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

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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bsky-social-jjzo5-bzjvd

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.

anyone got a code to spare? this looks interesting

another code: bsky-social-b5f7l-mdoyu

I've been using and enjoying this social network for a couple of days now, actually works pretty well now. Just went through this thread and added most of you guys.

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what do i do to get invite codes to give back?

wait

A few more:

bsky-social-uuwhf-drr7c
bsky-social-ddwfe-auyqa
bsky-social-53t3v-43orj

Can someone smarter than me make a Bluesky list for ILX? I’m al✧✧✧@b✧✧✧.soc✧✧✧.

lol @allen.bsky.social

encountered my first "you're homophobic" "no you're antiblack" dustup on blusky, just like twitter! hastily unfollowed everyone involved in this dumb drama centered around a nobody weirdo. Blusky is going to have to try harder to find more compelling main characters.

what do i do to get invite codes to give back?

― you need magical thinking ayo my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Friday, August 25, 2023 10:29 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I think you get one invite code each week

that's a relief cause i ain't coupons again like on that OTHER network

lurkin on bsky @rozanna

Meet you all the way

so why do all the handles have .bsky.social in them? seems redundant

I think it’s some kind of future-proofing for when it joins “the fediverse” whatever that is?

Another: bsky-social-mihyg-w4due

I assumed it was a fediverse thing, but it turns out you can link your own domain to your account as well and that’ll display. makes sense, kind of a self-verification technique

Yeah, I bought a domain specifically for bsky handle use. Like $9 per year.

https://bsky.app/profile/mondosalvo.com btw

Are they going to get video at some point?

I hope they never get gifs or video

yeah I'm happy for it have neither of those things. photos only, links that work please.

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