| Bluesky 10:50 - Nov 15 with 2976 views | ShirtNumbers |
Seen a lot of people moving from Twitter to Bluesky.
Anyone else done the same? What's it like over there? |  | | |  |
| Bluesky on 11:13 - Nov 15 with 2452 views | arfurdent |
bluesky sounds a bit skateish |  |
| And the White Knight is talking backwards
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| Bluesky on 11:26 - Nov 15 with 2441 views | TripleNiemi |
Think you are possibly asking the wrong people Sir as most on this forum I suspect are not that ‘up to speed’ with the whole Social Media platforms and ‘influencing’.
Reckon you might be better asking our Fan reps such as SaintRob, Alfie and that Summa bird |  |
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| Bluesky on 11:45 - Nov 15 with 2404 views | Buggalugs |
My guess is it’ll be full of a load of Guardian reading #bekind hypocrites, dribbling over how evil Elon Musk is. |  |
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| Bluesky on 12:08 - Nov 15 with 2370 views | franniesTache |
I made the switch over as i'd had enough of the ads on twitter, plus the AI stuff concerns me.
From what i can tell it's more split into smaller communities, and fits my need as something centered around my work instead of the bile and rants of a place like twitter.
Also refreshingly there's hardly any football content on there, which is exactly what i want from social media. |  | | |
| Bluesky on 12:47 - Nov 15 with 2335 views | arfurdent |
| Bluesky on 12:08 - Nov 15 by franniesTache |
I made the switch over as i'd had enough of the ads on twitter, plus the AI stuff concerns me.
From what i can tell it's more split into smaller communities, and fits my need as something centered around my work instead of the bile and rants of a place like twitter.
Also refreshingly there's hardly any football content on there, which is exactly what i want from social media. |
not a lot of football content at SMS these days | |
| And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head |
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| Bluesky on 13:05 - Nov 15 with 2298 views | SonicBoom |
Funny enough I moved there this week. Hard to have an opinion yet as you have to use it a while for the algorithm to start to understand what you're interested in. Early impressions are that there are way less users, and that there a lot less replies from bots and fewer ads.
But with less users there is less content and less to find interesting. That will change if it grows.
It is nice to try an alternative to X which has turned quite toxic since Musk took over. |  | | |
| Bluesky on 16:26 - Nov 15 with 2175 views | franniesTache |
| Bluesky on 13:05 - Nov 15 by SonicBoom |
Funny enough I moved there this week. Hard to have an opinion yet as you have to use it a while for the algorithm to start to understand what you're interested in. Early impressions are that there are way less users, and that there a lot less replies from bots and fewer ads.
But with less users there is less content and less to find interesting. That will change if it grows.
It is nice to try an alternative to X which has turned quite toxic since Musk took over. |
There's no ads, there's also no algorithm either. You get stuff from people you follow in chronological order of when it was posted.
You can subscribe to feeds about stuff you like, or see stuff your friends liked, but there's no actual algorithm
It's putting on about 1m new users a day so pretty fast growing too | | | |
| Bluesky on 16:40 - Nov 15 with 2165 views | UTS1885 |
I joined bluesky a while ago, when it was owned by twitter, but it was then separated from them when Musk bought it. Its still very early days on functionality because it has a small team, which im sure will now increase. I mute out 90% of political waffle as its boring and depressing.
When Musk bought twitter he claimed that the site needed to be 'apolitcal' and now hes in bed with a political party.
The lack of moderation is a major problem and i suspect many high level companies have considered leaving twitterX. Im thinking the likes of the BBC, Skysports many retail brands etc will all be looking for a better alternative. [Post edited 15 Nov 16:42]
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| Bluesky on 17:39 - Nov 15 with 2129 views | franniesTache |
| Bluesky on 16:40 - Nov 15 by UTS1885 |
I joined bluesky a while ago, when it was owned by twitter, but it was then separated from them when Musk bought it. Its still very early days on functionality because it has a small team, which im sure will now increase. I mute out 90% of political waffle as its boring and depressing.
When Musk bought twitter he claimed that the site needed to be 'apolitcal' and now hes in bed with a political party.
The lack of moderation is a major problem and i suspect many high level companies have considered leaving twitterX. Im thinking the likes of the BBC, Skysports many retail brands etc will all be looking for a better alternative. [Post edited 15 Nov 16:42]
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Most of the companies I work with are either pulling ads spend and social on twitter or stopping all together.
