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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell I did it. I am on Bluesky.
I like it a lot so far. I reached out to a former twitter follower who quit in the Summer 2023.
Question for the ones that have been on BS for a few days or longer??? Am I correct in thinking that when I heart things ten times I will have posting privileges.
I think it's the way to go. X is so toxic HAZMAT needs to be called. I still have several friends on Twitter and will gently try to wean them away from this.
Alice B.
(231 posts)But have only gotten serious about using it the past few days.
I don't remember there being a minimum requirement to post.
Hang on a moment,
notrumpershere
Alice B.
(231 posts)widowsNorphans
cilla4progress
(25,968 posts)Horses?!
Alice B.
(231 posts)Maru Kitteh
(29,192 posts)watercolormemory.
Alice B.
(231 posts)Alice B.
(231 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Native
(6,666 posts)Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)WeeWeex5
If that doesnt work it says @weeweex5.bsky.socia
Im not too good at this stuff.
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)Im WeeWeex5
WomanWhoRoars
(187 posts)I'm Mamahawkeye
ballardgirl
(151 posts)Is that you? I am christineunseen
Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)WeeWeex5
Is me
Dennis Donovan
(26,772 posts)They're headed to Bluesky because of its familiarity to Twitter users.
2naSalit
(93,098 posts)mwooldri
(10,421 posts)Marc Elias has apparently moved there.
summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)I am a follower there.
I decided against Threads because Zuck allows disinformation on FB and private hate groups can form there. Plus I care about news and public affairs, and Threads does not support those.
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Maru Kitteh
(29,192 posts)familiar faces.
I'm IN!
watercolormemory
Native
(6,666 posts)I'm raycing. follow & I'll follow back
Maru Kitteh
(29,192 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)Old Crank
(4,800 posts)ralphingermany
Maru Kitteh
(29,192 posts)Loove the baby deer
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)Followed you
Im WeeWeex5
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)Im
WeeWeex5
hlthe2b
(106,571 posts)canetoad
(18,194 posts)For me was ten minutes on a desktop. The captcha are slightly confusing but otherwise pretty straightforward.
I'm Zhickel (the name of my childhood invisible friend)
Swede
(34,741 posts)svensmsk is me.
Ysabel
(2,080 posts)I'm Kim1959 there BTW how do you get a background picture there?
trying to find a pen and pencil
what a co-wink-a-dink! I signed up today as well.
Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)Im
WeeWeex5
Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)Im WeeWeex5
Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Old Crank
(4,800 posts)ralphingermany
summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)Deciding on user name, login, copying my bio from Twitter and pasting it in, uploading a profile pic (same as the one I use on Twitter) and a banner.
Then searching for and liking several accounts, and importantly retweeting a few posts. Also creating one or two posts on your new account that will give others a flavor of who you are.
I did it on my laptop Friday so I could access the pics. Today I got the free app from the app store, logged in, and then found some interesting posts.
I love the Starter Packs (personal lists of who you may want to follow because of their content, say librarians, lawyers, reporters, news sources). I'm impressed with how quick and easy it is to find a bunch of good content right away with those.
The other cool feature is that various engineer-types have created lists of accounts you may want to mute or block (MAGA, AI/Crypto, Pedos, etc). Subscribe to them and they either allow you to mute/block or to label all the tweets so you know they're suspect. Or you can go through their list one-by-one to do it.
cilla4progress
(25,968 posts)I'll follow
summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)I'm WimberleySusan. How about you?
cilla4progress
(25,968 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)Thanks!
obamanut2012
(27,851 posts)IM me your BS name when you have it. I'd like to follow you, and vice versa.
hlthe2b
(106,571 posts)Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)It doesnt take very long
Alice B.
(231 posts)summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)In other words not much. I'm there as WimberleySusan.
Even though Threads was larger, I didn't like the fact that they don't encourage news. Plus of course, it's owned by Zuckerberg.
Love the Starter Pack concept. Far easier to find friends here than as a newbie on Twitter was. I haven't tried it but apparently there's a tool that will let you find and follow people you followed on Twitter.
Plus you can subscribe to accounts that all you to either block, mute, or label the kinds of accounts you want to ignore. AI and Crypto, Pedo, MAGA, etc.
