So if someone were to try to extract user data from this new service, would that be
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/MidnightOil_BlueSkyMining.jpg
― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Friday, 14 July 2023 16:30 (two years ago)
seems like the owners/employees have basically been bullied off their own platform. apart from one SWE they've completely stopped posting. truly outstanding effort from the userbase.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 July 2023 19:17 (two years ago)
what a world
― lag∞n, Friday, 14 July 2023 19:18 (two years ago)
abolitionism starts here
― rob, Friday, 14 July 2023 20:03 (two years ago)
Bluesky: It died in Beta
― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Friday, 14 July 2023 20:04 (two years ago)
"seems like the owners/employees have basically been bullied off their own platform."
Just joined 😂
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 July 2023 20:24 (two years ago)
ha i thought that would catch your eye.
leadership here is as sus as threads or twitter. like jack, they seem to share a lot of intellectual heritage with thiel, although i'm sure they'd deny it (60s bay area libertarianism, girard, etc.) but with burning man and shitposting (as an alibi for race wierdness) and some weird fash-adjacent stuff about nature.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 July 2023 20:40 (two years ago)
grasscist
― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Friday, 14 July 2023 20:41 (two years ago)
seems like the owners/employees have basically been bullied off their own platform. apart from one SWE they've completely stopped posting. truly outstanding effort from the userbase.― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 July 2023 19:17 (one hour ago) link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 July 2023 19:17 (one hour ago) link
tbh this is very funny
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 14 July 2023 20:44 (two years ago)
dril's second skeet was good: "im going on a posting strike from here until the.y make every one not racist or whatever"
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 July 2023 20:47 (two years ago)
first post from someone other than that one poor SWE who had to ship the n-word regex. replies are good. https://bsky.app/profile/why.bsky.team/post/3k2izrg6k6o2j.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 July 2023 20:53 (two years ago)
someone normal should make an app imo
― lag∞n, Friday, 14 July 2023 21:23 (two years ago)
first post from someone other than that one poor SWE who had to ship the n-word regex. replies are good. https://bsky.app/profile/why.bsky.team/post/3k2izrg6k6o2j🕸.
― Gerard Grisey Funk (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 14 July 2023 21:28 (two years ago)
lmao the mods are being called out and people are snitch tagging the investors on ... linkedin!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 July 2023 21:29 (two years ago)
no
i mean someone else can, but i can't be bothered to be honest. no offence. it's very silly.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 July 2023 21:30 (two years ago)
its all fun and games til you bring the beef to linkedin
― lag∞n, Friday, 14 July 2023 21:34 (two years ago)
ahh brilliant, hide it where no one will look
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 14 July 2023 21:36 (two years ago)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, July 14, 2023 3:17 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
'scuse me, while I diss bluesky.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 14 July 2023 21:39 (two years ago)
Not a screenshot but: the post is from a bsky team technical advisor that says “Some of that Blue.” with a photo of a blue sky with which is just not remotely helpful.
― KPH, Friday, 14 July 2023 21:39 (two years ago)
To you, no. If you consider that some people reading might be colour-blind, though...
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 14 July 2023 21:42 (two years ago)
I almost went back to LiveJournal after seeing my posts from the 2000s and missing writing in paraphernalia, and then I found it was owned by Russians and…subject to Russian law.
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Friday, 14 July 2023 21:51 (two years ago)
(Also am in Bluesky and it feels like me and Albini and Parton Oswalt hanging out in a Delta Skylounge.)
