Bluesky an' clear: the social media app that will definitely last forever

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.

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

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ooh i said i wouldnt beg but uhh

ilxmailed u

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.

Look at these codes I got

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Thank you Chris L, I took the first of those codes.

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Just grabbed that one Cow_Art, thx!

Does anyone have a code to spare?

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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?)

i'm @reesewitherspoon

caek, thanks kindly. are these time locked in any way? i just entered it and got an invite code not working msg.

Thanks, Clay! Its not accepting it for me though. Getting the same message as Hunt3r.

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here’s what I got, hope something works!

That probably means someone snaked the invite out from underneath you

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.

i'm @foxshark fwiw. Have not yet followed or posted or done anything but I'll get around to it!

Grabbed the second one. Thanks, Clay! Now, what is this???

im @kateisnotreal for anyone interested

i'm @theporouscity.com

I used Clay's first invite code, thank you.

or maybe it was Cow Art's, dunno.

Sorry hunt3r, glad you’re in.

no worries. i’m @hunt3r

caek who are u

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?

Does have that vibe!

I just lurk as @veedonriver

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 am @writtenlow

Would love a code if anyone wants to ilx mail me. I seem to miss them whenever someone puts them here.

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thanks! I'm @twentydollars.bsky.social

Cool. I have two more:

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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.

I will make an exception for Kristin Hersh who has always been delightful on twitter tbh.

yeah I miss JCO and that's about it

caek who are u

― mookieproof, Monday, August 21, 2023 9:42 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

posting under my government name, just followed you.

Trayce hope holds true

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.

paying it forward

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@fuiud

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.

Bluesky need art and book bots.

Paul Cezanne

wow ilx deletes the link I pasted for some strange reason

One thing I like about bluesky is the ability to add customised algorithmic feeds that suit your interests. However, I haven't managed to find any that actually do suit my interests.