I wanted to stay on Twitter to push back on misinformation and for some friends there. But the algorithms weren't serving my content to anyone new (or anyone much at all, little interaction there these days). I hope my friends will come over. In the meantime, I'm leaving my account there open so I can still post, and also to ensure I don't overlook someone I'd miss.
Alice B.
(231 posts)I'm using Threads more, too. Was leaning on it this summer when the Biden thing was going on. I just hate that you can't see latest posts first or a coherent timeline.
I love the starter packs, too!
livetohike
(23,018 posts)a user name. Would like to join, but cant get by this step.
Cha
(305,693 posts)Hopefully, someone who has already Signed UP can help you?
It sounds good but I'm going to try down the road a bit.
livetohike
(23,018 posts)user name. So I tried a few and each one got a message that said user name taken. Then I tried other names and the button for next did not light up. I tapped it anyway, but it didnt take.
haele
(13,602 posts)I was pleasantly surprised I could sign up with a slight variant of my DU (originally SCA) handle. I was expecting to use something more esoteric associated with my old hobbies like Califian Libra Herald or something silly like that.
Just keep trying until it takes.
Haele
livetohike
(23,018 posts)Need followers .
ballardgirl
(151 posts)I'm christineunseen
livetohike
(23,018 posts)Ysabel
(2,080 posts)Oh yeah, I'm Kim1959 there.
mcar
(43,589 posts)I'm megcar
livetohike
(23,018 posts)Heron5
(88 posts)Also followed many on your starter pack. Thank you. This is getting exciting! I joined quite a while back but there wasnt much happening there (or I couldnt find it). Ive been using Spoutible but looks like a return to Bluesky is the way to go for me.
Im HeronTewart there.
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)Im weeweex5
Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Swede
(34,741 posts)svensmsk is me. What dumb name I picked.
livetohike
(23,018 posts)to create your user name . See you over there .
Swede
(34,741 posts)Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)weeweex5
Cha
(305,693 posts)in the past trying to sign up over the years.. So Frustrating!
I hope you get it solved from Blue Sky! I like that name.. I've used it for my password before. 💙
livetohike
(23,018 posts)Its nice to get away from Twitter.
Cha
(305,693 posts)I made a couple of posts down thread on more info on what Blue Sky is about and who owns.
Please let us know how you like it after a bit.
Mahalo!
summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)online and then go from there to sign up? It helped me that I knew one of the words in my name is not common, especially with an -ey ending (WimberleySusan).
I did mine first on my computer Friday, then just added the app to my phone this morning.
summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)Since I used @WimberleySusan on Twitter, I use that on Bluesky and they automatically added the rest of my handle. So it's @wimberleysusan.bsky.social. But just search on the first part. It's enough.
SweepPicker
(273 posts)summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)Mine is WimberleySusan.
Freethinker65
(11,150 posts)Nice to see the familiar format.
Dem4life1234
(1,941 posts)I hope it goes the way of Friendster
LAS14
(14,757 posts)haele
(13,602 posts)It's also more like the old Twitter as it should have been with the suggested improvements prior to the X takeover.
Just from what I have read.
Haele
Pinback
(12,902 posts)I signed up last night and right away saw that Molly Jong-Fast and John Scalzi (great science fiction writer) are on there, so Id say theyre off and running.
I joined Mastodon a good while back and was glad to see George Takei and Robert Reich on there, among others. But I find it a fairly cumbersome platform to use. Maybe its just me, but I think Ill find BlueSky a smoother experience. Hoping it can stay non-toxic.
summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)to them. You can prevent the toxicity very quickly.
Pinback
(12,902 posts)Looking forward to giving it a thorough test drive.
Ysabel
(2,080 posts)I found Molly from following a big group of Mollys who all seem to be writers and reporters...
I'm still looking for more writers Scalzi seems to have a number of them following him...
summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)back. He did a thread advising content creators to beware of Mastodon.
Conjuay
(2,153 posts)Qutzupalotl
(15,159 posts)and uses an array of decentralized servers. Bluesky has optional algorithms that are more like how Twitter used to be without all the Nazis, but I think just the one centralized server.
Baitball Blogger
(48,258 posts)Please let me know who I should be following.
