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[Technology] Has anybody come off of Twitter / X? How easy did you find it?



Audax

Boing boing boing...
Aug 3, 2015
3,263
Uckfield
Starter packs also a great idea to get followers in interest categories you like, love that its open source and decentralised so its not going to be bought/manipulated, and last few days, I've started going first to Bluesky and staying longer on it than Musks cesspit, I love it
Yes, loving Starter Packs. Once you find someone with similar interests who has a starter pack, you can easily fast track getting your feed solid. For example, the exodus from Twitter to Blue Sky in the last week or so has seen a lot of F1 journalists make the transition, and my shift from X to BS (hmmm, I thought the BS is on X!) has been hastened by finding a Starter Pack with verified F1 journo accounts: https://go.bsky.app/3WViWs5
 






Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,947
Surrey
Just joined BlueSky so need to have a nosey around. I won't bin off Twitter because you can't see replies to posts without an account. But I won't be actively logging on there anymore.
 


Deadly Danson

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Oct 22, 2003
4,597
Brighton


Every so often, when I want to feel truly dispirited at the state of social media and humanity, I look at replies to posts from someone like Gary Linekar. Just look at the awful replies to this perfectly reasonable, compassionate tweet from just a few minutes ago. Most of these people are real, they live and breathe amongst us (and a lot support Chelsea!). Just hideous, vindictive trolls. The problem is people. People are awful.
 


csider

Active member
Dec 11, 2006
4,511
Hove
Closed Facebook 2015, twitter 2023 & messed about with IG now & again. Closed that down 3 months back & don’t miss any of it.
Re opened NSC after an absence, do not watch any msm/tv either.
 




jcdenton08

Offended Liver Sausage
NSC Patron
Oct 17, 2008
14,486
I have inactive burner accounts logged in to FB, Instagram and X solely so I can read things when linked from places like here. Otherwise I browse Reddit occasionally for games or shows I’m interested in, and go on here.
 




Dick Swiveller

Well-known member
Sep 9, 2011
9,524
Been off Twitter for ages other than a dead account for the very, very rare time I needed access - such as team sheets. Just signed up for Bluesky and impressed how many old retro gaming and Albion accounts I found very quickly. Looks like I can get back close to the experience I used to have with Twitter before Musk. Not sure how long it will play nice for though.
 




peterward

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Nov 11, 2009
12,267
Just joined BlueSky so need to have a nosey around. I won't bin off Twitter because you can't see replies to posts without an account. But I won't be actively logging on there anymore.
Even if you ever did decide to Bin off X one day? just leave it dormant rather than deactivate, that way your username doesnt become usable again after 30 days!
 




Klaas

I've changed this
Nov 1, 2017
2,662
Starting to enjoy Bluesky now, how could you not...
 


















Daddies_Sauce

Falmer WSL, not a JCL
Jun 27, 2008
882








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