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Friday, 14 July 2023 21:52 (two years ago)
Xp: ha well they did include an alt text so that’s good
― KPH, Friday, 14 July 2023 21:55 (two years ago)
TIL blueski was (probably) a pun
― or something, Friday, 14 July 2023 23:16 (two years ago)
Holy SHIT you are not ready for this pic.twitter.com/1wMD4Jq9Kp— Lauren McKenzie (@TheMcKenziest) July 14, 2023
― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Saturday, 15 July 2023 12:47 (two years ago)
Bluesguy
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Friday, July 14, 2023 11:11 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Lol
I joined ello but lord only knows when I was last on it or if the account still exists
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 15 July 2023 13:36 (two years ago)
i was @lebronjames on ello
― lag∞n, Saturday, 15 July 2023 14:07 (two years ago)
in case anyone wants an invite code
bsky-social-ufxqd-dszmobsky-social-2biwx-cqxgy
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 01:46 (one year ago)
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 01:54 (one year ago)
both taken
― formerly abanana (dat), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 02:01 (one year ago)
I'm on there now as chants.bsky.social. Haven't found very many people to follow on there, idk.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 02:04 (one year ago)
"I joined ello but lord only knows when I was last on it or if the account still exists"
the app still exists, so I assume the network does (I think I wound up deleting it, but I would occasionaly open it up as recently as a year ago and see just random images). Confusingly Ello is also now the name of a more high profile reading app that has nothing to do with old Ello.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 02:05 (one year ago)
If anyone wants to follow me on there I’m matthewbalaam.bsky.social - I won’t post much except the odd link to a radioshow or gig probably.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 08:11 (one year ago)
bluesky cant hope to compete with twitter until they get video so you can watch the cop eat shit on the slide
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 00:48 (one year ago)
Have atthem:
bsky-social-w77g6-ysjchbsky-social-zsizl-emv5ibsky-social-efm3v-h6eehbsky-social-7ch5w-6blgf
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 3 August 2023 06:42 (one year ago)
Thanks!
― Roz, Thursday, 3 August 2023 07:07 (one year ago)
thanks!
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 3 August 2023 07:33 (one year ago)
all taken (not by me, alas)
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Thursday, 3 August 2023 09:46 (one year ago)
I’m on there, easy enough to find.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 3 August 2023 12:49 (one year ago)
I've got to keep an eye out for the next invite dump!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 August 2023 12:50 (one year ago)
Voilà
bsky-social-jl33a-obpxgbsky-social-q5c6l-q6owc
― rob, Thursday, 3 August 2023 12:57 (one year ago)
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Thursday, 3 August 2023 13:02 (one year ago)
welcome :)
― rob, Thursday, 3 August 2023 13:09 (one year ago)
if anybody needs one just DM me on slack or twitter, I've got 5
― 龜, Thursday, 3 August 2023 14:42 (one year ago)
will do ASAP, I'm stuck somewhere else right now. are you easy to find on Twitter?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 August 2023 14:49 (one year ago)
yeah I'm @smashedmcdouble
or I can just ilxmail you if yours works josh
― 龜, Thursday, 3 August 2023 15:07 (one year ago)
that would be great, thanks! I am pretty sure my Gmail address is in my profile.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 August 2023 15:37 (one year ago)
So jklein04 AT gmail.com. Thanks again! (Looks like I couldn't DM you on twitter if I wanted to without twitter blue)
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 August 2023 15:57 (one year ago)
I just used the ilxmail interface
― 龜, Thursday, 3 August 2023 15:57 (one year ago)
yeah, I didn’t mean to imply gofundme was inherently a risk, other than some well-meaning commenters thinking gofundme does any sort of vettingthe people coordinating donations, any financial transactions that obviously will fall under scrutiny like wiring money to italy in order for an intermediary to send money… I’d be very cautious
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 2 June 2025 01:06 (one month ago)
My Bsky feed this morning:
Cat picDog pic1990 unknown cassette-only darkwave songPhoto of skyPeter Capaldi memePic of coin with a tomoe on itSomeone I don't really know (but who I probably follow on bsky) preparing for a job interviewGavin NewsomOtter videoCat picPhoto of skyPhoto of skyPhoto of skyUgly meme memorializing Alan TuringInsta reel of Black men dancing
...I think once I reached Turing Bsky just started throwing random Content at me
The interesting thing is that I don't own pets and I'm not really interested in pictures of other people's pets. I guess "pet pictures" has just become a synecdoche for "hey, if you're feeling bad, here's something you can feel good about". Those segments they used to do at the end of the news, you know, for people who couldn't take the constant drumbeat of awful things. "And now, the lighter side!" It didn't work for me then and it doesn't work for me now. I kind of feel the same way about pictures of the sky. The sky's right outside. I just walked outside and checked. It's still there. I'm not Anne Frank. I can go outside and even walk around. I actually just bought a deck chair so I can spend more time outside. The sky is nice. The air is nice.
