But have only gotten serious about using it the past few days.
I don't remember there being a minimum requirement to post.
Hang on a moment,

notrumpershere

widowsNorphans

Horses?!

watercolormemory.

raycing

WeeWeex5

If that doesn’t work it says @weeweex5.bsky.socia
I’m not too good at this stuff.

I’m WeeWeex5

I'm Mamahawkeye

Is that you? I am christineunseen

raycing

raycing

WeeWeex5
Is me

They're headed to Bluesky because of its familiarity to Twitter users.

Marc Elias has apparently moved there.

I am a follower there.

I decided against Threads because Zuck allows disinformation on FB and private hate groups can form there. Plus I care about news and public affairs, and Threads does not support those.

familiar faces.


I'm IN!

watercolormemory

I'm raycing. follow & I'll follow back

ralphingermany

Loove the baby deer

Followed you
I’m WeeWeex5

I’m
WeeWeex5

For me was ten minutes on a desktop. The captcha are slightly confusing but otherwise pretty straightforward.

I'm Zhickel (the name of my childhood invisible friend)

svensmsk is me.

I'm Kim1959 there BTW how do you get a background picture there?

trying to find a pen and pencil…

what a co-wink-a-dink! I signed up today as well.

raycing

I’m
WeeWeex5

raycing

I’m WeeWeex5

raycing

ralphingermany

Deciding on user name, login, copying my bio from Twitter and pasting it in, uploading a profile pic (same as the one I use on Twitter) and a banner.

Then searching for and liking several accounts, and importantly retweeting a few posts. Also creating one or two posts on your new account that will give others a flavor of who you are.

I did it on my laptop Friday so I could access the pics. Today I got the free app from the app store, logged in, and then found some interesting posts.

I love the Starter Packs (personal lists of who you may want to follow because of their content, say librarians, lawyers, reporters, news sources). I'm impressed with how quick and easy it is to find a bunch of good content right away with those.

The other cool feature is that various engineer-types have created lists of accounts you may want to mute or block (MAGA, AI/Crypto, Pedos, etc). Subscribe to them and they either allow you to mute/block or to label all the tweets so you know they're suspect. Or you can go through their list one-by-one to do it.

I'll follow

I'm WimberleySusan. How about you?

raycing

raycing

Thanks!

IM me your BS name when you have it. I'd like to follow you, and vice versa.

It doesn’t take very long

In other words not much. I'm there as WimberleySusan.

Even though Threads was larger, I didn't like the fact that they don't encourage news. Plus of course, it's owned by Zuckerberg.

Love the Starter Pack concept. Far easier to find friends here than as a newbie on Twitter was. I haven't tried it but apparently there's a tool that will let you find and follow people you followed on Twitter.

Plus you can subscribe to accounts that all you to either block, mute, or label the kinds of accounts you want to ignore. AI and Crypto, Pedo, MAGA, etc.

I wanted to stay on Twitter to push back on misinformation and for some friends there. But the algorithms weren't serving my content to anyone new (or anyone much at all, little interaction there these days). I hope my friends will come over. In the meantime, I'm leaving my account there open so I can still post, and also to ensure I don't overlook someone I'd miss.

I'm using Threads more, too. Was leaning on it this summer when the Biden thing was going on. I just hate that you can't see latest posts first or a coherent timeline.

I love the starter packs, too!

a user name. Would like to join, but can’t get by this step.

Hopefully, someone who has already Signed UP can help you?

It sounds good but I'm going to try down the road a bit.

user name. So I tried a few and each one got a message that said “user name taken”. Then I tried other names and the button for “next” did not light up. I tapped it anyway, but it didn’t take.

I was pleasantly surprised I could sign up with a slight variant of my DU (originally SCA) handle. I was expecting to use something more esoteric associated with my old hobbies like Califian Libra Herald or something silly like that.
Just keep trying until it takes.

Haele

Need followers .

I'm christineunseen

Oh yeah, I'm Kim1959 there.

I'm megcar

Also followed many on your starter pack. Thank you. This is getting exciting! I joined quite a while back but there wasn’t much happening there (or I couldn’t find it). I’ve been using Spoutible but looks like a return to Bluesky is the way to go for me.

