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Tips for moving to bluesky from Xitter*... (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Nov 10 OP
Sounds too complicated for me. House of Roberts Nov 10 #1
I'm assuming "banger" is not a technical or twitter term, but rather... Beartracks Nov 10 #2
Exactly. Thanks, Beartracks. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #10
Banger Tweet littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #5
Or a tweet about British breakfast sausages. Beartracks Nov 10 #22
Hahaha! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #23
It's really not that hard duncang Nov 10 #7
Thanks for sharing this, duncang! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author ItsjustMe Nov 10 #3
Hahaha! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #14
Just signed up canetoad Nov 10 #4
just followed you CatWoman Nov 10 #26
Followed you! livetohike Nov 11 #42
ditto CatWoman Nov 11 #43
Gotcha! canetoad Nov 11 #45
Followed you. livetohike Nov 11 #41
Likewise! canetoad Nov 11 #46
followed! kanda Nov 12 #50
Oooh! buzzycrumbhunger Nov 10 #6
I believe you're going to be very happy, buzzycrumbhunger. littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #9
thanks for posting! hlthe2b Nov 10 #8
Yhanks. Norbert Nov 10 #11
My pleasure, Norbert. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #15
Mahalo, pants! Hoping Blue Sky gradually Cha Nov 10 #12
URL? Alsteen Nov 10 #16
Thanks for sharing this, Alsteen. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #18
Best of luck to all! 🦋 Hekate Nov 10 #17
So pretty! Thanks, Hekate. 🦋❤️🦋 littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #19
I just deactivated my x account and signed up for bluesky proud patriot Nov 10 #20
Yay! 🦋❤️🦋 littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #21
just followed you CatWoman Nov 10 #25
Ditto proud patriot Nov 10 #31
.... CatWoman Nov 10 #34
Moved to Bluesky about six months ago. Dem2theMax Nov 10 #24
Thats what I did CousinIT Nov 10 #27
Cool! Thanks for your reply, CousinIT. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #29
Followed you! livetohike Nov 11 #44
Followed back! N/t CousinIT Nov 11 #47
Thanks, I've been off Twitter since Musk, this looks good. dem4decades Nov 10 #28
YW, dem4decades. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #30
Apparently a lot of new users have signed up this week. IcyPeas Nov 10 #32
I've been planning to go to bluesky for a while Metaphorical Nov 10 #33
People should move the Green Grass from both of these useless time sucks Prairie Gates Nov 10 #35
Are you volunteering to help... littlemissmartypants Nov 10 #36
i had to google blue sky to see the page that way (none of the links in this thread worked with the word app in it) orleans Nov 11 #37
Users create custom feeds...Here... littlemissmartypants Nov 11 #38
thank you nt orleans Nov 11 #39
I am considering moving to BlueSky - LetMyPeopleVote Nov 11 #40
700,000 New Users in Week Heron5 Nov 11 #48
Very nice of you to share this, Heron5. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 12 #49
Can anybody talk about the ownership and strategy of Bluesky? Bluetus Nov 12 #51
Response to your questions plus Bluesky News, Information littlemissmartypants Nov 12 #52
Thanks. This is very helpful. Bluetus Nov 12 #54
Using Alt Text on B.Sky canetoad Nov 12 #53

House of Roberts

(5,747 posts)
1. Sounds too complicated for me.
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 04:14 PM
Nov 10

For instance: What is a 'banger tweet'? What if you never were on Twitter?

Beartracks

(13,618 posts)
2. I'm assuming "banger" is not a technical or twitter term, but rather...
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 04:26 PM
Nov 10

... just a way to say your tweet was really popular, a big hit, generated a lot of likes and retweets.

