connect, support and stand up for one another… and find a path forward. I refuse to lose my humanity to this.
Unfortunately a lot of them are bots or scam accounts. In the past week or so hardly a day has gone by without my being followed by a suspiciously attractive middle-aged man with 2 followers, 4 posts and following 300 people. I've blocked them.
For anyone new looking to find some communities faster, the Starter Packs here are excellent. This contains a searchable database of them all. The packs let you follow people individually, or one click mass follow all. https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all
Thank you for the welcome. Do you know if developers are working on the ability to reply to multiple people? Like if two people are talking and you chime in, they both get cc'd?
I hate that it seems like I'm butting in and shoving someone off the conversation.
I don't know what the developers are up to, no. As for butting in -- it's not butting in to reply to a public post. You're using the service as intended. So I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Thank you. I wasn't clear. When I see two friends having a conversation and want to weigh in, I click on reply. On twitter, both friends will be replied to. On @bsky.app only the person whose comment I replied to will be cc'd. We are trying to bring our friends here, and this is unfortunate. Thanks!
They get notifications that you've replied but anyone can turn off notifications (and I assume most high-follower accounts do so). So no, nobody will see you chiming in unless they choose to
Thank you. I wasn't clear. When I see two friends having a conversation and want to weigh in, I click on reply. On twitter, both friends will be replied to. On @bsky.app only the person whose comment I replied to will be cc'd. We are trying to bring our friends here, and this is unfortunate. Thanks!
This is totally a visual difference, not a difference in what happens. If B replies to A and you reply to B, your reply will show up directly under B's but they'll both get notifications (if they haven't disabled them). Your reply is visible to everyone in the thread
We are trying to bring our fandom community over here. Everyone is very chill and easy and positive. They will be more than happy to help me run some tests to I can see if that's true. Will report back.
Thank you...
Yeah I misunderstood. Some quick points 1) Cc'ing isn't a good comparison here. Everybody can see everything they want to see. 2) You are never butting in! 3) You can't push someone out of the conversation, that can't happen (unless you block them and that's a totally different thing)
It shows as "replying to" the person they directly replied to, but it does show up in the notifications of all the participants in that branch of the thread.
I left everything behind at Twitter and am rebuilding here with a fresh start. Will follow back all like-minded people. Wish I had made this jump sooner!
Creative types have been here longest, you will see a lot of that in the general feed as they post and do a shout out about themselves. I’m seeing a lot off stuff that would be interesting to read, at very reasonable pricing, and it would be better for stress levels during this crazy.
I would suggest blocking anyone from the X migration that was a stressor to you lol. I’ve been grabbing interesting people to follow while it’s still easy to filter.
Hi, and thanks for the welcome. I’d like say I left The Bad Place for altruistic reasons but it’s more because seeing as many women being threatened with rape in one day (yesterday) as I did cannot be good for my mental health.
Ooo, also the Feeds tab over there does something similar. There's no algo to force feed nonsense here- populate your timeline with stuff you like, and you'll start getting more like that 😄
It just occurred to me. I haven't changed the reply function on here. Still reply all. Admittedly I started "Elsewhere" as politician and it's self care to limit replies over there. But here, I don't feel threatened or that I'll have to shut down insults. And that's nice.
Just joined 48 hours ago and already so grateful for this space. I think I already have more non-bot followers here than I did over there. Curious as to how many NEW users have joined in the last two days?
This guy is a good follow and he manages excellent block lists. https://bsky.app/profile/numb.comfortab.ly
You can either block individual accounts on your own or just click the “subscribe” button at the top and Bsky will block all of those accounts for you. And it automatically updates as users are added to the list
If only us cool mellow folks would stay & the ass 🤡 would stay on twitter or whatever cesspool they’re in!! I don’t miss being told things I like are wrong!!
The "nuclear block" function here is awesome! I was somewhat disappointed that less than a week in here, I had to use it. It works great, though. I can see that being a major factor in keeping it nicer here.
Hi! I'm new to bluesky! I'm wondering how to grow my experience and connect with other writers on here? I haven't seen much in short stories, poems or articles yet? Just daily blogging? If have any helpful tips that would be great. Thanks 😊
At some point when I realize that nobody is going to buy Elmo out to fix the site I'll nuke my account to reduce their user count by 1. If I somehow can be a net loss from now on, no matter how small, I'm happy.
Good morning! My grief is still coming in waves. I see that you like pie. Here are two of my favorites. The pretty one is lemon meringue, the other is my favorite derby pie. I accidentally had the broiler on instead of the oven for a few minutes so that one I renamed scorch pie.
I despise MAGA and Putin. I stand with Ukraine.
I believe every human, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation etc etc deserves freedom and human rights.
I left X because I’m sick of the obnoxious russian propaganda.
If you’re on the same page, I want us to be mutuals 🙏🏼
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So....old man's war?
Love his work.
https://bsky.app/profile/tfgyem.bsky.social/post/3l56elxh5u22c
I'm not the only one.
Block hundreds of MAGA accounts in one click
Starve them for air and keep your feed clean :)
Msnbc, Espn etc.
I wonder how many came after seeing zuck’s bootlicking post?
That's when I fled to BSky, where a block is a block, and I can exhale.
Breathe. Regroup. Rise up.
Thank you. 😊
Here for politics. #Libdem #ProEU #WomensRights and my sweetheart is a remain voting Farmer.
Son is on autistic spec & has Tourette’s. And I love labradors.
I would like to follow if we share the same interests
I am sure any day eLon will outlaw negative speak on certain Florida residents. Even though it was supposed to be about freedom of speech.
it's the swifties in the chat!! 🤗
I would like to see how many new people are coming to Blue Sky.
I hate that it seems like I'm butting in and shoving someone off the conversation.
The current system really does work pretty well
Thank you...
I hope many more people on Twitter deletes their ID as I dud due to Musk.
It just doesn’t smell as “Musky” around here 😉
Please take a look at my examples why Elon’s Twitter is horrible and we should all leave 👇 https://bsky.app/profile/makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social/post/3laibpnjoos2y
https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all
You can either block individual accounts on your own or just click the “subscribe” button at the top and Bsky will block all of those accounts for you. And it automatically updates as users are added to the list
https://clearsky.app/
"Like for trump, repost for kamala"
That website really broke...
Just walk away
I was just saying server space costs them money
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I believe every human, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation etc etc deserves freedom and human rights.
I left X because I’m sick of the obnoxious russian propaganda.
If you’re on the same page, I want us to be mutuals 🙏🏼
I trust in you 🥰
Please share my story 🤗
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