Platform Discussion

Bluesky

Looks like the Twitter clone is looking for ways to get their member base back since it's dropped. They're looking at Reddit for ideas apparently. I read this thread about it the other day, but I finally got around to reading the article as well. Have you ever used Blusky before? I used it for a little bit but now the only Twitter like social media I use in a blue moon is Threads. I find it amusing that all these social media platforms keep going back to looking at forums for inspiration. It's almost like forums are still the best at being forums right? 🤣

CNBC Bluesky was launched as a Twitter rival — but it's far less popular. Now it's eyeing Reddit for inspiration "I think the public square is not the direction we want to go in...we're very inspired by companies like Reddit," Bluesky's Rose Wang told CNBC. www.cnbc.com

I only used once for "trolling" (posting shitpost and crap no one cares as I fucking hate social media) and to try to talk to an artist whose drawings I liked until I got tired of it a few days later and I ended up closing my account there

I've never really connected with the short-form content thing that Twitter, BlueSky, etc use. I like to ramble, connect the dots, fill in depth. I only use Threads for short-form content, but only because I can "chain" multiple posts together, but even that can get exhausting. Let's be honest, seeing that 1/19 marker at the end of the first post causes a bit of dread as a reader.

Anyway, I do have a BlueSky account, I'm just never there, it's always forgotten.

I logged back into my Bluesky account this weekend and it really doesn't feel like much has changed other than that group chat feature they added. Threads feels more alive than Bluesky to me, but maybe it's because I'm not really following many people on Bluesky.