I’m HeronTewart there.

I’m weeweex5

raycing

svensmsk is me. What dumb name I picked.

to create your user name . See you over there .

weeweex5

in the past trying to sign up over the years.. So Frustrating!

I hope you get it solved from Blue Sky! I like that name.. I've used it for my password before. 💙

It’s nice to get away from Twitter.

I made a couple of posts down thread on more info on what Blue Sky is about and who owns.

Please let us know how you like it after a bit.

Mahalo!

online and then go from there to sign up? It helped me that I knew one of the words in my name is not common, especially with an -ey ending (WimberleySusan).

I did mine first on my computer Friday, then just added the app to my phone this morning.

Since I used @WimberleySusan on Twitter, I use that on Bluesky and they automatically added the rest of my handle. So it's @wimberleysusan.bsky.social. But just search on the first part. It's enough.

Mine is WimberleySusan.

Nice to see the familiar format.

I hope it goes the way of Friendster

It's also more like the old Twitter as it should have been with the suggested improvements prior to the X takeover.
Just from what I have read.

Haele

I signed up last night and right away saw that Molly Jong-Fast and John Scalzi (great science fiction writer) are on there, so I’d say they’re off and running.

I joined Mastodon a good while back and was glad to see George Takei and Robert Reich on there, among others. But I find it a fairly cumbersome platform to use. Maybe it’s just me, but I think I’ll find BlueSky a smoother experience. Hoping it can stay non-toxic.

to them. You can prevent the toxicity very quickly.

Looking forward to giving it a thorough test drive.

I found Molly from following a big group of Mollys who all seem to be writers and reporters...

I'm still looking for more writers Scalzi seems to have a number of them following him...

back. He did a thread advising content creators to beware of Mastodon.

and uses an array of decentralized servers. Bluesky has optional algorithms that are more like how Twitter used to be without all the Nazis, but I think just the one centralized server.

Please let me know who I should be following.

I’m weeweex5

now, I'm looking at who I follow on the hellscape app and finding them on Blusky. It will take a day or so of intermittent work, but I'll be deleting that account when I have gone through the list.

Then follow teh directions!

though, I've found nearly everyone....just hoping a few more hop over there.

No posts yet, I generally just read.
Lazarus, for those who remember him, posts regularly as Jeff, colorful old coot.

Haele

I am christineunseen

svensmsk is me

raycing

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Tried Threads and Mastodon. Both leave a lot to be desired, but are okay.

but got out afterwards because in his view it was invaded by magats.

Good you're on Blue Sky... that may be in my future, too. 💙

raycing

weeweex5

Anyone know?

good question? I'll stick to DU.

pack when you see someone you follow post one and you can view all the recommended people and choose which ones you want to follow.

Bluesky is getting better and better as more people join. There are also Block lists and if you subscribe to one it will for instance block all those with MAGA, Trump etc. in the profile.

Most of the people I follow Block liberally and are trying to make Bluesky a better place - not a place to get harassed or in fights. Make of it what you will.

Post

but they went defunct

and was never on Twitter

I'm raycing, I'll follow you back.

Couldn't find you on blue sky...raycing?

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Key Takeaways

Bluesky is a decentralized social network similar to Twitter, with a 300-character limit and basic features like replies and likes.

Bluesky's AT Protocol allows it to be decentralized, but it doesn't interact with Mastodon or Instagram threads.

Bluesky is owned by a team, not Jack Dorsey, and lacks Twitter's algorithmic feed and video posting features.
For a long time,

https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-bluesky-and-how-is-it-different-from-twitter/

I don't understand a lot of this but I'm sure many DU!

I read the wikipedia just now...it guess it's an alternative to the other algorithym?

I'd really love to know more before I jump in... I'll go look.

If anyone wants to tell me more, I'm all ears!
Been trying to get away from twitter for a long time, I dont post at all.
Usually use it for seeing the links here, and checking trends...

that those are all one needs to know.

I wanted to know more, too.

It is just like OG Twitter.

I've been on it for a couple years.

patotl (spelled it right there - autofilled)

linked.