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Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by jazzyjackson »

lepus wrote: post #114
josteink wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mastadon has a massive problem with furries, people with loli anime-avatars or people who fit the «purple haired» stereotype. It’s very off-putting and alienating for normal people.

If you have a problem with too many furry posts I have bad news for you about Bluesky

Bluesky is trying to differentiate itself with moderation tools -- people have created lists of furry accounts so you can bulk-ignore. But yeah I haven't found my "people" there yet, most of the activity is people I wouldn't choose to interact with.

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by ZacnyLos »

nightski wrote: post #117

I created a new account and the feed was flooded with anti-X, anti-gop, anti-religion content. Don't get me wrong, it's not that any of those particularly bother me but it doesn't seem any different than X except without the people I follow.

On Mastodon there are no longer people dragged by the crowd, only those who have something interesting to say remain.

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by rsynnott »

FranklinMaillot wrote: post #101
frabcus wrote: post #57

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Retweet was original using the text "RT". Hashtags were also invented by Twitter users.

Wasn't the @ also invented by users? I remember it was fascinating to watch this network self organize and create conventions of its own, that are now used everywhere.

Also hashtags. Though I think some of this stuff came from other social networks.

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by colesantiago »

fckgw wrote: post #138
josteink wrote: post #104

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Mastadon has a massive problem with furries, people with loli anime-avatars or people who fit the «purple haired» stereotype. It’s very off-putting and alienating for normal people.

These are also "normal people", they just choose to express themselves differently. Maybe you should get over it?

Nobody important or relevant enough is moving to Mastodon.

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by sph »

singleshot_ wrote: post #123
frabcus wrote: post #57

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Retweet was original using the text "RT". Hashtags were also invented by Twitter users.

Seems to me like Jarkko Oikarinen or one of his crew invented hashtags, no? Denoting the context of your communication with something like #warez or #hack significantly predates web2.0.

Rather I think Twitter-style hashtags take inspiration from IRC channels in the format of #topic

Because channel names are not hashtags. The syntax is purely because IRC is a text-based protocol, so you need a special way to distinguish channel names from regular text.

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by seanvelasco »

declan_roberts wrote: post #19

Bluesky to me still seems like a place completely dominated by software type (HN crowd). I know there are obvious exceptions there's no need for you to list them. Threads has extreme normies, bluesky has the nerds, and twitter seems to have just the right mixture of both.

> dominated by software type (HN crowd)

i find this very surprising. i don't see a lot of technical people out there, except for the bsky devs or devs who are building apps on top of atproto.

i've visited bluesky enough over the months, and to me, there's 3 types of users you will always see on the Discover or What's Hot timeline - journalists, furries, and people who post nudity.

tech people are still on twitter. i feel like the "exodus" of tech people following the election are just them making an account, and then returning to X after some time. it happened then during the private beta, and i feel like the same is happening now

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by rsynnott »

josteink wrote: post #104
fsflover wrote: post #97

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Did you try Mastodon? Many have a better experience there.

Mastadon has a massive problem with furries, people with loli anime-avatars or people who fit the «purple haired» stereotype. It’s very off-putting and alienating for normal people.

Twitter and Bluesky are also full of furries. Frankly, if your social network lacks furries, it is probably in trouble; they seem to be a viability indicator.

(Not that it’s a guarantee of anything; notably, SecondLife is essentially _only_ furries.)

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by yen223 »

andreygrehov wrote: post #132
yen223 wrote: post #89

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> They say X/Twitter is full of people spreading hate speech. I've recently created a brand new account on X for a project. Looking at what was being recommended to the brand-new account with no interactions or likes or anything, they are not wrong.

Can you share some examples?

Within the first 15 recommended posts or so there was

- a post about how Canada is overrun by Indians

- a post about how Melbourne is overrun by n-worders (they replaced the Gs with £s)

- a post about how a trans person is ugly

- 2 "nudes in bio" bot posts. This was not hate speech, and arguably the most positive posts I got.

This is not counting the Elon posts and the Trump posts, which were the first and second thing that got recommended. Nor the posts from Elon Musk imitators, who I assume are trying to take advantage of the fact that Elon Musk gets special treatment from the algorithm.

When you create a new account, X asks you to follow an account to determine what your interests are. I picked NASA. I did not get recommended a single space photo.

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