The proliferation of bots and the ease for their brand to end up next someone praising white supremacy of Hitler is too likely for them to take the risk.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see it implode completely in the next couple of years | | | |
| Bluesky on 17:53 - Nov 15 with 2115 views | Baltimore |
| Bluesky on 11:45 - Nov 15 by Buggalugs |
My guess is it’ll be full of a load of Guardian reading #bekind hypocrites, dribbling over how evil Elon Musk is. |
Correct!...it's where all the 'woke' lot have run off to have a cry. |  | | |
| Bluesky on 19:08 - Nov 15 with 2078 views | franniesTache |
| Bluesky on 17:53 - Nov 15 by Baltimore |
Correct!...it's where all the 'woke' lot have run off to have a cry. |
Assume you’ve not used it? Mine is full of people talking about top of the pops repeats, food and beer, then the specific work stuff I follow around advertising, technology and business.
I’ve signed up to blocklists that block people who want to shout about politicos automatically so I’ll never see them and muted references to football.
It’s actually pretty nice to be honest, and a great change from the over the top fake anger of twitter.
I guess if you’re looking for engagement through baiting you’ll hate it though as people just get blocked immediately and added to lists others can subscribe to so they don’t have to see any of that nonsense | | | |
| Bluesky on 19:55 - Nov 15 with 2052 views | LondonSaint76 |
| Bluesky on 19:08 - Nov 15 by franniesTache |
Assume you’ve not used it? Mine is full of people talking about top of the pops repeats, food and beer, then the specific work stuff I follow around advertising, technology and business.
I’ve signed up to blocklists that block people who want to shout about politicos automatically so I’ll never see them and muted references to football.
It’s actually pretty nice to be honest, and a great change from the over the top fake anger of twitter.
I guess if you’re looking for engagement through baiting you’ll hate it though as people just get blocked immediately and added to lists others can subscribe to so they don’t have to see any of that nonsense |
Those blocklists sound good, might well give it a go as both my daughter & I have now ditched Twitter completely. Must admit I make use of the ‘Ignore User’ facility on this site for the resident Sk8’s Porchy Blue & 130 Years so I never have to suffer any of their posts as they are consigned to virtual sewers than run below the website 🤢 |  |
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| Bluesky on 20:42 - Nov 15 with 2020 views | franniesTache |
| Bluesky on 19:55 - Nov 15 by LondonSaint76 |
Those blocklists sound good, might well give it a go as both my daughter & I have now ditched Twitter completely. Must admit I make use of the ‘Ignore User’ facility on this site for the resident Sk8’s Porchy Blue & 130 Years so I never have to suffer any of their posts as they are consigned to virtual sewers than run below the website 🤢 |
It can feel a bit slow as there’s no algorithm so you need to follow people you find interesting for it to work.
Saying that the plus side is being angry or controversial doesn’t get you promoted and is more likely to get you blocked so there’s no incentive to grift like that.
Personally I like that it’s slower, and that it’s split into people’s interests or professions more than shouting at each other.
It’s a bit like a natter down the pub where the two people that shouted woke or racist at each other every night have been barred from | | | |
| Bluesky on 23:19 - Nov 15 with 1981 views | saint22 |
| Bluesky on 17:53 - Nov 15 by Baltimore |
Correct!...it's where all the 'woke' lot have run off to have a cry. |
better to be a-woke than asleep in Musks world
Just got shot of my tesla | | | |
| Bluesky on 23:38 - Nov 15 with 1956 views | Buggalugs |
| Bluesky on 23:19 - Nov 15 by saint22 |
better to be a-woke than asleep in Musks world
Just got shot of my tesla |
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| Bluesky on 18:46 - Nov 18 with 1692 views | Joiedevivre |
Just had a little browse on their “discover” page. With no prior experience on the site, this is as close as you can get to neutral gauge of opinion. It was, as expected, mostly anti Elon Musk leftist posting (when politics is involved). That, nice images of space and some weirdly over-sexualised anime. I think i’ll miss out of this one. |  | | |
| Bluesky on 09:00 - Nov 19 with 1565 views | TripleNiemi |
Just seen that Werder Bremen are ‘leaving’ or moving their Social Media presence away from Twitter | |
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| Bluesky on 11:17 - Nov 19 with 1491 views | DorsetIan |
| Bluesky on 16:26 - Nov 15 by franniesTache |
There's no ads, there's also no algorithm either. You get stuff from people you follow in chronological order of when it was posted.
