Guys I want to quit Twitter real bad. Please for gods sake put me in your starter packs and tell people to follow me here. It’s absolutely hell over there 🤣
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Its gotta be tough, but the propaganda machine is in full force over there, along with Elon at the helm. I respect either decision you make, because we need people over at Twitter (sorry, X 🙄) to hold some of the assholes over there accountable for their lies and stupidity.
Once you start posting it gives you really good options. I found so many people i used to follow on regular twitter by going to same Hastings, but also the feed here is great.
Bring your pod handles here too all the WellRed universe
There are 30 million people here and so many other platforms and avenues to sell things that aren’t tearing down democracy and whose owner isn’t ruining lives around the globe. Part of our problem as Americans is we’re inherently selfish (most of us). eBay, Etsy even IG is better than X.
Always an excuse. I had followers on Twitter and Threads and didn’t think twice about shutting them both down. I have almost those amounts on way less time.
No, he sounds like a stand-up comedian who needs to promote his work in order to get paid for it, and he would like to leave the platform where he does a bulk of that promotion but needs to have enough of a following on a different platform to do so.
Just pull the plug already. I quit Twitter cold turkey when BlueSky was still in its infancy and was invitation only. Went a few years without online community. Not so bad really and probably wouldn't have come here had a 2nd trump occupancy not happened. It can be done if there is will to do it.
It’s meta I’m having a hard time with. I have an oculus rift that requires a meta account, and I have some messenger groups that I can’t just demand they all use Bluesky instead, so I’m sort of stuck with a FB account that I don’t use. At least im not trapped in the boomer bait doom scroll now tho
Oh it is? Promoting my shows and paying my mortgage? Not that simple lol. We are not the same. Wish we were. And that’s no offense to you. But it’s not “that simple”
I didn’t say that. Not all Germans were Nazis. Some were just collaborators, others just looked the other way since it benefited them (average income increased 19% from 1933 to 1939).
Does twitter pay you directly? Does advertising to porn bots and Nazis fill your shows? Have you even tried promoting here yet? Quit whining. This is not the audience for it.
I'm new to this twitter like platform. What's the deal with wanting a bunch of followers? I mean, I know it translate into money and deals and shit on other platforms... But what does it do here?
Not being a snot... Truly curious
I follow plenty of people. Wasn’t aware that was a requirement. Why would I want my feed filled with things i don’t care about? I like movies and music. That’s what I follow
Why? B/c, as you've told a dozen people in thread, you want to sell show tickets. *And it's kind.*
Why put entertainment use of Bsky above the professional?Worrying about that, instead of using it to make fans feel connected & more likely to buy w/ at least the minimal engagement of a follow? 🤔
We all did it. Welcome but c’mon. You’re just like us. Quit Twitter because you want to. Not because we may or may not follow you.
This is a meritocracy.
Just quit. I have more followers in 6 months here than I did in 6 years over there. Most are real like-minded humans who had enough of the bad place. If you’re into that, stick around and make the effort to find your people.
He’s a stand-up comedian who has to use social media to promote his work so he can pay his bills. Keep this same energy for indie authors who still publish on Amazon.
Last time I was on Twitter I saw a user with a name along the lines of R*pingN***rs1234 not being found breaking community guidelines. That and the algorithm that deliberately exposed me to negative engagement content and the influx of bots, ads, and porn spam was more than enough for me to leave
👋 Corey!
Hey, folks, let's help Corey escape from the bad place permanently.
If anyone is running a stand-up comedy starter pack, a country-fried Southern gentleman/smart-ass starter pack, or even a new dad starter pack, add Corey to your list.
☆ He's really funny. We *need more funny.rn, too.
I just joined X hoping to promote my GTA VR clone to a wider audience. It's so racist and biased toward maga propaganda with so many bots upvoting
It's literally a giant scam
Aight man. Just trying to put food on my families table without relying on Twitter, which I have to. Glad we live different lives. But you know nothing of mine
From my understanding, many creators used a newsletter or email list to move platforms. Idk about starter packs, I'm not a creator, but maybe that will make the shift more streamlined? Anyway, Good luck!
@coreyrforrester.bsky.social we are very glad you’ve decided to make this change and ask for help with it. I followed you on Twitter for years until I abandoned that platform last year. It became unhealthy and unbearable. I admire your high tolerance for the jerks that populate that platform.
I get he's a comedian and X is part of his livelihood but there's a point where one might consider income derived from X as being blood money, given everything its current owner stands for and is inflicting on not just the USA, but many other countries further afield.
Absolutely right. One thing that astonishes me is the number of institutions that aren't getting a presence on BlueSky, not only because of the immorality of being on X but also because they are ignoring a potential audience of more than 33 million people!
Give it time. I think the car market will be one of the first to make the leap, exploiting the more EV-centric consumers (read: not Drill Baby Drillers). X as a brand is toxic, and there's a need for the informal, snappy format a Twitter-like provides.
So glad you are here. Legit, before I nuked twitter, the last things keeping me there was a loose conglomerate of "Comedians I enjoy" which of course includes you, Trae & Drew and a bunch of oddly specific nerd ephemera feeds that had yet to flee (although even those eventually did.)
