So, how are you all finding Bluesky?
I am mostly enjoying it, just finding it a little lacking in the hard edge breaking news aspect of twitter?
It really needs an Australian Trends section.
I am mostly enjoying it, just finding it a little lacking in the hard edge breaking news aspect of twitter?
It really needs an Australian Trends section.
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Kind of like putting a bunch of people that don't know each other into a room, and waiting for the nicetys to end and people really getting to know each other.
Biggest drawback so far for me though - no Bookmark facility.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:b4qwma6jjphgclnbagwxyxgu/lists/3lauh6c6r5i2d
I suppose though in their defence this is still beta, I think?
Excommunicate 'X'
We still see others migrating over, doesn't have that critical mass old twitter had. Think we will get there though.
DMing me. As if.
Shows how much it's off the radar for MSM
Besides this story below, there is a 65 y.o. in Colorado who is still completely convinced she’s in a romantic relationship with Keanu Reeves. Refused to acknowledge contrary evidence.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xrxbycbachtxi4gjqk3f4rzb/lists/3lfgirtz22m2r
81 independent Australian media/Reliable resources here... & growing.
https://bsky.app/profile/emergencybk.bsky.social/post/3lenqjwpt2k23
- experts from law, history, tech policy, human rights are here & sharing quality analysis & news
- it has small enough communities that people are 'social' rather than broadcasting. For example, I received great recommendations for our Taiwan trip
Continually evolving. Definitely room for improvement.
Permanently moved from twitter and feel much better for it.
No ads.✅
No Melon.✅✅✅✅✅
Genuinely friendly and social.✅
Less crap (e.g. 10 Things You MUST Do With Your Toilet Brush).✅
WIP:
Still waiting for more good people to migrate from 🦜 (NB not fully leaving the 🦜until they come across).
Agree - the leading edge news element needs work.
https://bsky.app/profile/aendra.com/post/3lcobo7bwec2t
Can you post more of the hard edge breaking news here yourself and then if more of us like, comment and repost maybe that will encourage more of the same.
Its always been one of Twitter's main key assets.
Elon has really messed around with it though and is making it almost impossible to use/rely on for major news events thanks to his genius ideas of Paid Bluechecks
I think we may never see the number of politicians and legacy media here that Twitter once had. I don’t think they welcome the scrutiny.
Did you search https://GoodFeeds.co and look for new categories to add, and delete some categories that no longer are of interest or indeed never worked out to be as interesting as you thought?
Do you click the big # & go into categories & delete some, add others?
Needs some control taken of follows from people promoting OnlyFans accounts. I’m sure there are other pains that need attention too. Algos can do.
It’s really annoying……..
There's been insignificant transition to BlueSky of key accounts I need, eg:
Govt Agencies (AUS & Global)
commercial brands
experts in health/science/etc etc
and, above all, ⚽ orgs
I prefer Mastodon overall (no dodgy followers, decentralised, fave ex X folk) •and• acknowledge Bluesky has won the most favour among Twitter diaspora. But mate, scroll thru my followers – see a trend?
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aqhwwfpnptoy4saleaxc7w2c/feed/aaaluca6lksmc
Trending Topics helped people grow followers by tweeting about what everyone else was and saved journo’s time (but not quality of output)
BlueSky users seem to have realised follower counts mean nothing, the quality of interaction is key.
It's nice to find a space to relax without the noise.
https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3le6c7tr7422c
I’m sure that will help 🙄
Also, flooding their mentions ensures NOBODY’S post to them gets seen, even if they contain good suggestions.
It can be a little flat at times compared to Twitter, mainly due to the lower volume of users. Many good accounts I want to follow haven't as yet come over.
Still finding my way here .
🎼it's getting better every day🎶
👍
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But their main problem at the moment is the influx of new Users versus their hiring new staff to help with same & further development of their systems.
20 people controlling 26M accounts & developing simultaneously.
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Labor politicians should all migrate to Bluesky and leave the nasty vindictive naysayers behind.
Sheets it will give you the format of X on Bluesky. It also has bookmarks etc.
There is a premium section(surprise,surprise), but overall, it covers most of the bases.
Also the hashtag thing isn't a thing here for some reason?
I had someone on X call me a fucking cunt without any prior engagement.
I reported them and after a number of weeks I was told they hadn't breached any guidelines.
But it's early days and I'm happy to be on board the new platform as it develops.
I guess that the plethora of paywalls weaned me off doomscrolling news sites and my world is infinitely better.
However, it's definitely not worth going back to Twitter/X to get it.
I'd rather stay here and refine my feed.
* Syria
* New Orleans
* Baltic cables
Etc
Spending more time here than FB, and finding the bulk of my X/Twitter accounts also here.
The "What's Hot" various feeds (finance, blacksky etc) that are available are great - lot spicier & smarter content than X. ~On par for breaking news, too.
Engagement is higher, bots are non-existent (so far) and nary a cryptobro shithead Musk dribbler to be seen.
Happy New year Peter & thank you to you & Lisa for all your support re fact based journalism & taking on the likes of Bruce Lehrmann.
Finding it bit inconsistent to see posts by people i follow
If they do it will confirm my thoughts that being a troll in itself is a desperate neediness - they need us, we don’t need them.
I found the pile on that came with trending topics was part of the problem with Twitter.
There are many others too, nothing to install just a link.
Did you elect to have "News" as a topic when you first signed up?
Half the time, due to doing too many different things at once, I forget to scroll right myself & end up just on "Following".
We need to explore & add more categories from https://GoodFeeds.co & delete others.
https://bsky.app/profile/leopuglisi6.bsky.social
'Staying in touch' with the corporations, plutocrats and their many hirelings will be the justification, really it'll be about job security in rich mens media.
Independents different, afaics. Tend to be indep financially, too.
Then it won't bug you for rego after a certain number of visits.
Then your visits will always be 'first time' visits.
Some sites will paywall you after one visit. Others will bug you to register after one or two visits.