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)Im weeweex5
Bettie
(17,273 posts)now, I'm looking at who I follow on the hellscape app and finding them on Blusky. It will take a day or so of intermittent work, but I'll be deleting that account when I have gone through the list.
obamanut2012
(27,851 posts)Then follow teh directions!
Bettie
(17,273 posts)though, I've found nearly everyone....just hoping a few more hop over there.
haele
(13,602 posts)No posts yet, I generally just read.
Lazarus, for those who remember him, posts regularly as Jeff, colorful old coot.
Haele
I am christineunseen
Swede
(34,741 posts)svensmsk is me
Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Qutzupalotl
(15,159 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 10, 2024, 03:13 PM - Edit history (1)
Tried Threads and Mastodon. Both leave a lot to be desired, but are okay.
Cha
(305,693 posts)but got out afterwards because in his view it was invaded by magats.
Good you're on Blue Sky... that may be in my future, too. 💙
Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)weeweex5
Ysabel
(2,080 posts)Anyone know?
Ysabel
(2,080 posts)good question? I'll stick to DU.
seaglass
(8,180 posts)pack when you see someone you follow post one and you can view all the recommended people and choose which ones you want to follow.
Bluesky is getting better and better as more people join. There are also Block lists and if you subscribe to one it will for instance block all those with MAGA, Trump etc. in the profile.
Most of the people I follow Block liberally and are trying to make Bluesky a better place - not a place to get harassed or in fights. Make of it what you will.
cilla4progress
(25,968 posts)Post
but they went defunct
CanonRay
(14,901 posts)and was never on Twitter
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Trueblue Texan
(2,975 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)I'm raycing, I'll follow you back.
Trueblue Texan
(2,975 posts)Couldn't find you on blue sky...raycing?
Native
(6,666 posts)Cha
(305,693 posts)snip***
Key Takeaways
Bluesky is a decentralized social network similar to Twitter, with a 300-character limit and basic features like replies and likes.
Bluesky's AT Protocol allows it to be decentralized, but it doesn't interact with Mastodon or Instagram threads.
Bluesky is owned by a team, not Jack Dorsey, and lacks Twitter's algorithmic feed and video posting features.
For a long time,
https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-bluesky-and-how-is-it-different-from-twitter/
I don't understand a lot of this but I'm sure many DU!
FirstLight
(14,270 posts)I read the wikipedia just now...it guess it's an alternative to the other algorithym?
I'd really love to know more before I jump in... I'll go look.
If anyone wants to tell me more, I'm all ears!
Been trying to get away from twitter for a long time, I dont post at all.
Usually use it for seeing the links here, and checking trends...
Cha
(305,693 posts)that those are all one needs to know.
I wanted to know more, too.
obamanut2012
(27,851 posts)It is just like OG Twitter.
I've been on it for a couple years.
cilla4progress
(25,968 posts)patotl (spelled it right there - autofilled)
linked.
Cha
(305,693 posts)snip***
While ex-Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey started the project that would eventually become Bluesky, he is not the owner. Bluesky is a Public Benefit LLC, and the company describes its ownership as owned by Jay Graber and the Bluesky team. Jack Dorsey is on the board of directors along with Graber and XMPP creator Jeremie Miller.
https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-bluesky-and-how-is-it-different-from-twitter/
blogslug
(38,667 posts)Jack quit the board last May. Bluesky is Jack-free.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/07/jack-dorsey-quits-bluesky-board-urges-users-stay-elon-musk-x-twitter
Cha
(305,693 posts)VGuerra276
(55 posts)My handle for Bluesky is stxgal@bsky.social.
Please follow me and I'll do the same.
V
widowsNorphans
I realized I left my name-name as a display name, which had been visible on Twitter, and walked that back.
Not that it matters now, I guess.
Native
(6,666 posts)VGuerra276
(55 posts)What's everyone's handle?
Mine is stxgal.bsky.social
Please follow me and I'll do the same.
Thanks.
okaawhatever
(9,545 posts)littlemissmartypants
(25,713 posts)Cha
(305,693 posts)"No nazis allowed".. Great Slogan & I'm glad somebody is Serious abut this Shit.!
Link to tweet
I Passed it on to my twitter feed. Fuck Musk.
