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Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week

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Re: Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week

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Post by RiverCrochet »

forgotoldacc wrote: post #43

Bluesky is pretty decent so far. I get about as many responses to my art as I do with twitter, despite having 1/5th the followers on the new platform. The problem is I don't see much interesting on Bluesky. It's endless people saying "Hello, bluesky! I'm new here!" or "Hello, new bluesky users! Follow me!" Feels like there's less focus on content and more on the individuals themselves. It's further exemplified with w…

> Bluesky is pretty decent so far.

It is in pre-enshittification phase.

> The problem is I don't see much interesting on Bluesky.

You have to search for things, follow a few people, and give the "Discover" facility something to work with I think. Also use the Feeds tab - search may bring up some feeds which are also super helpful.

Re: Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week

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Post by duxup »

cen4 wrote: post #36
owlninja wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only thing keeping me around as someone who never comments or tweets, is that there are some great local accounts (to me) like weather, police, news, concerts, etc... Any chance these move over? I'm not looking for some great community, I just enjoy timely posts I guess.

Its weird how all these useful local info accounts end up being dependent on platforms that promote noise makers and attention cravers.

It’s not like local weather guy is likely to get anyone on just his website or such these days.

Re: Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week

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bhouston wrote: post #10
mlcrypto wrote: post #7

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I wonder if social networks continue to bifurcate? Truth Social, Gab and X on the right and Mastadon, BlueSky on the left and Threads somewhere in between focused on celebrities? This article suggests that there is a bifurcation happening: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/29/elon-mu...

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Re: Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week

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Post by RiverCrochet »

behnamoh wrote: post #20

I've seen this played out many times and won't fall into the "next big social media site" trap anymore. If anything, I've noticed people are moving away from public social media and towards more private sites (only sharing photos and stuff with family members and close friends). The days of "let's put it out there for the entire world to see" are over.

Apps that work like Discord and Telegram are the social media of the future.

Re: Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week

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Post by threeseed »

forgotoldacc wrote: post #49
minimaxir wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Threads has become worse over time due to a series of anti-user policy decisions (no news/politics) and a very weird Discover algorithm that strongly incentivizes clickbait (and said feed is the default on the app and cannot be changed)

Threads only fed me straight up celebrity posts, despite having absolutely zero interest in that, when I signed up back when it was new. I can't imagine how much worse it is now.

So by default it will show you popular accounts which is unsurprisingly celebrities. But you just need to not engage with them and follow the people and topics you are interested in.

Once you do the algorithm is TikTok style in its sensitivity i.e. very.

Re: Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week

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Post by forgotoldacc »

RiverCrochet wrote: post #51
forgotoldacc wrote: post #43

Bluesky is pretty decent so far. I get about as many responses to my art as I do with twitter, despite having 1/5th the followers on the new platform. The problem is I don't see much interesting on Bluesky. It's endless people saying "Hello, bluesky! I'm new here!" or "Hello, new bluesky users! Follow me!" Feels like there's less focus on content and more on the individuals themselves. It's further exemplified with w…

> Bluesky is pretty decent so far. It is in pre-enshittification phase. > The problem is I don't see much interesting on Bluesky. You have to search for things, follow a few people, and give the "Discover" facility something to work with I think. Also use the Feeds tab - search may bring up some feeds which are also super helpful.

I've tried the other tabs and feeds. I follow a decent number of people, too.

When I delve into art or gamedev feeds and whatnot, I'm still hit in the face with selfies and people talking way too much about their personal life. I feel like I really need to dig for content, whereas with twitter, the top 10 things I see upon every refresh is some great art.

I know lots of artists have left it permanently for bluesky, and I try to follow them whenever they leave, but there's still a massive imbalance in the quality of content that the algorithm feeds and it's heavily in favor of twitter.

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