Bluesky goes into high gear as users flee X

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esquared

Forum Director & Omnipotent Overlord
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Let's hope this is true. We have to resist the the party of anti-science.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky​


 
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Let's hope this is true. We have to resist the the party of anti-science.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky​


Hate to say it, this won’t last.
Assuming X becomes the bastion of shit heads those folks enjoy spreading disharmony and will simply head where ever else allows the to spread disharmony
 

Indus

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Hate to say it, this won’t last.
Assuming X becomes the bastion of shit heads those folks enjoy spreading disharmony and will simply head where ever else allows the to spread disharmony

I don't generally go for walls of texts but I think it maybe warranted in this case.. you've been WARNED.. read at your own risk:


The current algorithm in X/ Twitter has helped the Kremlin gain a major foothold into our lives by reverberating the Kremlin’s point of view as mainstream acceptable. Then you have all these bots going around mimicking and echoing their prefered narrative and that distorts what we think of as a society. Think of yourself as a class in high school and 65% of you agreed to do something because it made sense to you but all of a sudden an algorithm on your phone is telling you your viewpoint isn’t just stupid.. it’s unpatriotic! That’s the reason I refuse to post/ engage on X/ Twitter anymore as it's basically having the Kremlin school teachers police your every thought.

Can you really compete with a brute force algorithm that is programmed to respond to 50 million people faster than you can even grab your cup of coffee to ponder your next move? Even the Pentagon with all it’s military budget can’t combat the misinformation put out by the Kremlin!

I’m not saying blue sky is perfect but I choose to not act like a brainwashed person and an agent of the Kremlin. And regarding not lasting.. it's already not lasting.. they were gaining 11 users a second.. now it's more like 4.

But that's also good in a way that a niche product isn't infest with bots who just keep reposting memes and vids which eat up so much bandwidth that the owners need to generate revenue by shady means.

I kinda hope it stays small.. 100-150 mil max and then it's manageable. If you choose bluesky and want to say hello to me.. here's my account: https://bsky.app/profile/bluelightsaber.bsky.social
 

uallas5

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So I ended up creating an account today more to support something not X than anything else. I'm a complete social media n00b, only have a FB account for my dog which I created so my wife could watch church service during the pandemic, haven't touched that since. I'm following George Takei, a bunch of NASA and Science accounts, a Ukrainian War Cat and a smattering of others. I can see how people, especially when their bored or have time to kill can get sucked in just looking at cool pictures and reading posts.

I'm at boring-username if anyone here wants to say hi (that's literally my handle because I couldn't think of anything interesting and I wasn't going to use my real name).
 
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pmv

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The blocking tools in Bluesky are better, from my understanding.

Another question is whether Musk, now he has such a close relationship with the President, might seek to use the state and the legal system to try and suppress anything (such as Blue Sky) that threatens to eclipse his own overpriced toy.
 

Indus

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Another question is whether Musk, now he has such a close relationship with the President, might seek to use the state and the legal system to try and suppress anything (such as Blue Sky) that threatens to eclipse his own overpriced toy.

Sure but it's decentralized just like crypto.. it's not just 1 server in San Fran has to be shut down or blocked.

Wouldn't surprise me 1 bit if the MAGA congress and President try to ban it but VPN's let people connect anyways and it gains more followers since it's "banned"..
 

Oric

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Ability to select or declare the language of every post/tweet and filter out the timeline by language is a great addition to social media. Especially for multi culture/polyglot users and their followers. I am tagging every one of my posts by language so my followers do not have to read local/foreign stuff unnecessarily.
 

trenchfoot

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I don't generally go for walls of texts but I think it maybe warranted in this case.. you've been WARNED.. read at your own risk:


The current algorithm in X/ Twitter has helped the Kremlin gain a major foothold into our lives by reverberating the Kremlin’s point of view as mainstream acceptable. Then you have all these bots going around mimicking and echoing their prefered narrative and that distorts what we think of as a society. Think of yourself as a class in high school and 65% of you agreed to do something because it made sense to you but all of a sudden an algorithm on your phone is telling you your viewpoint isn’t just stupid.. it’s unpatriotic! That’s the reason I refuse to post/ engage on X/ Twitter anymore as it's basically having the Kremlin school teachers police your every thought.

Can you really compete with a brute force algorithm that is programmed to respond to 50 million people faster than you can even grab your cup of coffee to ponder your next move? Even the Pentagon with all it’s military budget can’t combat the misinformation put out by the Kremlin!

I’m not saying blue sky is perfect but I choose to not act like a brainwashed person and an agent of the Kremlin. And regarding not lasting.. it's already not lasting.. they were gaining 11 users a second.. now it's more like 4.

But that's also good in a way that a niche product isn't infest with bots who just keep reposting memes and vids which eat up so much bandwidth that the owners need to generate revenue by shady means.

I kinda hope it stays small.. 100-150 mil max and then it's manageable. If you choose bluesky and want to say hello to me.. here's my account: https://bsky.app/profile/bluelightsaber.bsky.social

Following you as imiloa88.
 

