thank you and mookie and lagoon so much<3mookie’s arrived earlier so that’s the one i used
― estela, Monday, 21 August 2023 02:45 (one year ago) link
Hurrah! What's your handle?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 August 2023 03:17 (one year ago) link
same old estelaisalei i already followed you :)
― estela, Monday, 21 August 2023 04:00 (one year ago) link
https://maxread.substack.com/p/checking-in-on-twitter
What it lacks, and what might be hard to develop, is a large contingent of normal people who signed up to follow celebrities/politicians and stuck around to be a permanent disapproving audience and pool of intermittent guest stars.
this is true. so far the main characters have mainly been the mods, or moderation adjacent drama. the user base is too sophisticated. not enough willing bean dads.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 21 August 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
thank you and mookie and lagoon so much<3
mookie’s arrived earlier so that’s the one i used
― estela, Sunday, August 20, 2023 10:45 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
up 4 grabs bsky-social-h3t4k-f3fco
― lag∞n, Monday, 21 August 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link
ooh i said i wouldnt beg but uhh
― juan epshteyn-- r.i.c.o., but suave tambien (Hunt3r), Monday, 21 August 2023 19:58 (one year ago) link
ilxmailed u
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 21 August 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link
Nice piece from Max (as always) and very funny how X (formerly known as twitter) hasn't broken. My experience is like, 90% the same as before Musk took over.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 21 August 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
Look at these codes I got
bsky-social-mgrnd-efchnbsky-social-oom7t-bv4nlbsky-social-i3gau-u73f6
― Chris L, Monday, 21 August 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
Thank you Chris L, I took the first of those codes.
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 21 August 2023 20:50 (one year ago) link
bsky-social-nr63m-2duvo
― Cow_Art, Monday, 21 August 2023 21:10 (one year ago) link
Just grabbed that one Cow_Art, thx!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 21 August 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
Does anyone have a code to spare?
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor), Monday, 21 August 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
bsky-social-pho3m-nqqqz
― Clay, Monday, 21 August 2023 21:41 (one year ago) link
Happy to see more ILXors there (akm just joined), but definitely make it clear who you are if your handle isn't the one on here (I've got some mystery follows who I *might* know? But am not sure?)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 August 2023 22:02 (one year ago) link
i'm @reesewitherspoon
― Clay, Monday, 21 August 2023 22:09 (one year ago) link
caek, thanks kindly. are these time locked in any way? i just entered it and got an invite code not working msg.
― juan epshteyn-- r.i.c.o., but suave tambien (Hunt3r), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:14 (one year ago) link
Thanks, Clay! Its not accepting it for me though. Getting the same message as Hunt3r.
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:18 (one year ago) link
bsky-social-glrzr-oio7lbsky-social-c6dfa-muw2gbsky-social-hcwbz-elbgebsky-social-qmqmi-kbayvbsky-social-mv6r6-bfvjghere’s what I got, hope something works!
― Clay, Monday, 21 August 2023 22:23 (one year ago) link
That probably means someone snaked the invite out from underneath you
― the new drip king (DJP), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:23 (one year ago) link
Clay, I swiped the 4th in your series, figuring other faster fingers were at work. Thank you. and caek, thanks again for the email, i don't know why it didn't work-- nobody else has access to that email-- it's exists for me only as this weird ilxor legacy thing.
― juan epshteyn-- r.i.c.o., but suave tambien (Hunt3r), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:37 (one year ago) link
i'm @foxshark fwiw. Have not yet followed or posted or done anything but I'll get around to it!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:42 (one year ago) link
Grabbed the second one. Thanks, Clay! Now, what is this???
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:44 (one year ago) link
im @kateisnotreal for anyone interested
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:45 (one year ago) link
i'm @theporouscity.com
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:48 (one year ago) link
I used Clay's first invite code, thank you.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:51 (one year ago) link
or maybe it was Cow Art's, dunno.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 21 August 2023 22:52 (one year ago) link
Sorry hunt3r, glad you’re in.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 00:41 (one year ago) link
no worries. i’m @hunt3r
― aeronimo is mad againe (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link
caek who are u
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 01:42 (one year ago) link
See I dont want a social media space where I can fawn over slebs and go "oooh! They replied to me!". I just want a damn space where I can sort posts by the people *I* want to read, at *my* pace, and occasionally sling a bon mot or grenade into the mix. Livejournal suite that purpose nicely. FB kind of did, but nowhere near as well. There's no one space anymore where I can catch up with what everyone I know is doing. I have to lurk on FB and Twatter and bsky and ILX and thanks to fucking algorithms I am STILL missing half of what people say and do because I'm not glued to it all 94/7 I am well aware this makes me sound like a cranky old lady version of AlexinNYC but hey whatever.
...maybe bsky will be a good "just my mates" place for at least a while?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 02:19 (one year ago) link
Does have that vibe!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 02:21 (one year ago) link
I just lurk as @veedonriver
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 03:23 (one year ago) link
ok so far blue sky is basically exactly twitter, but without a few people (but also no elon, and so far not as many political pundits though maybe I haven't stumbled on those yet). I imagine it's over for X as soon as this is no longer invite-only
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 05:47 (one year ago) link
I am @writtenlow
― Chris L, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 07:42 (one year ago) link
Would love a code if anyone wants to ilx mail me. I seem to miss them whenever someone puts them here.
― sell cigs to kids (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 08:02 (one year ago) link
bsky-social-yxfcv-77ey4
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 08:23 (one year ago) link
thanks! I'm @twentydollars.bsky.social
― sell cigs to kids (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 08:51 (one year ago) link
Cool. I have two more:
bsky-social-qwusj-rqncybsky-social-jjzo5-bzjvd
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 09:33 (one year ago) link
Thank-you, Alphie, that is me set up as braisedbywolves.
My views are largely the same as Trayce (particularly about Livejournal as an apex) but I might go a bit further - I don't think any part of the Hello magazine "see what the stars* really think" aspect of Twitter has done much good for either side.
*stars, politicians, VCs, pretty much anyone - and also of course regular folks who are suddenly the main figure.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 09:51 (one year ago) link
I will make an exception for Kristin Hersh who has always been delightful on twitter tbh.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 11:26 (one year ago) link
yeah I miss JCO and that's about it
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:10 (one year ago) link
caek who are u― mookieproof, Monday, August 21, 2023 9:42 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― mookieproof, Monday, August 21, 2023 9:42 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
posting under my government name, just followed you.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:51 (one year ago) link
Trayce hope holds true
― | (Latham Green), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:53 (one year ago) link
ME ON TWITTER: Tired of these rightwing assholes. And now the feed is all broke to hell. What a shitshow, I'm done here.
ME ON BLUESKY: Are there any channels that aren't about furries.
― pplains, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 18:59 (one year ago) link
paying it forward
bsky-social-ge4cz-mryqj
― Roz, Thursday, 24 August 2023 02:59 (one year ago) link
@fuiud
― flopson, Thursday, 24 August 2023 05:32 (one year ago) link
the signal to noise ratio on bluesky is very high, it's so nice to have no ads, no sponsored or promoted content, no real "official" accounts, no spam, just people posting. we'll see how long it lasts.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 24 August 2023 05:52 (one year ago) link
Bluesky need art and book bots.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 24 August 2023 09:20 (one year ago) link
I found one
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 24 August 2023 09:47 (one year ago) link