The plus side is that I didn't see any really traumatic, triggering content. I do get triggered pretty easily, but looking at Gavin Newsom doesn't trigger me. It's a definite improvement over past social media experiences I've had. There's not the sudden mood whiplash that past social media evoked.
I just... I have no idea what's going on right now. Pictures of videos and animals are all well and good, but I'm... _genuinely optimistic_, in a _practical_ sense. And I don't know how to express that. I don't know how to live that.
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 13 June 2025 15:57 (one month ago)
See OK this is weird, I made a vaguepost about current events and now I'm getting a bunch of political stuff. Including, uh, Paula Poundstone? W-what? Why?
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 13 June 2025 16:01 (one month ago)
what feed are you using?
― rob, Friday, 13 June 2025 16:06 (one month ago)
Are you using “Popular with Friends “ or some other feed rather than “Following” ?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 June 2025 16:16 (one month ago)
Mark Cuban is complaining on Bluesky that while Bluesky may have less racists than X, that Bluesky posters are mean
https://bsky.app/profile/mcuban.bsky.social/post/3lr4op5zib22q
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 June 2025 17:58 (one month ago)
Mother Jones contributor Stephanie Mencimer wrote a fluff piece on a MAGA Trump supporter, and got nasty profane comments on Bluesky, and has now tweeted “ This is why I am still on twitter. Bluesky is no refuge.”
On twitter someone responded: This is why I'm still on twitter, where the post linking my Nazi fluff piece has generated exactly one (1) engagement, which itself comes with a well-deserved content warning
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 June 2025 18:09 (one month ago)
centrist melts complaining on bsky abt ppl being mean on bsky just feel like ppl who have humiliation kinks (which i think is core to centrism tbh, like if "both sides" are yelling at me that means i have good politics)
― petey, pablo & mary (m bison), Friday, 13 June 2025 18:13 (one month ago)
WHAT KIND OF "UTOPIA" IS THIS WHERE NAZIS AREN'T WELCOME?!?!https://bsky.app/profile/cait.bsky.social/post/3lrj5ghfrqk2z
― can't complain, mustn't grumble, melancholy apple c (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 13 June 2025 19:58 (one month ago)
Since the NBA season ended last night, here's my self indulgent take on where Sports Bluesky is atm. The TLDR is that crappy Resistance accounts are working like antibodies to flush casual sports ppl off this platform and the devs should address this if they actually want sports to take off here.
Some person named Velodus who has 15 thousand followers is unhappy that some people are being mean to casual sports fans on Bluesky
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 June 2025 19:39 (one month ago)
Calling the kind of "Resistance" accounts he's describing "people" feels overly generous.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Monday, 23 June 2025 19:41 (one month ago)
it's actually a real problem, related to the Discovery feed
― sleeve, Monday, 23 June 2025 19:42 (one month ago)
lauren ✧@lau✧✧✧.rotatingsandwic✧✧✧.c✧✧· 2hcosign, fixing the discover feed would go a long way toward fixing the problems of scolds paradropping into your replies when you're trying to talk about the god damn mets or whatever
― sleeve, Monday, 23 June 2025 19:44 (one month ago)
I was going to remove the Discovery feed entirely but I keep it way on the far right side so it’s the last feed. I can scroll over there when I need to know what the #bluecrew is up to. #ripbrittneyanddonk
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 23 June 2025 19:56 (one month ago)
Bluesky is absolutely fucking awful.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 23 June 2025 20:14 (one month ago)
needs more snrub
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 23 June 2025 20:15 (one month ago)
mr. snrub otm
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Monday, 23 June 2025 20:19 (one month ago)
I never did twitter so it suits me just fine, lots of solar/tech stuff plus actual good political posters, and lots of blocking
chronological feed ftw
― sleeve, Monday, 23 June 2025 20:22 (one month ago)
Bluesky is what you make it. If your feed sucks, it's because you've followed a bunch of bad accounts. Unfollow them and do better.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Monday, 23 June 2025 20:24 (one month ago)
otm
― sleeve, Monday, 23 June 2025 20:28 (one month ago)
Muted words is good but need to mute entire phrases like 'I don't know who needs to hear this'.
