Mitch

Something that got buried as Twitter started doing blue check shenanigans right afterward was that, a couple weeks ago, Terry Pratchett's daughter said something critical of Musk, and the next morning Terry Pratchett's account had a checkmark. This was before Musk was forcing them on everyone.

flight attendant: welcome to business class

me: thank u

flight attendant: close ur books for a pop quiz

me: oh fuck

You can text "here!" from anywhere at any time and it's always technically true

It's a shame tbh

I'd personally definitely keep on using social media if metrics went away. My *hope* is that others would continue to use it, but unfortunately I think that the conditioning and drive to get likes/reposts/clout is too deeply engrained in most people 🙃

I wish I could get back into a headspace of not caring about metrics as much — it definitely does feel like that mentality affects SO many people on social media nowadays, which is honestly a shame

I honestly think that's a shame, because the way I used to engage with it was so much purer and *rawer*, emotionally

There's a noticable shift in how I posted on instagram, for example, from before I started caring as much about how others saw my posts to now

Reskeet

the energy on here is like this and i hope it lasts forever

Hey @support.bsky.team! I've been noticing a pretty significant battery drain when using bluesky's android app. Not sure if others have flagged you about that already! Just wanted to call it to your attention :)

Oh absolutely!! I saw a skeet yesterday (I think? Maybe the day before) talking about how the current vibes are like a combo of old-twitter and peak-tumblr, and that's honestly pretty spot on

I think there's a lot to be said for how hard the team has been working on ease-of-use and accessibility, which are two HUGE factors in creating a platform like this!!

Purely based on a combo of the funding/founders and the slow invite rollout, I can definitely see it as being the next huge thing tbh

Obviously there are some basic QoL features missing (surprise! we're on an alpha app lol), but I already feel so much better about opening up bluesky instead of the blue bird app

Isn't it amazing?

I feel no pressure to be serious on here, which is a great experience to have on a socially-driven platform

I've gotta say, the vibes on bluesky are just *chefs kiss* immaculate

bluesky answers the question: who were the people willing to get on the visibly unfinished coaster in roller coaster tycoon 2

Types of Scientific Paper xkcd.com/2456

in the new social media landscape, bluesky (serious people making silly little posts) is the spiritual opposite of linkedin (deeply silly people trying to write serious thoughtposts)

just closed bluesky and immediately opened bluesky

elon is FUCKED

this is the weirdest fucking website and i love it. makes me hate twitter more by the day.

this app is so hard to quit. i just tried putting my phone down and my other hand caught it like the Arya Stark dagger drop

I got up close with a Portuguese man-o-war and my god these animals are shockingly beautiful.

Just ran an internet speed test and it said "very online"

Misread this as non-tposers and just nodded along like "ah yes this is a normal post for this site"