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littlemissmartypants

(25,892 posts)
5. Banger Tweet
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 04:34 PM
Nov 10

Banger Tweet
A tweet of higher quality compared to most others, usually in comedic value and wording. Typically used as a compliment towards a tweet

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Banger%20Tweet&origin=serp_auto

duncang

(3,729 posts)
7. It's really not that hard
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 04:46 PM
Nov 10

I wouldn’t worry if you don’t get full in at once. You can take your time. There are things called starter packs. Where someone makes a list of suggested people to follow. You look through them and decide if you want to follow. Or you can do search and say you want to follow Kevin Kruse. Search for Kruse and you’ll see some suggestions. Same thing for News, archeology, pets, you name it there’s probably something. I started off searching for some of the names I saw on twitter accounts posted here.

Response to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

buzzycrumbhunger

(910 posts)
6. Oooh!
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 04:44 PM
Nov 10

I bailed on Twitter when Space Nazi bought it and have missed it.

Upon creating an account on bluesky, I found half my feed was cat pix. If pot-smoking atheists are as prevalent, I've found a new home. 😏

littlemissmartypants

(25,892 posts)
9. I believe you're going to be very happy, buzzycrumbhunger.
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 04:55 PM
Nov 10

I have downloaded the app so I'm not far behind.



❤️

Cha

(305,853 posts)
12. Mahalo, pants! Hoping Blue Sky gradually
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 05:36 PM
Nov 10

Explodes with Resistance & Blue Patriots in Defiance of Fascism

💙

Dem2theMax

(10,405 posts)
24. Moved to Bluesky about six months ago.
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 08:21 PM
Nov 10

Got rid of Twitter almost two months ago. Said goodbye and left. Deactivated the account.

I have found a few people that I followed on Twitter. Takes time to build back up again, but it's SO much nicer on Bluesky.

CousinIT

(10,484 posts)
27. Thats what I did
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 08:43 PM
Nov 10

Other stuff too, like using sky bridge to find xitter follows and follow them on bluesky.

I'm https://bsky.app/profile/cousinit.bsky.social

if anyone wants to follow me.

IcyPeas

(22,749 posts)
32. Apparently a lot of new users have signed up this week.
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 09:38 PM
Nov 10

Still figuring it out. I seem to see a lot of anime type drawings and.... cats. Lol

orleans

(35,249 posts)
37. i had to google blue sky to see the page that way (none of the links in this thread worked with the word app in it)
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 12:15 AM
Nov 11

anyway, i'm scrolling thru the various forums or whatever they call them - cat pics, dogs, this that the other thing, uk politics.

any u.s. politics over there? i've been scrolling and scrolling and can't find it

littlemissmartypants

(25,892 posts)
38. Users create custom feeds...Here...
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 12:44 AM
Nov 11
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/as-threads-deprioritizes-politics-blueskys-ceo-touts-custom-feeds-and-user-choice-in-social-media/?origin=serp_auto

...On Bluesky, Graber said, users could choose to have a highly political social experience, by following politically themed custom feeds and trending topics, or they could choose to filter out politics entirely. ...


...“You can start building custom feeds that do things — based off lists, based off hashtags, based off words, based off regular expressions, based off machine learning,” said Graber. “And these tools are getting better and better and creating more options for people who want to be creative, have an idea for a feed, but don’t know how to code.”...


More...

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/as-threads-deprioritizes-politics-blueskys-ceo-touts-custom-feeds-and-user-choice-in-social-media/?origin=serp_auto

❤️

Heron5

(88 posts)
48. 700,000 New Users in Week
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 10:42 PM
Nov 11

According to The Verge tech website, is on fire! I had signed up quite a while back but it was pretty dead. Returned today after the recommendations here.The Verge also has an article today about how to deactivate your X account.
https://www.theverge.com/24293448/x-twitter-musk-deactivate-how-to



Bluetus

(292 posts)
51. Can anybody talk about the ownership and strategy of Bluesky?
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 12:07 PM
Nov 12

Is this really any better than having Musk control everything?

Is there any better fact-checking or moderation?