PS.. Simon Cox: I dont post here anymore because Musk is abusing this site and its algorithms for his fascist politics. Find me
@SimonFRCox
.bsky.social
littlemissmartypants
(25,713 posts)Jump on here please and post your helpful bluesky hits, please. 🙏
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219699595
❤️
Cha
(305,693 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)Sunsky
(1,876 posts)and I'm loving it so far. I don't think I can handle another platform. So many recommendations are going out to us ex-X users that my head is spinning. I've deleted and dumped X from all my devices since the election. I'm also on Threads and Mastadon (which I rarely use). What do you like about Bluesky?
littlemissmartypants
(25,713 posts)And it was created by Twitter's creator so it's actually an easy transitional fit.
Plus you can nuke maggots (and any other undesirables) en masse using a list feature.
I hope that helps.
❤️
Sunsky
(1,876 posts)Nuke maggots sounds awesome. I may do a drive-by over there to see what it's about. Hopefully, this will grow and not go down the path of Twitter.
littlemissmartypants
(25,713 posts)And if enough people leave xitter for bluesky he'll be toast on bots, fake accounts, Russians and more than usually angry maggots.
❤️
mcar
(43,589 posts)I just joined - megcar.
Mike Nelson
(10,332 posts)... does DU have an account there to follow?
okaawhatever
(9,545 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)raycing
okaawhatever
(9,545 posts)SunSeeker
(53,928 posts)summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)It's owned by Facebook.
It does not support news accounts and downplays their content.
Bluesky is pretty awesome. I'm impressed at how easy it is to find and follow people, including en masse. The Starter Pack feature allows anyone to put together a list of accounts others may want to follow. A Starter Pack with lawyers, news accounts, librarians, or any interest you may want. If it's not there already, others would love it if you start a new one.
And I love the engineers who have created fast ways to mute, block, or at least include a warning label on the accounts. All I had to do was Subscribe and then mute or block (for the ones that gave that option), doing so to the whole list. Or you can do them one by one. It's slightly different for the ones that add warning labels, but equally easy.
Swede
(34,741 posts)Government agencies from USA and other countries? NATO?
summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)Deep State Witch
(11,314 posts)@BeadyWitch.bsky.social
Swede
(34,741 posts)svensmsk is me
Native
(6,666 posts)Old Crank
(4,800 posts)ralphingermany
Ysabel
(2,080 posts)I'm Kim1959
I found a number of posters that hate Trump...
Seems like a nice place!
So far I'm following Empty Wheel and somebody from here but now I can't find them again (I'm a bit confused because when I look at my following link there is no list of people I'm following...
OrlandoDem2
(2,307 posts)Ysabel
(2,080 posts)look on the right side of your page for "discover" and it will show you some topics you might like...
OrlandoDem2
(2,307 posts)Ysabel
(2,080 posts)DoBW
(2,067 posts)snot
(10,740 posts)the more we retreat into our own "bubbles," the less we'll know about what's going on elsewhere.
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)I have a house full of grandkids here so Ill have to do it later. I bookmarked this thread so I can follow all of our DU peeps. Not sure what name Ill use but I hope everyone follows me back!!
canetoad
(18,194 posts)Time difference, nice day, gardening - you guys know the drill. But I do want to come back and follow all of you but need to wait for this evening.
Oh, and .....fuck Musk.
Truth_Serum
(18 posts)When I saw all the posts about Bluesky, I opened an account.
I know I rarely post here at DU, if at all (I'm mostly a lurker, of more than 15 years) but here's my info if anyone's interested:
https://bsky.app/profile/infinitestardust.bsky.social
Native
(6,666 posts)Ysabel
(2,080 posts)trying to have sex with me how the hell would that even work?
we aren't in the same country...
BTW - pics are down temporarily because of so many people joining / overload...
Adding: PICTURES seem to be working again...
Ysabel
(2,080 posts)nt
Coexist
(26,202 posts)I"m JAVL
Ysabel
(2,080 posts)nt
Conjuay
(2,153 posts)hope you dont mind.
Coexist
(26,202 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)AllyCat
(17,161 posts)Ysabel
(2,080 posts)nt
BlueSky3
(711 posts)much about it, but love the name!
ecstatic
(34,462 posts)Especially after what that motherf*cker did to help trump and sink democracy.
