Twitter and The Musk

[PilotMan]

Bingo

[GrantDawg]

Since the election, Twitter is feeling sort of empty, and Bluesky has picked up massively.

[JPhillips]

I moved to Bluesky and other than sports it's fine. I can always go back to twitter on game days, but I'm mostly done there. I just can't handle the volume of straight up nazis or nazi bots there.

[GrantDawg]

I am loving Bluesky. Most of my Wherl of Time fandom friends ate there now. Some of the law nerds are pretty active there. The sports scene is still light, but I am hopeful that will come. I saw a reporter saying that Bluesky is a much better alternative than Threads because of the level of censorship (blocking certain words and phrases, much like Tik Tok) makes posting there a challenge. Without the algorithm pushing rage bait on you all the time, social media can be pleasant.

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[JPhillips]

What's your handle?

I'm arlecchinoswart

[Atocep]

I've seen some people posting data showing they actually get way more engagement on bluesky even with lower follower counts than Twitter.

[Atocep]

I also saw some anecdotal postings from people that they started seeing their first Kamala tweets after the election after seeing zero in the run up to eelection day.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

What's your handle?

I'm arlecchinoswart

Leeroy's Dad. @grantdawg.bsky.social


The only thing I don't like about Bluesky is that you can't embed post from there here.

[GrantDawg]

I just deactivated my Twitter. Thought about posting a final tweet, but really no one on there cares.

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[JPhillips]

Not sure where to put this, but apparently the FBI raided the home of the Polymarket CEO.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I just deactivated my Twitter. Thought about posting a final tweet, but really no one on there cares.

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It's a social media platform, not an airport.

There's no need to announce departures.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

It's a social media platform, not an airport.

There's no need to announce departures.

That's the exact comment I put on my Bluesky why I didn't. It really is good to let followers know if you are leaving and where you are going, though. I just didn't have enough followers or engagement over there to make it worth while. Meantime, I already have surpassed my follower count from there on Bluesky, and pretty much every post has good engagement. Such a better experience.

[JPhillips]

The Onion bought Info Wars at auction.

[GrantDawg]

"Also, part of the reason we did bought InfoWars is because people on Bluesky told us it would be funny to buy InfoWars. And those people were right. This is the funniest thing that has ever happened."

https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins..../3law3ikwies22

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[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

The Onion bought Info Wars at auction.

Not The Onion?

Does that phrase work here?

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

The Onion bought Info Wars at auction.

A fitting end

[Lathum]

Supposedly backed by the people of Sandy Hook.

[GrantDawg]

Bluesky picked up a million users in the week following the election. They just picked up another million in the last 24 hours.

[Ghost Econ]

Nothing says "Department of Government Efficiency" like having 2 people run a department and requiring 80 hour work weeks. It's like we have a government of opposite day department.

[Atocep]

Elon's own AI labeling him one of the biggest spreaders of misinformation on Twitter since he acquired the platform is amazing.

[GrantDawg]

Bluesky picked up another million today. It is still far from the other apps, but it definitely feels alive and active now.