I joined bsky.app a few days ago, and I'm so glad I did. It's lovely, a breath of fresh air.
I, along with millions of other users, got fed up with the ketamine-laced lunatic platform formerly known as Twitter.
Bluesky is #1 app on Google Play and #2 in Apple's App Store. And there's good reason for it. Here's some cool stuff you can do on Bluesky.
https://www.theverge.com/24295933/bluesky-social-network-custom-how-to
Hope to see you there.
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Many seem to agree with you. Apparently BlueSky, or as some say, BS, censors dissenting views like the old Twitter did. Babylon Bee did some posts there, and all were declared "Mean" etc haha. And to think so many of them say they went there for "freedom of speech." X is where freedom of speech is, it's just speech they don't like. Twitter used to be predominately Democrat, partially because they kept deplatforming and silencing conservatives, but now it's about half and half. Because Musk doesn't do that. The Democrats who left did so because it was so shocking to them to see opinions that didn't match theirs. They weren't used to it. From CNN, the numbers:
He is not "censoring."
By @Leslie Moak Murray
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Ask yourself why Twitter put the kibosh on content from Facebook & other "prohibited" media sources but gives carteblanche to content on TikTok. It couldn't possibly be because Twitter's owner is at war with Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and others.
<sarcasm> Surely he's not THAT petty. </sarcasm> 😶
By @Leslie Moak MurrayI swear if Trump said "It's raining cats and dogs," they'd say "Trump thinks dogs and cats are falling from the skyyyyy!!!!!
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Or worse, truth is stranger than fiction.
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Much like old Twitter, Bluesky doesn't foster hate-speech & misinformation. Nor does it ban users for posting links to outside sources. Moderation has been great so far. Obviously they're doing something right because they're attracting 10K new users every 15 minutes.
Bluesky is growing so fast it's racing to get hold of more servers
https://www.businessinsider.com/bluesky-user-growth-social-coo-servers-twitter-elon-musk-x-2024-11
Pinning feeds ensures you'll see what interests you -- whether it's Cat Pics, Astronomy or What's Hot in Human Generated Art.
Starter Packs are a labor-saving way to follow familiar faces. And anyone can create their own Starter Packs for new friends to follow.
Will there be growing pains? Undoubtedly. Bluesky's 20-person team is in "firefighting mode" to keep up with demand and ensure that users continue to have a good experience. The company plans to launch a paid subscription model by the end of this year.
... As professional scientists all the people Ive spoken to value open access and transparency over a privately owned platform with a clear agenda...
By @svolzke
Over time, Bluesky will no doubt follow suit- to become a 'toxic' environment - because it is open access, it is open to everyone, as X is.
People will give their opinions - because we all like to give opinions - but over time there will be opinions that go against the tide; those who go against the tide will be labelled 'toxic'. (Because apparently, X is now 'toxic'.)
Bluesky may indeed be a breath of fresh air, but over time it will most probably become 'toxic'.
Social media is open to good apples and bad apples, and that's the way it is.
However...
The only way to keep it 'pure' is censorship, limit the use of language, and for the dissenters, to 'reeducate' them so that they now follow the narrative - as Winston found out. He was a 'dissenter, who went against the tide, but soon discovered that it was impossible, and after being 're-educated ' ended up believing the mainstream narrative.
By the way, what is the clear agender of X? It was supposed to be a public square, wasn't it?
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