Bluesky

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:48 pm

I wish there was a way to convert my twitter list over. That's the biggest roadblock right now.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:56 pm

mister d wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:48 pm I wish there was a way to convert my twitter list over. That's the biggest roadblock right now.

Just saw the stat (and likely the reasons for the slow down at the moment) as of 30 minutes ago Bluesky was seeing 133 signups PER SECOND.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:58 pm

tennbengal wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:56 pm
mister d wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:48 pm I wish there was a way to convert my twitter list over. That's the biggest roadblock right now.
Just saw the stat (and likely the reasons for the slow down at the moment) as of 30 minutes ago Bluesky was seeing 133 signups PER SECOND.

Most of those are me setting up the longest of cons on Mister D.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:03 pm

mister d wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:48 pm I wish there was a way to convert my twitter list over. That's the biggest roadblock right now.

I can't point you to it, but I'm pretty sure someone set something up to make this easier. I'm sure I saw that somewhere on Bluesky recently.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:04 pm

There was a Chrome extension that helps with that.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detai ... jpko?hl=en

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:06 pm

tennbengal wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:56 pm
mister d wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:48 pm I wish there was a way to convert my twitter list over. That's the biggest roadblock right now.
Just saw the stat (and likely the reasons for the slow down at the moment) as of 30 minutes ago Bluesky was seeing 133 signups PER SECOND.

Probably twitter setting up bots to kill that experience too.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:07 pm

mister d wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:06 pm
tennbengal wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:56 pm
mister d wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:48 pm I wish there was a way to convert my twitter list over. That's the biggest roadblock right now.
Just saw the stat (and likely the reasons for the slow down at the moment) as of 30 minutes ago Bluesky was seeing 133 signups PER SECOND.
Probably twitter setting up bots to kill that experience too.

I've had some success with hCaptcha in blocking bots from CC-attacking client websites..

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:16 pm

mister d wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:06 pm
tennbengal wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:56 pm
mister d wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:48 pm I wish there was a way to convert my twitter list over. That's the biggest roadblock right now.
Just saw the stat (and likely the reasons for the slow down at the moment) as of 30 minutes ago Bluesky was seeing 133 signups PER SECOND.
Probably twitter setting up bots to kill that experience too.

Nuclear block works wonders there. And the prevailing established culture is block and don't engage. There are entire block lists that make the experience immediately so much better.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:47 pm

Men in Blazers announced on Facebook that they are also posting on Bluesky, and the majority of responses were highly disappointing. At least 75% saying things like "I won't be following you into your Blue bubble" and generally making fun of Libs, Bluesky and praising Trump. Similar surprise reading comments on US Soccer's posts after the game. Tons of praise for Pulisic showing his patriotism and love of Trump with his goal celebration.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:50 pm

I'm sure some of that is real but there's also a ton of AI/bot shit that's meant to seem pro-Elon and Elon-adjacent things everywhere.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 6:22 pm

tennbengal wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:47 pm Ian Rapaport arrived in the last few hours - probably a coincidence the site is struggling w/ traffic at the moment, or maybe not.

But, seriously, someone like Rapoport planting a flag is pretty huge. And Mina Kimes is still evangelizing. I think Bluesky is absolutely firmly established now. Following along live sports Friday - Sunday was pretty much like old school Twitter on my curated timeline.

It really is amazing how much it's changed in the last 2 weeks.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 6:24 pm

The Sybian wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:47 pm Men in Blazers announced on Facebook that they are also posting on Bluesky, and the majority of responses were highly disappointing. At least 75% saying things like "I won't be following you into your Blue bubble" and generally making fun of Libs, Bluesky and praising Trump. Similar surprise reading comments on US Soccer's posts after the game. Tons of praise for Pulisic showing his patriotism and love of Trump with his goal celebration.

I can't believe you saw that sort of nonsense on Facebook.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 7:06 pm

tennbengal wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:47 pmIan Rapaport arrived in the last few hours - probably a coincidence the site is struggling w/ traffic at the moment, or maybe not.

But, seriously, someone like Rapoport planting a flag is pretty huge. And Mina Kimes is still evangelizing. I think Bluesky is absolutely firmly established now. Following along live sports Friday - Sunday was pretty much like old school Twitter on my curated timeline.

They have passed Threads in number of users and are leaving them in the dust.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Nov 21, 2024 11:19 am

It really is so great, seeing sports take hold and flourish there. I really REALLY missed that from before Musk fucked up twitter. Closing in on something similar to what was lost now, with how I have my feed organized. Also, and this may seem sappy, but REALLY happy for people like Mina Kimes that she can post in a place and not immediately be bathed in racist/sexist responses. Such a fucking low bar, but here we are.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Nov 21, 2024 11:20 am

Shirley wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 6:22 pm
tennbengal wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:47 pm Ian Rapaport arrived in the last few hours - probably a coincidence the site is struggling w/ traffic at the moment, or maybe not.

