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



AlbionRich

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Aug 6, 2024
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I'm not convinced those are genuine.
Well, I did wonder, but it says it's official so.... 🙂
I'm keeping an eye on it to find out - I'd have thought it might have posted something about the U21's game, but hasn't, which doesn't seem too good.
 






CheeseRolls

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Jan 27, 2009
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Shoreham Beach
Not sure if anyone has already posted this ( apologies if so) but the club seem to have set up a bluesky account: https://bsky.app/profile/officialbha.bsky.social

Also, the women are at: https://bsky.app/profile/bhafcwomen.bsky.social

Happy days. I can close down twitter now.
Pretty amateurish if these are the official accounts. It would make a lot more sense to use brightonandhovealbion.com Hopefully this is someone at the club having a sniff around to understand the platform.

Instructions here if anyone is interested https://bsky.social/about/blog/4-28-2023-domain-handle-tutorial
 


Fungus

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May 21, 2004
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Truro
I'm a minimal user of WhatsApp, just a couple of Chat groups. Only recently realised the "Updates" with its "Channels" section might be another alternative for Twitter. I know WhatsApp is linked via my phone number, but I'd rather watch Albion videos on my iPad. There doesn't seem to be a direct iPad equivalent to the iPhone app, but dozens of variations. What app do people recommend?
 


Bozza

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Jul 4, 2003
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Back in Sussex


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.

Although, scanning down quickly...

 




Bozza

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Back in Sussex
And North Stand Chat?
Maybe one day.

I've gone in quite heavily on Facebook over the last few weeks, but it's kinda tactical for something else I want to do.

I always felt a bit of a fraud on twitter as I essentially only opened it on or around matchdays and generally just broadcast stuff out, plugging this place, and rarely got involved in conversation.

I'd much rather spend my time on here than pretty much anywhere else.
 


dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
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I'm a minimal user of WhatsApp, just a couple of Chat groups. Only recently realised the "Updates" with its "Channels" section might be another alternative for Twitter. I know WhatsApp is linked via my phone number, but I'd rather watch Albion videos on my iPad. There doesn't seem to be a direct iPad equivalent to the iPhone app, but dozens of variations. What app do people recommend?
I use the browser version which opens in Safari - https://web.whatsapp.com/

Works pretty well
 


Hotchilidog

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Jan 24, 2009
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I joined Blue Sky last week and it is rapidly becoming my scrolling app of choice. It's really good for Albion content at the moment. It is quieter than twitter and it is all the better for it. We'll see how it goes when it gets busier. For now the signs are good.

I'm still on twitter though, it is still better for me for things like Washington Commanders content amongst other things. I'll ditch my account when I cease to use the platform, so I'll still be on there for a while yet.

I do think Blue Sky has potential though, seems much better than threads which I do not really engage with at all.
 
















GoldstoneVintage

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Oct 20, 2024
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Europe
I did a lot on Twitter during the heady days of trying to reverse the idiotic Brexit decision and had quite a large number of followers. It was pretty toxic, even then, but I wanted to add my voice to the political discussions going on in the country. However, when Liar Johnson got elected in 2019, I basically concluded 'the game's gone' as UK voters (in general) are obviously morons and closed down my account immediately. Never been back and couldn't be happier.
 




CheeseRolls

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Jan 27, 2009
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Looks like the club is now using the bluesky account set up a few days back. Some matchday content has appeared and the linktree from their instagram account now references bluesky as per below.

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HalfaSeatOn

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Mar 17, 2014
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North West Sussex
Pinned to James O’Brien X account

Join me on the other side...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social

The responses were a reminder of what X has become and was the prompt to opening a BlueSky account. BS feels a bit pleasantly barren. Early days.
 












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