Is Anyone Using Twitter Alternative Bluesky?

I am using it and had two invites but gave them away. I will post as more become available.

I am on the waiting list for the invitation code. I can not tolerate Twitter anymore. It is a cesspool of hate and misinformation.

I'm waiting for Zuckerberg's alternative which is to be released shortly, I'm not signing up for Dorsey's anything.

Just came across this article that Threads (Zuckerberg's Twitter clone) apparently launches on Thursday. I haven't been able to warm up to Mastodon despite trying really hard, so I hope one of these takes off and that it's not a total right-wing hellhole.

Does anyone know when they’ll open up Bluesky to everyone? Have they set any date?

No date, it'll take some time, they just added the blocking functionality a week or so ago, so it's all still deep in beta. Meta's alternative will probably take off faster because of the Instagram connection.

Is there a good way to get an invite? Does everyone who becomes a member get invited to give out?

The whole appeal of BlueSky is the invite system, which gives it an air of exclusivity. But to put things into cold hard perspective, it has around 100k members, which is about how many switched from Twitter to Mastodon since Musk instituted the caps last week.

We'll see which platform the celebs and the sports reporters choose, those will most likely determine the winner of this fight. The big unknown remains the porn content, which is what gave Twitter a new dose of life when Tumblr went pure. Doubt that'll be allowed on Threads, I don't know about BlueSky though.

Bluesky has been open to all for about 6 months; when it opened up, its membership increased to 5 million and has been gradually falling ever since.

Most people just use it as a backup for Twitter and Threads. I give it another year at most.

It’s OK but I probably don’t follow enough people to really make it worthwhile.

It's my backup for Xwitter. I seem to have fallen on the dreary left of centre algorithm side with a load of Sheilas!!!!! People seem to be really nice, then I remember it's not the filth that is Xwitter.

People on Bluesky *are* generally nice, unless you admit to supporting Biden. Then you get accused of personally slaughtering Palestinian babies.

I quit after realizing I don’t belong there, since I’m not a poly trans furry from Portland and my username didn’t contain “🇵🇸🔻 ☭ 🍉”.

It’s a far leftist platform full of nothing but tranny prostitutes, aspies, and the most miserable people on the planet.

No. What is Bluesky?

^ Google is yr friend.

there's no point to DL if we just google anything that we'd otherwise talk about, r15.

also, fuck off.

There’s been some increased buzz and movement of more liberal/Dem voices over to BlueSky. Too soon to say if it’s just a post-election reaction or a real migration but something is happening.

More..

I need a long fucking break from politics. I don't want to get sucked back into the doomscrolling. It didn't do anything good for us before and it certainly won't help matters now.

Maybe I'll change my mind in a few months, but right now, I don't see the need.

I saw people from my Twitter feed moving over there so I peeked around but for some reason most of the stuff on there was pets, that must be my algorithm. It seemed boring, I think Threads is a better alternative.

There’s been some buzz about it on DailyKos, this past week.,Hundreds of us regulars are joining and leaving X/Twitter.

I just switched over today. I find there's sufficient of those I used to follow and am very happy to leave Twitter to what it is.

Yep. It’s good and people are finding me and vice versa.

Yes, and it is great

So far, so good. They’ve been great at keeping out the riff raff. Laura Loomer set up an account over there and it was deleted.

I don't think there is an algorithm r20 - that's part of how they're selling it. You curate your own. I'm not a tech person though so I can't really explain wtf that means. I just know I started using it again this week after joining last year and forgetting about it, and it's a much better experience now that there are more people on there and Twitter has turned into a total clusterfuck. The block option is hardcore so you really can cultivate what you see. So far so good but inevitably it will go wrong -- these social media platforms always do eventually. But for now, I'm riding it!

It is good for now. Bunch of my friends have moved over and are leaving both Facebook and Twitter.

Troons. Troons are using it, I don't think anyone else is.

I just joined it yesterday. Easy peasy, no invite necessary. Haven't looked at it since then.

We'll see if it takes off.

I was on threads for awhile. It’s really not a good replacement for the original Twitter. I ended up deleting it

Yeah, threads = Zuckerborg and I'm not good with that.

Which billionaire is commoditizing me on bluesky?

I'm finding Bluesky to be pretty pleasant so far. Much better than stupid Threads that won't let you escape its terrible algorithm.

Chris Meloni is now on Bluesky too.

I just joined it. It's nice. No crazy MAGA, no crazy Musk.

It's up to about 15 million. Will need a lot more to really matter.

So join it!

Bluesky has been blocking MAGAts when they sign up and other users have created and shared related blocked lists as well.

Sigh ...

[quote]“​​When Musk first bought Twitter, the first things he did were rolling back moderation on transphobia on the platform and because of that we were the first group to leave Twitter in numbers,” journalist Katelyn Burns told Vox. “Because of that, a large group of funny, talented trans posters were the earliest adopters of Bluesky and were able to forge the platform into what it is today: funny, frequently horny, and with very strong moderation tools. [bold]If you like Bluesky’s vibe right now, thank a trans person.[/bold]”

Marsha P. Johnson posted the first post at Bluesky!

Katelyn isn't wrong about that, R36. Credit where due.

This new swing really took off the day after the election, when Taylor Swift's fanbase community made the move and told everyone to tell everyone etc. From there it spread fast into other communities and demographics.

When I checked out DailyKos last weekend they were abuzz about it, most of the most valuable writers and community members had set up on BlueSky and said they'd left X. (Exceptions being the ones covering Ukraine, which still relies on X for their best contacts over there)

I have joined. There is a a rapidly growing science community.

[quote]a large group of funny, talented trans posters were the earliest adopters of Bluesky and were able to forge the platform into what it is today: funny, frequently horny

Sounds great.

Yes. It is very boring so far—mostly journalists promoting their work. I miss the open hostility of Twitter. Also the app itself is not well designed.

There’s nothing wrong with the design of the app.

The design is simply the old twitter design. And you like shit stirring? Just stay on the DL

[quote] I miss the open hostility of Twitter.

Not fucked up at all.

You can’t even post gifs. R42.

R43, that’s just the kind of humorless reaction one would expect of a Bluesky user.

And R45 is just kind of sulk you'd expect from a moron. Wanna keep playing, santorum?

Will the pron whores migrate as well?

I LOVE IT! Yes, the pron whores are there as well. It’s also civil and I see no ads at the top and people are not fighting. So far no conspiracy theories and spewing out lies. I see things I like and choose. For me, it’s better than instagram and all the others.

It really, really picked up this week.

Left Twitter long ago rather it left me when Muskie turned it into XXX aka Trumplandia. Vile cesspool of incel fachist haters and those they worship.

Today on Bluesky:

New York Times Pitchbot quoted a Maureen Dowd column that referred to "Elania" Musk and now the poor Pitchbot is being accused of TRANSPHOBIA.