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Shirley wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:57 pm I just loaded my home page. I can see 6 posts. Three are by Takei. One is a Takei repost. The other two are both posts that he replied to. So, 100% of my page is dictated by one account. I'm following 24 accounts. I'm not sure this site's gonna make it.
I'm following 180 accounts. So I'm still getting plenty of interesting content in my timeline.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Shirley wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:57 pm I just loaded my home page. I can see 6 posts. Three are by Takei. One is a Takei repost. The other two are both posts that he replied to. So, 100% of my page is dictated by one account.
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The Sybian wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:08 pm
Shirley wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:57 pm I just loaded my home page. I can see 6 posts. Three are by Takei. One is a Takei repost. The other two are both posts that he replied to. So, 100% of my page is dictated by one account.
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1...funny. 2..i am a little better off, but I did unfollow him. I guess 86 year old men with nothing to do between comic cons have too much time on their hands.
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A_B wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:12 am2..i am a little better off, but I did unfollow him.
Yeah, I felt guilty about unfollowing, but it just got to be a little too much.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:27 am
A_B wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:12 am2..i am a little better off, but I did unfollow him.
Yeah, I felt guilty about unfollowing, but it just got to be a little too much.
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I wouldn't feel too bad. I don't follow Woj or Shams because I follow enough people who will rt them when something major happens. I realize it's not quite the same, but might find a similar/smaller account that retweets similar things without the follow.
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I don't understand why anyone would feel guilty about unfollowing someone. It is your social media feed, you don't owe following someone to them.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:12 pm I don't understand why anyone would feel guilty about unfollowing someone. It is your social media feed, you don't owe following someone to them.
Especially at our level, as mainly consumers, not producers of info.
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https://mashable.com/article/bluesky-re ... -users-fee

I am close to unfollowing Takei, but I'm starting to really pick up the # of folks I follow so he's not dominating my feed.

I'm actually really enjoying the platform, but as I've said a lot, I wasn't really into Twitter for many years... I know a bunch of you guys had a much more active feed on Twitter, so I understand it's probably jarring to see your favorite feeds not on bluesky.

For me, it's an opportunity to cultivate and curate from a reasonable amount of feeds and not be so overwhelmed with nonsense.
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I got in! (someone I follow on Twitter posted 5 invites)...

https://bsky.app/profile/daver98133.bsky.social
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Why didn't you ask for an invite or add your name to the list in this thread? I have multiple invite codes and I imagine others do, too.
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Yeah, I assume at this point that most of us have at least a couple of invites in the hopper.
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I could use one, I'll check this shit out
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Done.
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Forgot about this platform. Looks like I have 2 invites if anyone wants. Half my feed is George Takei, the rest is DSafe reposts. I haven't spent much time looking for people to follow.
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The Sybian wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 12:57 pm Forgot about this platform. Looks like I have 2 invites if anyone wants. Half my feed is George Takei, the rest is DSafe reposts. I haven't spent much time looking for people to follow beyond Swampers.
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The Sybian wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 12:57 pm Forgot about this platform. Looks like I have 2 invites if anyone wants. Half my feed is George Takei, the rest is DSafe reposts. I haven't spent much time looking for people to follow.
There's some website where called Skeet were you can put in your twitter handle and your bluesky handle and all your twitter follows that are on bluesky pop up and you can follow whichever of them you want at Bluesky. Helps with the Takei problem...I am following 170 now and roughly 160 of those came from that process.
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Nice try, TB
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Gunpowder wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:53 pmNice try, TB
? It did work for me - unless I got got?
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:58 am Why didn't you ask for an invite or add your name to the list in this thread? I have multiple invite codes and I imagine others do, too.
I thought that all of the invites got scooped up! Folks should post their user names so I can add people.
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tennbengal wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:58 pm
Gunpowder wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:53 pmNice try, TB
? It did work for me - unless I got got?
Name of the site sounds like you were Rick Rolling a porn site. I don’t think I follow anyone on Twitter, just go there when something links to a Tweet,

ETA: forgot I followed the Jets to enter a contest. That’s my only follow.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 2:04 pmFolks should post their user names so I can add people.
Right now, you have five people following you on Bluesky. At least four of us are Swampers. So if you go to our accounts and see who we follow, you will find other Swampers.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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tennbengal wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:58 pm
Gunpowder wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:53 pmNice try, TB
? It did work for me - unless I got got?
Trying to get us to search for "skeet"
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The Sybian wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 10:02 pm
tennbengal wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:58 pm
Gunpowder wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:53 pmNice try, TB
? It did work for me - unless I got got?
Name of the site sounds like you were Rick Rolling a porn site. I don’t think I follow anyone on Twitter, just go there when something links to a Tweet,

ETA: forgot I followed the Jets to enter a contest. That’s my only follow.
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Anyone got one I can send to someone? Just used my most recent 3.
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tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:53 am Anyone got one I can send to someone? Just used my most recent 3.
Sure. I'll PM you.
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I've got three to share as well
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rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:56 am
tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:53 am Anyone got one I can send to someone? Just used my most recent 3.
Sure. I'll PM you.
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tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:09 am
rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:56 am
tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:53 am Anyone got one I can send to someone? Just used my most recent 3.
Sure. I'll PM you.
Gracias - leading some out of Twitter this AM
Hopefully people who tweet about sports. I have 5 codes if anyone needs them
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Where do you see how many invites you have? Last time I was on, I saw that I had an invite to give, now I can't find it.
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Depends on whether you're on a computer or phone. On a computer it's at the bottom of the far right column. On the phone you have to hit the three parallel lines at the top left and it's close to the top in blue font.
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EdRomero wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:11 am
tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:09 am
rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:56 am
tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:53 am Anyone got one I can send to someone? Just used my most recent 3.
Sure. I'll PM you.
Gracias - leading some out of Twitter this AM
Hopefully people who tweet about sports. I have 5 codes if anyone needs them
If you have one you don’t mind me sharing I’ve got another refugee seeking asylum at bluesky…dm if you have one to share.
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tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:56 am
EdRomero wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:11 am
tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:09 am
rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:56 am
tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:53 am Anyone got one I can send to someone? Just used my most recent 3.
Sure. I'll PM you.
Gracias - leading some out of Twitter this AM
Hopefully people who tweet about sports. I have 5 codes if anyone needs them
If you have one you don’t mind me sharing I’ve got another refugee seeking asylum at bluesky…dm if you have one to share.
I can send one if this hasn't been handled yet.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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All good, thanks
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govmentchedda wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:46 am Depends on whether you're on a computer or phone. On a computer it's at the bottom of the far right column. On the phone you have to hit the three parallel lines at the top left and it's close to the top in blue font.
I see it on my phone, not on my computer. I only see one column of George Takei alternating with DSafe reBlues.
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I have a bunch of codes if anyone needs one.
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tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:56 am
EdRomero wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:11 am
tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:09 am
rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:56 am
tennbengal wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:53 am Anyone got one I can send to someone? Just used my most recent 3.
Sure. I'll PM you.
Gracias - leading some out of Twitter this AM
Hopefully people who tweet about sports. I have 5 codes if anyone needs them
If you have one you don’t mind me sharing I’ve got another refugee seeking asylum at bluesky…dm if you have one to share.
So I offer codes and then don't look at the Swamp for the next 10 hours. Sorry about that. Offer still stands for anyone who needs any.
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Elon is talking like M.O.D.O.K. again. Anyone need codes?
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