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

oh that 100% made the list

if you include the absolutely weird young republican edgelord types, then having sex with a woman if you are a straight man is gay

ooh there’s an old VSB list but there are definitely new additions to the canon since then: https://www.theroot.com/a-running-list-of-things-straight-men-cant-and-shouldnt-1827758710

that list doesn't even have the OG, "eat quiche"

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recall being confused by this book as a child

I just learned that guy wrote the screenplay for "Tomorrow Never Dies" and co-wrote "The World Is Not Enough" (which is the most generic Bond title ever, I don't even remember what movie that was)

feel like quiche has kind of fallen out of the culture. do the children even know?

I don’t post very hard over there; but noticed a few ILX0rs, so I changed my handle to the obvious (if anyone’s interested in following).

If anyone's still on there...I'm on Bluesky as @every80spopsong.bsky.social (Casey Skeets-Em) posting on every 80s pop song that charted or was a pick in Billboard, Cash Box and/or Record World, chronologically.

Oh that’s you, hi!

does anyone need these still?

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another:

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I've seen reports that spammers are scraping the internet for invite codes, and doesn't look good if/when they get banned and you "invited" them - so would probably keep your codes for DMs.

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hidden this one!

I got another one. I don’t know how to DM or hide text. If you need an invite, tell me how to get it to you.

To hide text (eg spoilers or sensitive text): text you want hidden behind a 'show this' link

spammers can read this

lol that hid the important part. use bracket h bracket hidden text bracket /h bracket bracket=[]

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I'm a gambler and will take a chance that an ilxer will get the code before a spammer does, if it is taken by a spammer - nobody dies and ultimately idgaf.

testes

I did it!!! Does that actually help though?

code: bsky-social-aterz-fdu5i

bsky-social-wanke-6pissninja' is a genuine invite code

tbf they will get spammers anyway

Okay, is there some way to change the feed so that every reply to a thread doesn’t come up as a separate thing? There’s a vigorous discussion that I don’t care about and every other post in my feed is someone arguing with a guy that i’m following.

feel like quiche has kind of fallen out of the culture. do the children even know?

― mh, Saturday, September 2, 2023 6:41 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

Feed the world
let them know it's Quichemas time again

xp You can adjust your settings (Home Feed Preferences) so you only see replies from ppl you follow that have a certain number of likes... or not at all.

jack deleted his account lmao

Erm... didnt he start this platform? lol

he started the protocol but has moved on to another one, the name of which escapes me.

I find AT Protocol and the open source app pretty interesting myself. I think it has legs and will grow. Bsky isn't federated yet, and now one has really figured out what that will lead to, but that is kind of interesting.

His thing is Nostr, where he hangs w/other like-minded luminaries.

I am totally armchair when it comes to the nuts and bolts of this stuff, but how come when I look at Bluesky I'll see, like, 25 posts in a row from one person? Is it just a toggle I haven't toggled that I used to have toggled on Twitter? Maybe I had reposts turned off?

yeah I've noticed that

I'm not really that into Bluesky, feels like going through the motions or trying to recapture this once genuine phenomenon that's gone. nothing wrong with it per se, more a me thing.

I have decided sitting on my firstnamelastname handle on bsky is against my newfound ethos in life and I’m going to do the domain name thing because I’ve remembered I have a funny domain to use

As a Discourse- and Take-avoider, I find that Bluesky has very little "use case" for me... I religiously avoid the general feeds... I follow a few folks from here, and have found a handful of other accounts to follow (mainly by browsing the Newskies feed, and filtering through all the furr1es, "titillating" selfies, and anime art); and engage in light music discussion via other feeds. But I could also never visit it, and not feel like I'm missing anything.

yeah I'm with you and ums too. I find checking in on it every now and then can be momentarily distracting, but as it grows it mostly reminds me of why I never really loved twitter. and luckily I haven't found it habit forming at all

Its dominant/default style (as reflected in the main feeds, so I guess the posts which receive the most engagement) is for sure a form of posting that I avoided on Twitter. That said, I've noticed large & growing communities for science, comics, etc., so I'm sure it has value for folks with specific interests.

anyoen have an invite? i have resisted asking so far but i need something to obsessively refresh if twitter is gonna try to charge me

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many thx

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A few more

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Any invites going spare? Many thanks in advance

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Hook a man up? I don't want to bogart glumdal's

Thanks mate!

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i'm in

what's yr handle?

And any new people know how to find me easily enough...

just got on. I'm @critterjams.bsky.social, everyone else if you want a follow drop it here