You can subscribe to feeds about stuff you like, or see stuff your friends liked, but there's no actual algorithm
It's putting on about 1m new users a day so pretty fast growing too |
I think Musk is crackpot but I've been sticking with X simply out of inertia.
But this week I have tick 'not interested in this' about 10 times to the same ad (I'm not ready for a care home in Yeovil) so it looks like Bluesky is the place for me. | |
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| Bluesky on 13:24 - Nov 19 with 1421 views | franniesTache |
| Bluesky on 11:17 - Nov 19 by DorsetIan |
I think Musk is crackpot but I've been sticking with X simply out of inertia.
But this week I have tick 'not interested in this' about 10 times to the same ad (I'm not ready for a care home in Yeovil) so it looks like Bluesky is the place for me. |
I just apply the pub principle to social media, if i walked into a pub and the landlord was screaming about white supremacy and acting like a loon, and the people drinking there just wanted to shout in your face about things you didn't want to engage in, i'd walk out and not go back.
That's basically twitter these days, and i've no interest in listening to that rubbish or putting up with those people so i've left. | | | |
| Bluesky on 16:16 - Nov 19 with 1346 views | ShirtNumbers |
| Bluesky on 18:46 - Nov 18 by Joiedevivre |
Just had a little browse on their “discover” page. With no prior experience on the site, this is as close as you can get to neutral gauge of opinion. It was, as expected, mostly anti Elon Musk leftist posting (when politics is involved). That, nice images of space and some weirdly over-sexualised anime. I think i’ll miss out of this one. |
I signed up on Friday.
Some of the posts are a bit smug on there, but there is no Elon Musk, no Owen Jones and no SaintRob so it's not so bad for me.
Plus Bluesky doesn't crash the moment I do anything more than scroll which is what my Twitter experience is like and I also get music stuff on there which I never got on Twitter post-Musk.
Judgement so far: it's good but it's no Ugly Inside | | | |
| Bluesky on 16:23 - Nov 19 with 1323 views | franniesTache |
| Bluesky on 16:16 - Nov 19 by ShirtNumbers |
I signed up on Friday.
Some of the posts are a bit smug on there, but there is no Elon Musk, no Owen Jones and no SaintRob so it's not so bad for me.
Plus Bluesky doesn't crash the moment I do anything more than scroll which is what my Twitter experience is like and I also get music stuff on there which I never got on Twitter post-Musk.
Judgement so far: it's good but it's no Ugly Inside |
The Trowbridge Toff Saint Rob signed up today so i immediately blocked the little pr*ck which felt good.
Would be nice if that cult of "influencers" was shut down before they begun there to be honest | | | |
| Bluesky on 17:17 - Nov 19 with 1282 views | TripleNiemi |
| Bluesky on 16:23 - Nov 19 by franniesTache |
The Trowbridge Toff Saint Rob signed up today so i immediately blocked the little pr*ck which felt good.
Would be nice if that cult of "influencers" was shut down before they begun there to be honest |
Oh that’s me out then. If SaintRob and the merry band of Noddy’s are heading over perhaps Twitter might improve…… | |
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| Bluesky on 18:23 - Nov 19 with 1260 views | UTS1885 |
Im far from being woke in using bluesky !
Whilst i can block/mute out allsorts of dull political nonsense on X. I and clearly millions of others have grown uncomfortable with using it. When there needed to be more moderation, it actually started going backwards and in many parts now is clearly a toxic dangerous hellhole. Im glad there are faceless mugs having old bill on their doorsteps for making racist and threatening posts. How do they live with a daily mindset of 'hate' is scary. No wonder there needing CBD Oil to given them the fake placebo that everything is great and wonderful. | | | |
| Bluesky on 18:56 - Nov 19 with 1249 views | InTimeAddedOn |
| Bluesky on 23:19 - Nov 15 by saint22 |
better to be a-woke than asleep in Musks world
Just got shot of my tesla |
That’s an improvement on my mate in Chicago who has just got shot IN his Tesla 😮 |  | | |
| Bluesky on 20:23 - Nov 19 with 1203 views | Joiedevivre |
| Bluesky on 16:23 - Nov 19 by franniesTache |
The Trowbridge Toff Saint Rob signed up today so i immediately blocked the little pr*ck which felt good.
Would be nice if that cult of "influencers" was shut down before they begun there to be honest |
Saint Rob, Mike Kavs and all the Saints Voice “Scummers” brigade. Moses has parted the Red Sea, the followers are marching across. | | | |
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