SupportSanity
(1,163 posts)Thanks for recommending BlueSky.
I've never joined Facebook or Twitter.
A long time ago, I determined that Twitter and Facebook were too advantagious to the wrong people.
But when Fascists / Autocrats come into power, resistance and revolution have to happen - no matter what the cost.
Native
(6,666 posts)I really like your username.
SupportSanity
(1,163 posts)I can't find you on bluesky. If I search for native, it comes up as a first name attached to a last name, or a last name attached to a first name.
like onenative or nativeone.
I'm new at all of this and never twittered or facebooked, so I'm sure I'm missing something.
I just found a bluesky tutorial on youtube. Hopefully it will help.
Native
(6,666 posts)SupportSanity
(1,163 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)weeweex5
Arne
(3,607 posts)On Bluesky I am, stopbarking.
Native
(6,666 posts)Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)Im weeweex5
hunter
(39,004 posts)I've never been good at small talk and I don't believe I've ever run out of things to think about, even when I'm alone without any electronic communications.
Emile
(30,322 posts)Ysabel
(2,080 posts)of Starter packs / many subjects - a whole lot (5553) of them...
DavidDvorkin
(19,917 posts)I'm @nikrovd.bsky.social over there.
Native
(6,666 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,917 posts)Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)weeweex5
DavidDvorkin
(19,917 posts)Thanks.
theglammistress
(354 posts)I'm @bringbackglam
I'm going to follow the folks in this thread to build up my account. I haven't been using X... It's just too toxic.
Native
(6,666 posts)Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)weeweex5
cilla4progress
(25,968 posts)I'm cillasel.bsky.social
TBF
(34,550 posts)@emmago.bsky.social
Native
(6,666 posts)TBF
(34,550 posts)Dennis Donovan
(26,772 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)themaguffin
(4,220 posts)albertmaguffin
I've been waiting for a platform to migrate too and it finally seems to be happening with some real traction.
Look forwarding to connecting with anyone here.
Native
(6,666 posts)themaguffin
(4,220 posts)Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)weeweex5
babsbunny
(8,507 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)weeweex5
John Shaft
(808 posts)was odd . . .
Are people still reposting Twitter content on this site?
Just checking.
Ysabel
(2,080 posts)I love it there / no nazi's!
I have come across a few strange people there though...
- mostly I look for University and College subjects and fields that I'm interested in (Science / Astronomy / Anthropology Archaeology / History etc. and authors, journalists, and reporters who say they are Dems...
p.s. Here's a directory:
https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all
I'm following Canadian Health News too since they posted a lot of helpful info during the the worst of the COVID pandemic...
I have NOT found a good weather link there yet though but I did find one US regional Tornado Warning / Watch which seems okay...
Skittles
(159,944 posts)helps to support Musk and Trump
Historic NY
(37,969 posts)summer_in_TX
(3,262 posts)I've followed y'all to the best of my ability. (wimberleysusan.bsky.social)
Plus I added it to my signature line.
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)Ive bookmarked this post so I can find my DU family on Bluesky! Id love it if you all would follow or friend me- not sure of all of the terminology yet! I am weeweex5
I think BlueSky will be enjoyable!
Native
(6,666 posts)I'm raycing
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)@weeweex5.bsky.social
I found and followed you!!
Native
(6,666 posts)Native
(6,666 posts)I'm raycing
ismnotwasm
(42,475 posts)I did deactivate and delete twitter though. What a cesspit.
thinkingagain
(1,045 posts)A couple days ago.
For me, I slowly am methodically was deleting my old stuff off of Twitter who wasfollowing me, who I followed, my likes my retweets, my posts. luckily I didnt have a lot. But weirdly it shows still that I have two followers and Im following two people, but theyre totally blank and it says I still have post but theyre totally blank. I dont understand. So shortly, Ill totally delete the account even though youre forced to wait. I just saw something about his updating terms of service to something didnt have time to read it. Gotta get to work soon.
Anyhow, I fall as many as I could from this list.
A starter pack would be great or maybe we should put Democratic underground or just D you in our profile and then we can all find each other there.
Im Bluehopes on Bluesky.
Alliepoo
(2,490 posts)weeweex5
The Wizard
(12,909 posts)How much did George Soros pay Trump to undermine the Republican Party.