Results of this Bluesky experiment, about 3 weeks in. TL:DR: the numbers are impressive, but the experience is meh. I opened this account as a secondary account through which to follow a bunch of starter packs. I did not expect to be followed back! So now I’m following a bunch of people, > - ThreadSky

utzbooks.bsky.social • 79 days ago

Results of this Bluesky experiment, about 3 weeks in.

TL:DR: the numbers are impressive, but the experience is meh.

I opened this account as a secondary account through which to follow a bunch of starter packs. I did not expect to be followed back! So now I’m following a bunch of people, >

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utzbooks.bsky.social•79 days ago

And I have a bunch of followers on this account alone. The numbers went up so fast, I thought the followers here might surpass those on my primary account, but then someone put my primary account on a popular starter pack and my followers there doubled overnight…

I had one big, viral post here. >

utzbooks.bsky.social•79 days ago

I’ve never had a post on the primary account, or indeed on the old Twitter, get as many likes as this account got for the post about my header photograph being a miniature and not a real library.

And yet… despite the impressive numbers, this account lacks human connection. It’s socially sterile.

utzbooks.bsky.social•79 days ago

To be quite honest, I am following too many accounts here. And though they all came from bookish starter packs, there are too many for me to get a sense of individual identity and continuity: it’s just an endless patter of disparate posts, even if most of them are bookish.

fernandogros.com•79 days ago

Starter packs are a mixed blessing. They’ve helped me improve my timeline quite a bit. But I’ve also followed too many of the kind if accounts I avoided on Twitter. Folks who post but seldom engage. The whole point if this for me is to meet people.

utzbooks.bsky.social•78 days ago

The mix of people I know IRL to people I don’t know is off-balance. I’m happy to make new friends, but here I feel like I’ve walked into a mass event where I know almost no one.

fernandogros.com•78 days ago

I understand. Twitter in the early years introduced me to people I wound up meeting IRL. I loved that.

Bluesky had such a dramatic influx of people. I hope it stabilises now.

hayleythough.bsky.social•79 days ago

I think the way followers grew steadily on other platforms works better for interaction despite the initial 'ooh followers!' feeling. I think that will happen here too but can't be fast forwarded. We are all following/ being followed by people we haven't done so because of sonething they/ we said.

utzbooks.bsky.social•79 days ago

To be honest, I’m surprised to get any response at all here. Hi, Hayley! 👋🏼

hayleythough.bsky.social•79 days ago

Me too usually which is why I responded. Hello!

mattfoxwriter.bsky.social•79 days ago

It’s going to take time. I didn’t use the bridge thing either, I wanted to avoid politics (to an extent) this time round, focus on books, screenwriting… It seems to be more about mutuals than X.

utzbooks.bsky.social•79 days ago

Well yes, but what I’m comparing in this thread isn’t X vs Bluesky but two different approaches to starting an account in Bluesky. The primary account I’m referring to is @gilibug.bsky.social

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