But, seriously, someone like Rapoport planting a flag is pretty huge. And Mina Kimes is still evangelizing. I think Bluesky is absolutely firmly established now. Following along live sports Friday - Sunday was pretty much like old school Twitter on my curated timeline.
It really is amazing how much it's changed in the last 2 weeks.

NIGHT AND DAY, the difference.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Nov 21, 2024 6:41 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. I'm following 24 accounts. I'm not sure this site's gonna make it.

A lot has changed in 2 months!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Nov 21, 2024 6:46 pm

I’m just too lazy tbh. I’ll do it eventually as I see a lot of the music peeps I follow migrating over as well and that’s the main reason I’m on Twitter.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Nov 22, 2024 9:18 pm

Please keep posting good sports accounts to follow there.

I'm still trying to build the right feed.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Nov 22, 2024 9:19 pm

I will say I enjoyed the Nate Silver takedowns.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Nov 22, 2024 9:23 pm

I’m generally enjoying Bluesky. Seems I get a few new legit followers each day.

Although I am tired of all the posts about Bluesky itself.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:16 am

I found this amusing.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:17 pm

Random bluesky note - Jelly Roll, apparently THE Jelly Roll, liked my reply post to a Mina Kimes post where I noted that SoFi is a beautiful venue. So I guess I am best friends with Jelly Roll now.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:33 pm

tennbengal wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:17 pm Random bluesky note - Jelly Roll, apparently THE Jelly Roll, liked my reply post to a Mina Kimes post where I noted that SoFi is a beautiful venue. So I guess I am best friends with Jelly Roll now.

Jelly Roll Morton is the only true Jelly Roll.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Nov 26, 2024 1:07 pm

The Sybian wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:33 pm
tennbengal wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:17 pm Random bluesky note - Jelly Roll, apparently THE Jelly Roll, liked my reply post to a Mina Kimes post where I noted that SoFi is a beautiful venue. So I guess I am best friends with Jelly Roll now.
Jelly Roll Morton is the only true Jelly Roll.

On behalf of my best friend THE Jelly Roll...no.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Nov 26, 2024 9:06 pm

I’ve moved the bluesky app into the twitter spot on my phone. Huge transaction.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Nov 26, 2024 9:51 pm

I'm 1,000% sure bots are following me.

So it's just like any other social media platform. They made it!

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Wed Nov 27, 2024 12:59 am

The shift on Twitter has been noticeable too. Elon has turned on his bot generators; I’m averaging a new follower every 10-12 hours, all of them have zero posts.

Working to build a better feed on Bluesky. Still unfortunately click on Twitter out of habit. Agreed I’m tired of all the meta ‘this is the happy place’ posts, but that will stop. The bots will come too, for sure, but the question is how they handle them. i can guarantee they won’t be amplified like Elmo is doing.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Nov 27, 2024 9:40 am

Square Rob wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 12:59 am The shift on Twitter has been noticeable too. Elon has turned on his bot generators; I’m averaging a new follower every 10-12 hours, all of them have zero posts.

Working to build a better feed on Bluesky. Still unfortunately click on Twitter out of habit. Agreed I’m tired of all the meta ‘this is the happy place’ posts, but that will stop. The bots will come too, for sure, but the question is how they handle them. i can guarantee they won’t be amplified like Elmo is doing.

Curate your feed aggressively on bluesky - use the directory for starter packs. It is SO good compared to twitter once you get your feed right and lists to sort it out.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Nov 27, 2024 10:23 am

mister d wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 9:06 pmI’ve moved the bluesky app into the twitter spot on my phone. Huge transaction.

Same.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Nov 27, 2024 11:25 am

Gonna do a sportsfrog peeps list - MrD, I am pretty sure I am following you - but just in case I am wrong about that - are you cool with sharing your handle?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Nov 27, 2024 12:08 pm

tennbengal wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 11:25 am Gonna do a sportsfrog peeps list - MrD, I am pretty sure I am following you - but just in case I am wrong about that - are you cool with sharing your handle?

I’m Kasper Gutman or @pjfoss.bsky.social

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Nov 27, 2024 12:33 pm

I think we are connected, will double check.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Nov 27, 2024 2:32 pm

I think it's time to drop the "invites" from the thread title. We're into full-on usage now!

I haven't deleted the Twitter app or moved it on my phone, but I've made a point of very rarely checking it now. Unfortunately, there's still more chatter over there during and after UVA games, but hopefully not for much longer.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 8:12 pm

There are women on this thing

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 8:16 pm

HaulCitgo wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 8:12 pm There are women on this thing

So funny, my wife started using it in earnest today.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:10 am

https://bsky.app/profile/christophermaher.bsky.social

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:48 pm

Welcome to Bluesky, Your One-Stop Sancarlos Free-Time Tracker™

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:56 pm

Ryan wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:48 pm Welcome to Bluesky, Your One-Stop Sancarlos Free-Time Tracker™

Ouch.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Dec 12, 2024 5:22 pm

No it’s good.

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Dec 14, 2024 9:39 am

I got embedding to work. And look what I found when I went to find a post to test with...