I’m not asking you to reward me. You’re being hostile for no reason. I rely on Twitter numbers to sell tickets to feed my family. This post was hoping to counteract that. That’s all. You decided to be an asshole about it. That’s on you
I post here all the time but there is a one minute cap on videos. Twitter is where I have a bigger following and I have to sell tickets to feed my family. Simple as
So you will stay and support a site run by a dangerous Fascist because it is too much of a sacrifice to lose a few followers? I hope most people don't think like that or we are doomed. We need to be willing to sacrifice more than that at this very critical time.
Just delete it I did and I have almost 10,000 followers in two months .. you can also add yourself to other peoples starter packs .. it’s way better for your mental health to delete it
Pshhh. If you truly meant this you would quit. Not just Twitter either. You have to walk away from all of them to be free. No Meta. No Twitter. Fuck all of them.
It is hell. Has increasingly been. Welcome brother. You’ll get real people to debate u here that don’t have paid agendas. Like me. Much will be support tho as Americans agree on a lot more than folks believe
Go for it and quit that place. I already did months ago and it feels good. You are more than welcome here. So just tweet you are moving here and then deactivate that account. Besides that, it'll just make Musk angry you left 🤣🤣🤣🤣 so yeah go go go.
I don’t do many starter packs. There are people who do on Blue Sky. Put starter packs up in the search bar and see who pops up. If you follow/interact, those starter packs will come, but when they do, you have to vet your followers, or you will get spam, MAGA, and sex bots. It is a 2 edged sword.
Everyone has decisions to make in life Corey. If the food on your table needs to come by supporting a platform run by a Nazi that’s up to you. Hope it tastes good!
I’ve been thinking about this. If bluesky could facilitate an easier way for high profile x users to transition their following it would greatly incentivize the collapse of that platform. I don’t have an idea how to do it, but it seems important.
You just have to do it. Your following will build quickly here because engagement is so much better. I quit the dying bird the night of the election and never looked back.
If you want to quit Twitter, just quit Twitter. Begging for followers on here is pathetic. People will follow you cause they like what you post, not cause of crap like this.
We all have choices. If you only care about followers go ahead and go back there. If you actually care about anything other than yourself, this place exists for you to attempt to build a following.
You don’t see the irony of telling people that you want to be added to starter packs and telling people to follow you, yet you follow about 1/10 of the people following you? Did you read the posts people replied to you? Most were saying similar things.
So what happens if you don't get the followers. Can't pay the bills? No one sends you Christmas cards? Or you lose all faith in yourself and are forced to start over and prove yourself again?
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I'm not encouraging anyone to follow anyone. While long since normalized, that shit's fucking weird.
If people happen to follow you, great. But asking users to put it to others to follow you...that shit's weird.
Not good weird. Creepy weird.
Here’s a test for you: have you ever heard of David Brenner?
/s
Welcome!
Bring your pod handles here too all the WellRed universe
wow man, that's so fucking sad
Friends don’t let friends use toxic social platforms.
Are you looking for likes and followers?
Just start from scratch, dude. I followed you here so there's one follower.
I had a shit ton of followers on Twitter and left it all behind. Never asked anyone to follow me here.
2) Use #Hashtags In your bio about interests
3) Search Bluesky for your topics and for trends and repost and follow people who resonate w you
4) Follow Starter Packs that interest you
I left 17k followers, should have left sooner
Not being a snot... Truly curious
Why put entertainment use of Bsky above the professional?Worrying about that, instead of using it to make fans feel connected & more likely to buy w/ at least the minimal engagement of a follow? 🤔
Oh, nevermind. Silly me.
I was the one being a dick.
This is a meritocracy.
Earn it.
You’ll be fine.
“Join the rebellion, Skywalker”
Have fun. 👍✊🏻😎
Two Nazis
Hey, folks, let's help Corey escape from the bad place permanently.
If anyone is running a stand-up comedy starter pack, a country-fried Southern gentleman/smart-ass starter pack, or even a new dad starter pack, add Corey to your list.
☆ He's really funny. We *need more funny.rn, too.
It's literally a giant scam
I'll do my part and share it around, fella!
Sounds about white.
the man with one foot on the dock and one foot in the boat will soon have both feet in the water.
If it's so bad (and it absolutely is), leave. Frankly you should have left weeks ago.
Show a semblance of character and vote with your goddamn feet.
The alternative is providing tacit support for a Nazi.
I get he's a comedian and X is part of his livelihood but there's a point where one might consider income derived from X as being blood money, given everything its current owner stands for and is inflicting on not just the USA, but many other countries further afield.
Its full of fucking nazi shit, dude.
Wake your ass up.
https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-ban-platform-x-formerly-twitter-in-the-european-union
Maybe try quitting one day at a time!
Loved your videos at the bad place, but I never see your posts at all here, fwiw
Wishing you wild success here, too!
You already have 9.2K followers. It sounds like you have some other issues, that you aren't disclosing.
https://bsky.app/profile/yoennvi.bsky.social/post/3lk6eebbabc2p
Started following you after that attic rant "WHAT ARE Y'ALL SO AFRAID OF, HEALTHCARE?"
And then just bask in that sweet sweet relief.
The Buttercream Dream needs to win a title at WrestleMania.