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Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by pests »

delecti wrote: post #236
everybodyknows wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is a "skeet"?

The unofficial name for a post on bluesky. It comes from a combination of "sky" and "tweet". The people running the site don't like that name, which of course only made people embrace it even more.

It's also slang for ejaculation, so there's that.

As Lil Jon might say,

  To the window, to the wall!
  Til the sweat drop down my balls
  Til all these bitches crawl
  Til all skeet skeet motherfuckers, all skeet skeet god damn!
  Til all skeet skeet motherfuckers, all skeet skeet god damn!

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by delecti »

pests wrote: post #251
delecti wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The unofficial name for a post on bluesky. It comes from a combination of "sky" and "tweet". The people running the site don't like that name, which of course only made people embrace it even more.

It's also slang for ejaculation, so there's that. As Lil Jon might say, To the window, to the wall! Til the sweat drop down my balls Til all these bitches crawl Til all skeet skeet motherfuckers, all skeet skeet god damn! Til all skeet skeet motherfuckers, all skeet skeet god damn!

Incidentally that's also a big part of why the people running the site don't like the name, and why the users do.

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

#253

Post by pests »

delecti wrote: post #252
pests wrote: post #251

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also slang for ejaculation, so there's that. As Lil Jon might say, To the window, to the wall! Til the sweat drop down my balls Til all these bitches crawl Til all skeet skeet motherfuckers, all skeet skeet god damn! Til all skeet skeet motherfuckers, all skeet skeet god damn!

Incidentally that's also a big part of why the people running the site don't like the name, and why the users do.

I don't know what's worse, this or toots.

Can't we admit Twitter had the perfect name for it, and now that twitter is gone, we can all just call them tweets?

Its almost absurd. Like if phone companies decided to brand text messages and someone got to "Texts" first so companies came up with "Blurts" and "Yells" or "Phonomails" and now we use a different verb based on which walled-garden we are in.

edit:

In thinking on this more, I do think this might impact the image of the communty. The hot lists and other feeds are dominated by the furry community, which is fine, but not everyone's cup of tea. Now naming posts / the verb be an euphemism of ejaculation... it just feels immature and is everyone going to feel welcome?

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by throwing_away »

andybak wrote: post #159
vidarh wrote: post #112

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Saying they "made the web happen" is just nonsense. They had one of several popular browsers, and one of several popular web servers. As much as I stayed up late to download new Netscape betas, had they never existed the web would still be just fine, and the customers of the ISP I ran at the time would have just used another browser.

Hmmmm. I would argue the web would have been significanty different. There was a fairly big gap between Mosaic and Internet Explorer that Netscape filled and it was the period that largely defined the web as it came to be. Since IE was developed specifically to counter the threat of Netscape - it was also defined by Netscape. What other browsers of note were around in that period?

> Hmmmm. I would argue the web would have been significanty different.

One can imagine a world without JavaScript...

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by throwing_away »

taco_emoji wrote: post #194
jakebsky wrote: post #103

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We've announced one business model and do intend to iterate and add others, but that's all we've announced for now. The plan is definitely to be sustainable over the long-term.

Honestly this is fucking whacko to me. "We've incorporated a legal entity whose entire purpose is to make money, but we have no idea how that's going to happen." How is this even allowed? Anyway the answer is ads. This just means it's going to be ads. It's always fucking ads. No one has ever gone into a capitalistic venture sans business plan and ended up doing anything besides selling fucking ads.

Relax bro, you're just looking at it upside-down.

The ads let you know what services are not worth your time, or only worth consuming with sufficient adblocking.

They're really doing you a great service by advertising that you're the product.

Also, hope is not lost for ad-free capitalism. For the first time ever I'm actually paying for subscription services that don't have ads (yet). Mostly to do with search and AI.

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

#256

Post by kevinmchugh »

pests wrote: post #253
delecti wrote: post #252

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Incidentally that's also a big part of why the people running the site don't like the name, and why the users do.

I don't know what's worse, this or toots. Can't we admit Twitter had the perfect name for it, and now that twitter is gone, we can all just call them tweets? Its almost absurd. Like if phone companies decided to brand text messages and someone got to "Texts" first so companies came up with "Blurts" and "Yells" or "Phonomails" and now we use a different verb based on which walled-garden we are in. edit: In thinking on…

I really think "tweeting" worked to make it seem more normal and less serious than "posting", which is the brandless term X and Bluesky (the companies, not the communities) both prefer. Posting is for forums and forums are for nerds.

I harbor some hope that Elon will firesale off the trademark on "tweet" and someone can put it to good use

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

#257

Post by edavis »

threeseed wrote: post #233
jakebsky wrote: post #229

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Limited functionality for a specified subset of users counts as "very little" to my mind given that they launched 6 months ago and have a team of hundreds working on it. But like I said, I sincerely do hope Threads follows through on their plan to federate. But it's just not correct to claim that they already have.

Maybe you I and understand the software development process differently. Supporting one user end to end is a huge milestone and the first step in rolling it out to the other hundreds of millions of users. Especially when Threads isn't a standalone platform but is built on top of Instagram which means we could see it integrated with ActivityPub as well. The fact that Meta cares about ActivityPub at all is a huge win f…

I don't know... the whole Threads + ActivityPub thing just seems like Meta trying to keep the regulators at bay rather than them actually embracing the ethos of becoming a major federated social media player.

So launch in July 2023, handful of accounts have AP support in November-ish 2023, full AP support end of 2024? I guess it's not nothing, they did have to bolt something entirely new on top of IG's infrastructure. But for a team that big, feels like we'd be seeing more if it was a true priority for them. Plus Threads leaning towards opt-in AP support which will only inhibit uptake (that was the last I heard, anyway).

I'd be shocked if Instagram ever went with ActivityPub, though.

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

#258

Post by pests »

kevinmchugh wrote: post #256
pests wrote: post #253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know what's worse, this or toots. Can't we admit Twitter had the perfect name for it, and now that twitter is gone, we can all just call them tweets? Its almost absurd. Like if phone companies decided to brand text messages and someone got to "Texts" first so companies came up with "Blurts" and "Yells" or "Phonomails" and now we use a different verb based on which walled-garden we are in. edit: In thinking on…

I really think "tweeting" worked to make it seem more normal and less serious than "posting", which is the brandless term X and Bluesky (the companies, not the communities) both prefer. Posting is for forums and forums are for nerds. I harbor some hope that Elon will firesale off the trademark on "tweet" and someone can put it to good use

Tweet is the only one that has made any sense IMO being the sound the bird mascot made, thematically with "short chirps", and birds "tweeting" at each other.

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

#259

Post by AgentME »

kibwen wrote: post #162
lapcat wrote: post #108

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> You can migrate your account between instances and take tour followers and follows with you. You can if the server is operational. If the server not operational and cooperative, you can't. And you can't migrate your posts, only your followers. > Server shutdowns are rare Not rare enough though.

> You can if the server is operational. And if Bluesky's servers stop being operational? Where is your data hosted?

If you or someone else has an archive of your data, then you can seamlessly port your account somewhere else. With Mastodon, I'm not sure there's an established flow for downloading your full account data, and you have to have your old server cooperate and redirect your user page to your page on your new server.

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

#260

Post by suddenclarity »

Signed up in an attempt to protect my username (already taken but couldn't verify without making an account).

First impression? After selecting only tech subjects, my recommendations consisted of CNN journalists and newspapers. I decided to skip them and was forwarded to the Discovery feed which consists of American politics, Elon Musk hate, King Charles hate, and furries. So many furries.

I don't see the attraction. It's just a different hate bubble.

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