It's amazing to me that journalists seem to be embracing Bluesky more than any other 𝕏 alternative, despite the fact that its audience is the smallest compared to Mastodon and Threads. (Looking forward to some decentralization so Bluesky can talk to those other worlds...)
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You like civility. Civility is good! We like civility too!
But please explain-in detail-why we-or anyone at all-should be "civil" to groups with a 100 year old proven track record of not just refusing to be civil, but insisting upon tyranny.
There's no "compromise" from someone who wants to take away your rights, freedoms, or even your life. I mean, what would that even be? Racism is okay on just certain days? That's complete nonsense.
I mean, who wouldn't want to get verified on Parler and get a yellow P.
If it's about advertising their work to the largest audience, size matters. But I hear Twitter never drove a lot of clicks?
What if it's about reaching a community full of other writers and eager readers, to influence the conversation or just for fun?
also the access. you can reach big names and experts pretty easily
But, replies spread slowly through the servers; there isn't the same sense of dialogue even between engaged participants.
As you have said, I think the fact that Bluesky still requires invite codes even as that other place is devolving into yet another Parler/Truth Social, makes it difficult to justify embracing it wholeheartedly.
Some people were mean to you about that, but I think the whole thing is that we saw what Twitter became when an inch was given to equivocation.
no writing without an account tho
is this something you could see a news room contracting out? seems like an interesting project
can totally be embedded in a news article, the how depends on what platform they use
both should be bsky
join the api touchers discord if you would like to learn the ancient art of http requests
twitter doesn’t need to “facilitate” journos, and can kill the capability at any moment
bluesky gives journos the tools to platform themselves
Everyone who stays is losing readers and supporting his antisemitism and racism. The longer a journalist hangs on there the more their reputation is damaged.
I’d like to eventually see BlueSky implement verified accounts for journalists and public figures.
-you need to get an invite
-there's not really a content-injection algorithm
-so it's harder to get noticed NOW
but down the road the benefits might be that it's a safer place *over time* tho not as lucrative up front?
I kinda think lack of videos and gifs as a positive.
Maybe the often complaubed threading will become an issue when threads become larger. Nowadays it is usually just a reply or two.
For reasons that felt a little on the wild side to me, there was a lot of hostility and distrust of journalists there, both..
Mastodon+Ivory is an amazing experience, but it's a stupid amount of work to find an follow people to keep the feed moving.
And this is all before, most of the interesting people I follow gave up on Mastodon for Bsky.
The other ones… umm… oh yeah, Spoutible, which seems like a personality cult centered around its owner, and Hive, which absolutely no one seems to even mention anymore
Here tho, other feed options available are peeps I already follow or weirdos that I’d block.
It is OK so far, if a little quiet
People are cross posting a lot