― nashwan, Monday, 23 June 2025 20:47 (one month ago)
^ another remembered post that didn't originally send ha
― nashwan, Monday, 23 June 2025 20:49 (one month ago)
lol I support that
― sleeve, Monday, 23 June 2025 20:50 (one month ago)
what feed are you using?― rob, Friday, June 13, 2025 4:06 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglinkAre you using “Popular with Friends “ or some other feed rather than “Following” ?― curmudgeon, Friday, June 13, 2025 4:16 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
― rob, Friday, June 13, 2025 4:06 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
― curmudgeon, Friday, June 13, 2025 4:16 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
no one ever answers this question, either on Bsky or, apparently, in this very thread.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 23 June 2025 20:58 (one month ago)
The only time you need to use discover is when a topic is trending, as with Minnesota assassination topic.
― einstürzende louboutin (suzy), Monday, 23 June 2025 21:03 (one month ago)
centrist melts complaining on bsky abt ppl being mean on bsky just feel like ppl who have humiliation kinks (which i think is core to centrism tbh, like if "both sides" are yelling at me that means i have good politics)― petey, pablo & mary (m bison)
― petey, pablo & mary (m bison)
fuck off, my humiliation kink is leftist praxis
no one ever answers this question, either on Bsky or, apparently, in this very thread.― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm)
i didn't answer the question because i didn't check this thread for a week lol
ok i am an old and i didn't know you could switch between "popular with friends" and "following". i like bsky but sometimes it feels like the linux of social networking sites.
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 24 June 2025 01:40 (one month ago)
hahahaha
(i might be misreading tone, just to be sure, my post was not directed @ u at all kate)
― petey, pablo & mary (m bison), Tuesday, 24 June 2025 02:08 (one month ago)
I wish you could mute/block accounts based on having a blue wave emoji in their profile, then it would be perfect.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 24 June 2025 03:25 (one month ago)
using a social media platform like Twitter/Bluesky during a televised sporting event that many people are watching is one of the truly great uses of a platform like this ... *if* there are enough sports people on it.
if Bluesky is doing something to keep sports fans away, that's a mistake. they should be actively courting the leagues, writers/personalities, meme accounts, etc.
i guarantee you there are millions of people who would like to bail on Twitter but don't because of the sports presence.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 24 June 2025 03:43 (one month ago)
many xposts
― alpine static, Tuesday, 24 June 2025 03:44 (one month ago)
also, please please please let us turn off retweets from individuals
― alpine static, Tuesday, 24 June 2025 03:45 (one month ago)
hahahaha(i might be misreading tone, just to be sure, my post was not directed @ u at all kate)― petey, pablo & mary (m bison)
nah, you got it, that was mock-outrage :)
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 24 June 2025 07:16 (one month ago)
yes yes
― Ste, Tuesday, 24 June 2025 10:42 (one month ago)
I hate it here
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/bluesky-is-adding-age-verification-features-for-users-in-the-uk-195753332.html
― from…Peru? (gyac), Thursday, 10 July 2025 21:40 (two weeks ago)
It's not just Bluesky of course
― Proust Ian Rush (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 10 July 2025 21:47 (two weeks ago)
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 11 July 2025 19:00 (two weeks ago)
lol
I’m on Bluesky, because I simply have to post. It’s okay over there, though I have determined I am too earnest for Twitter and too cynical for Bluesky, and thus am looking for a secret third microblogging platform. Right now I like to post innocuous opinions about extremely popular old bands, or super vague opinions about music in general, just because the Bluesky folks seem to love that kind of thing. I’ll say “you know who really rocked? THE BEATLES” and get 20 replies being like “yes! Have you heard ‘Yellow Submarine’?”
― jaymc, Wednesday, 23 July 2025 14:22 (two days ago)
she has a blog titled "i enjoy music"? get outta here!
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 23 July 2025 14:27 (two days ago)