BoomerD

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I don't generally go for walls of texts but I think it maybe warranted in this case.. you've been WARNED.. read at your own risk:


The current algorithm in X/ Twitter has helped the Kremlin gain a major foothold into our lives by reverberating the Kremlin’s point of view as mainstream acceptable. Then you have all these bots going around mimicking and echoing their prefered narrative and that distorts what we think of as a society. Think of yourself as a class in high school and 65% of you agreed to do something because it made sense to you but all of a sudden an algorithm on your phone is telling you your viewpoint isn’t just stupid.. it’s unpatriotic! That’s the reason I refuse to post/ engage on X/ Twitter anymore as it's basically having the Kremlin school teachers police your every thought.

Can you really compete with a brute force algorithm that is programmed to respond to 50 million people faster than you can even grab your cup of coffee to ponder your next move? Even the Pentagon with all it’s military budget can’t combat the misinformation put out by the Kremlin!

I’m not saying blue sky is perfect but I choose to not act like a brainwashed person and an agent of the Kremlin. And regarding not lasting.. it's already not lasting.. they were gaining 11 users a second.. now it's more like 4.

But that's also good in a way that a niche product isn't infest with bots who just keep reposting memes and vids which eat up so much bandwidth that the owners need to generate revenue by shady means.

I kinda hope it stays small.. 100-150 mil max and then it's manageable. If you choose bluesky and want to say hello to me.. here's my account: https://bsky.app/profile/bluelightsaber.bsky.social
Well...damn, I was going to say "Howdy," but you're a soccer fan?

hit you up anyway. (says you can't be messaged?)
 
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KMFJD

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Let's hope this is true. We have to resist the the party of anti-science.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky​


I'll try and post some of the better starter packs i've found, this one is just for science

 
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cytg111

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I don't generally go for walls of texts but I think it maybe warranted in this case.. you've been WARNED.. read at your own risk:


The current algorithm in X/ Twitter has helped the Kremlin gain a major foothold into our lives by reverberating the Kremlin’s point of view as mainstream acceptable. Then you have all these bots going around mimicking and echoing their prefered narrative and that distorts what we think of as a society. Think of yourself as a class in high school and 65% of you agreed to do something because it made sense to you but all of a sudden an algorithm on your phone is telling you your viewpoint isn’t just stupid.. it’s unpatriotic! That’s the reason I refuse to post/ engage on X/ Twitter anymore as it's basically having the Kremlin school teachers police your every thought.

Can you really compete with a brute force algorithm that is programmed to respond to 50 million people faster than you can even grab your cup of coffee to ponder your next move? Even the Pentagon with all it’s military budget can’t combat the misinformation put out by the Kremlin!

I’m not saying blue sky is perfect but I choose to not act like a brainwashed person and an agent of the Kremlin. And regarding not lasting.. it's already not lasting.. they were gaining 11 users a second.. now it's more like 4.

But that's also good in a way that a niche product isn't infest with bots who just keep reposting memes and vids which eat up so much bandwidth that the owners need to generate revenue by shady means.

I kinda hope it stays small.. 100-150 mil max and then it's manageable. If you choose bluesky and want to say hello to me.. here's my account: https://bsky.app/profile/bluelightsaber.bsky.social
Maybe we should make the ATPN backup there...
 
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KMFJD

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Indus

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Well...damn, I was going to say "Howdy," but you're a soccer fan?

hit you up anyway. (says you can't be messaged?)

I made a list for ATech users (I have no desire to be a mod/ admin but lists are nice and handy for staying in touch)


Just post under there and I'll add you..





@BoomerD
I follow football for my sanity.. and I refuse to give the Yankee/ Rangers/ Giants owners even a cent more of my money and have it funneled to Trump! That's how anti-Trump I am!

I choose to instead give my money to Sheikh Mansour (owner of Manchester City) who invests in green tech!

Regarding unable to message.. I think bluesky values privacy and you needed to be added as a friend for DM's but you can still post under that link.
 
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BoomerD

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I made a list for ATech users (I have no desire to be a mod/ admin but lists are nice and handy for staying in touch)


Just post under there and I'll add you..

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@BoomerD
I follow football for my sanity.. and I refuse to give the Yankee/ Rangers/ Giants owners even a cent more of my money and have it funneled to Trump! That's how anti-Trump I am!

I choose to instead give my money to Sheikh Mansour (owner of Manchester City) who invests in green tech!

Regarding unable to message.. I think bluesky values privacy and you needed to be added as a friend for DM's but you can still post under that link.
Bah...that shit ain't football...it' european kickball.




Yeah, I know...American Football is just handegg.
 

KMFJD

Lifer
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my only slight complaint is the amount of anime....it's a real chore trying to get rid of it from your feed/discover
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nah we'd just rather not engage with shitty people such as yourself

i also want to add how funny this is when the trumptards already created their own safe space, anyone remember truth social? lol
 
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