Are the algorithms any less likely to amplify a RW bubble?

littlemissmartypants

(25,892 posts)
52. Response to your questions plus Bluesky News, Information
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 02:05 PM
Nov 12
1) Can anybody talk about the ownership and strategy of Bluesky?
I'll try.

2) Is this really any better than having Musk control everything?
So much better. Way more civilized.

3) Is there any better fact-checking or moderation?
•Bluesky’s Stackable Approach to Moderation
March 12, 2024
by The Bluesky Team
https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-12-2024-stackable-moderation

•Here's a partial answer, though the article from the Associated Press is not current.

Bluesky, championed by Jack Dorsey, was supposed to be Twitter 2.0. Can it succeed?
By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Published 1:43 PM EST, June 6, 2023
"...Bluesky’s approach to content moderation is similar to its approach to algorithms to decide what users see. That is, giving users a choice in what they see. The app launched with a chronological feed, meaning you see posts in the order they are posted in. Other social platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter use secretive algorithms to show you what you’re more likely to be interested in. Bluesky also has “custom feeds,” which let users pick the algorithm that controls what they see.

“Imagine you want your timeline to only be posts from your mutuals, or only posts that have cat photos, or only posts related to sports — you can simply pick your feed of choice from an open marketplace,” CEO Jay Graber wrote in a recent blog post. ..."


4) Are the algorithms any less likely to amplify a RW bubble? Absolutely! Users create their feeds by selecting topics individually or through what are called 'starter packs' of grouped by topic suggestions. Users are able to en masse block several users in one fell swoop using lists.


🦋About Bluesky
https://bsky.social/about
🦋Bluesky Blog
The latest from Bluesky
https://bsky.social/about/blog
🦋Bluesky user FAQ's
https://bsky.social/about/blog/5-19-2023-user-faq
🦋Bluesky main page aka Home
https://bsky.app/
Shows the current feed that is seen by all.
🦋Bluesky Feeds, aka topics you can follow and where to find/ search them
https://bsky.app/feeds
🦋Bluesky Starter Packs
Introducing Bluesky Starter Packs
June 26, 2024
by The Bluesky Team
https://bsky.social/about/blog/06-26-2024-starter-packs?origin=serp_auto


Additional Information from Bluesky web search
🦋24 Facts About Bluesky
Written by Karalynn Rossman
Published: 29 Oct 2024
https://facts.net/science/technology/24-facts-about-bluesky/

🦋How to use Bluesky Social: Everything to know about the popular X alternative

Bluesky is one of several social networks striving to offer an alternative to the site formerly known as Twitter. Here's how to join and use it.

Written by Lance Whitney, Contributor
Nov. 12, 2024 at 8:53 a.m. PT

More...
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-use-bluesky-social-everything-to-know-about-the-popular-x-alternative/?origin=serp_auto

🦋Check out this thread started by AOC with:

"I don’t even know why I stopped using this in the first place? Good GOD it’s nice to be in a digital space with other real human beings.

Can someone give a Cliff Notes of what went down here over the last year? Tea, dev notes, big memes, whatever is best please"
Link to her OP:
https://bsky.app/profile/aoc.bsky.social/post/3lapfo7yxko23



LMK if I can be of any more help or if you have other questions. Enjoy!

❤️pants


Bluetus

(292 posts)
54. Thanks. This is very helpful.
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 04:54 PM
Nov 12

And I saw where they claimed it is open source, so the public can see exactly what algorithms are used to target users. I don't know if that is still true.

canetoad

(18,253 posts)
53. Using Alt Text on B.Sky
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 04:03 PM
Nov 12

As LMSP's OP stated, BlueSky asks you to use Alt.Text when posting images; there's a really good reason for that, to do with accessibility.

Some vision impaired people used a screen reader - softwear that reads out the contents of a web page. The screen reader hits a brick wall at images that don't have a caption or some ALTernative text describing the image leaving the vision impaired person with no idea of what is pictured.

Just a PSA.

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