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psychothumbs@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

Why I ditched Twitter for Bluesky - and hope you will, too!

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Why I ditched Twitter for Bluesky - and hope you will, too!

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psychothumbs@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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THE SHORT PITCH Twitter is a cesspool and I’m only posting there now to tell people to find me elsewhere. That elsewhere? Bluesky, a new social media site that’s become the best place on the internet for me… and maybe you too? If you’re not already on social media, congratulations — you should probably stay … Continue reading Why I ditched Twitter for Bluesky – and hope you will, too! →
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    Surely nothing will go wrong with THIS corporate owned walled garden.

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      Technically it’s an open protocol. Whether or not any other implementations will surface remains to be seen.

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    Leaving one privately run garden for another sure seems like a choice 🤔

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      It’s built to be decentralized though, from what I read.

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        Mastodon: Am I a joke to you?

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          I wasn’t a fan of the format. (and apparently I’m not allowed to have an opinion on format)

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          I mean, Mastodon is a joke if that’s what you’re asking

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    deleted by creator

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    Mastodon is much better for that

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    There is another alternative to twitter

    Its pretty unknown, especially on lemmy, so i dont think many people heard of it, its on something called “the fediverse” and is called “mastodon”

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    Bluesky is also about as dead as tumblr

    I barely see anyone interacting with anything, or anyone for that matter

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    His profile is sign-in blocked.

    “Public square” indeed.

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