Bluesky now has more than 10M users | TechCrunch
Social network Bluesky said Monday that it now has more than 10 million users. This is largely thanks to the rapid growth of the network in the past few
Bluesky now has more than 10M users | TechCrunch
Social network Bluesky said Monday that it now has more than 10 million users. This is largely thanks to the rapid growth of the network in the past few
The Weird, Fragmented World of Social Media After Twitter
The common forum that Elon Musk destroyed will never be replaced—and that’s okay.
Nuked my Twitter. Here's why, and what's next. — Glendon Mellow
I nuked all of my tweets. Then I deleted the Twitter Community I spent years building. Then I went further. Deleted my DeviantArt portfolio, then ArtStation...
Bluesky’s biggest selling points are things it doesn’t do
Read to the end for a good cat video
Exit, Voice, and Platform Loyalty
A recent article by Renée DiResta is interesting for a number of different reasons.
Ken Childs is on Bluesky on Twitter / X
Hell yeah!Gonna add “Certified @bluesky elder” to my CV pic.twitter.com/LZRjNoOxa0— Ken Childs is on Bluesky (@TheKenChilds) September 16, 2024
One Year of Bluesky
A year ago today my pal Lou Anders asked me if I wanted an invite to a new microblogging site called Bluesky, which was making a little bit of a news splash because Jack Dorsey was on its board, an…
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Updated 6mo
Context collapse, eternal September, and social backlash. "Bluesky Elders" was meant to refer to communities of early adopters fleeing X and other platforms, my original post was bringing attention to social changes relative to traditionally oppressed groups of early adopters and the effects of Bluesky's "Eternal September" as the platform scaled. (It was quickly taken out of context and mocked and used to fuel a targeted harassment campaign against me) (Context collapse in most mentions)
sweetbee tried to attack and dethrone drill, got bigmad when this didn't work (this is the origin of the phrase "bluesky elders"), left for nostr (twitter with even more crypto, jack's there since we were mean to him) and tried to create a sex worker exodus, quietly returned when that failed too
Anyone here prior to the creation of the media tab (August 23, 2023) is currently receiving a Bluesky Elder label. It's rate limited and there are a lot of records to process, so check back tomorrow. Don't blame us, blame @jcsalterego.bsky.social
i am about 99% sure but i think sweetbee coined this term lmfaoooo
Neon Chinchilla
"Bluesky elder" The term is used only in two ways: -as an insult -as a joke It came from someone using it back in the day as if some sort of benefits and privilege should come from seniority and time spent on the site. It was, and still is, properly mocked. A meme I made about it from way back:
"Don't Engage, Just Block" absolutely IS the Bluesky motto. The notion of a "Bluesky Elder" is vaguely ridiculous but the ONE THING that we oldheads are good for is telling the new folks that blocking without engagement is praxis, and encouraging them to do it early and often.
Nic Lake
"Don't Engage, Just Block" should be the Bluesky motto. We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
"Block the Blue" Harms SWers, Dril Discourse
werewolf muscle mommy 🏳️ (@wlfgxrl.bsky.social)
Shaqsquatch (@shaqsquatch.bsky.social)
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks
Twitter ‘Blue’: Sex workers, censorship and the fight for online visibility - Index on Censorship
Twitter/X - Cautionary Tales (by Bee 🐝) — Semble
wint on Twitter / X
