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The official “I’m on Bluesky” thread


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13 hours ago, Goofyboy said:

I really, really like BlueSky. I’m not slammed with bullshit rightwing craziness.

Yep. Slowly working my way into using it more and more. It's the good things twitter was once upon a time.

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42 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:


I’m trying to figure out how to build a feed. The F1 feeds I found there are meh at the moment.

Yeah, I've had multiple times when I have wanted to send vulgarity and displeasure at F1 directly (moving Monaco to no longer kick off Memorial Day Sunday, fucking with Spa, probably some other dumb shit they needlessly fucked with because that's all they do, etc.) and it's currently impossible. 

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5 hours ago, Goofyboy said:


I’m trying to figure out how to build a feed. The F1 feeds I found there are meh at the moment.

4 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Yeah, I've had multiple times when I have wanted to send vulgarity and displeasure at F1 directly (moving Monaco to no longer kick off Memorial Day Sunday, fucking with Spa, probably some other dumb shit they needlessly fucked with because that's all they do, etc.) and it's currently impossible. 

Yeah there are some accounts that I'd like to see that aren't there yet. I've been building a pretty good political feed that doesn't get hammered with any unwanted crazy bullshit like Elon hammers me with on X. Haven't really built an F1 feed as of yet. Rest assured, however, that any complaints directed at the F1 account (when they start one) will fall on deaf and/or stupid ears. 

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I made an account because Spencer Hall and that crowd moved over. I just want either BS or X to fail so I can get sports stuff in one place, and I genuinely don’t care which one. I have X curated to filter out politics (the key is to stay off the For You feed). 

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1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

I made an account because Spencer Hall and that crowd moved over. I just want either BS or X to fail so I can get sports stuff in one place, and I genuinely don’t care which one. I have X curated to filter out politics (the key is to stay off the For You feed). 

Neither is going to fail, but all of the sports people will now move to Mastodon to piss you off.

 

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They’re algo is improving, but has a ways to go.  I flip over to the “discover” tab to let it show me new things.  Maybe even people to follow.

Lotsa what looks like gamers/programmers whining about life.  Hit the “recommend less of this” button and keep scrolling.

Scroll awhile and get to a man with his dong hanging out.  “Recommend this less,” block, report post.  Had 2 of those just now.  At some point the algo needs to figure out that just isn’t my bag.

And conversely, I have yet to get any attractive, unclothed women pop into my feed.  Do better, BlueSky.  Do better.

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On 1/23/2025 at 2:10 PM, Parliament said:

They’re algo is improving, but has a ways to go.  I flip over to the “discover” tab to let it show me new things.  Maybe even people to follow.

Lotsa what looks like gamers/programmers whining about life.  Hit the “recommend less of this” button and keep scrolling.

Scroll awhile and get to a man with his dong hanging out.  “Recommend this less,” block, report post.  Had 2 of those just now.  At some point the algo needs to figure out that just isn’t my bag.

And conversely, I have yet to get any attractive, unclothed women pop into my feed.  Do better, BlueSky.  Do better.

A few weeks ago someone I follow posted a sweet video of a bear swimming in their CA pool. I wanted to watch it again the next day and ignorantly searched for "bear." It was a shock to the system and I thought I could just scroll past the photos of hard dong after hard dong, but they were never-ending and I had to give up and make my search more specific. I had no idea bluesky doubles as a gay dating app.

OTOH I didn't know there was a 'recommend less of this' in discover. Thanks! 

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1 hour ago, Chopper said:

Over 30,000,000 user count

It's been accelerating the past week.  I'm picking up followers for a history account I have setup (not competing with Traces of Texas) and the amount of followers is picking up and I'm not even trying.

Give me editing and I'll be 100% happy.

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It's been accelerating the past week.  I'm picking up followers for a history account I have setup (not competing with Traces of Texas) and the amount of followers is picking up and I'm not even trying.
Give me editing and I'll be 100% happy.

What’s the history account?
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12 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

My kids, 20 and 21, had never heard of Bluesky when I asked them about it on Sunday.

Same. Stats say 1/3 users between 18-24, but my kids had heard of it but were like - why would we use it?  They also said kids don't really use X anymore either. 

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8 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Same. Stats say 1/3 users between 18-24, but my kids had heard of it but were like - why would we use it?  They also said kids don't really use X anymore either. 

Without being a creep I need to hang out with some 15-20 year olds for a month to understand wtf it is they are doing because they clearly don't understand computers. 

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5 minutes ago, immamac said:

Without being a creep I need to hang out with some 15-20 year olds for a month to understand wtf it is they are doing because they clearly don't understand computers. 

according to mine.. want to show something off - Instagram, want to kill time - Tiktok, everything else WhatsApp

mine are in their 20s though... but that's the trend they say

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4 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

according to mine.. want to show something off - Instagram, want to kill time - Tiktok, everything else WhatsApp

mine are in their 20s though... but that's the trend they say

So they get their news from tiktok? 

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3 minutes ago, immamac said:

So why don't news platforms make a Shorts style app etc? 

There is Youtube shorts. It is deemed inferior.

When the great tiktok ban of 2025 occurred, I suggested this and my kids laughed at me. 

Then Trump saved it, as they saw it. 

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There is Youtube shorts. It is deemed inferior.
When the great tiktok ban of 2025 occurred, I suggested this and my kids laughed at me. 
Then Trump saved it, as they saw it. 

My kid likes YouTube Shorts more. He’s 8th grade. His friend circle is similar.
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11 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

It's been accelerating the past week.  I'm picking up followers for a history account I have setup (not competing with Traces of Texas) and the amount of followers is picking up and I'm not even trying.

Give me editing and I'll be 100% happy.

A few of the women I follow, and men too tbh, want to be able to limit replies to posts to followers only. I've been seeing complaints about newly bad behavior/old xitter habits.

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