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

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Cancelled my twitter account and deleted apps.

Bluesky it is

f*** you Elon

 

[El Presidente]

I suspect most people actually have no problem with people having different views. It's rarely a such problem in real life after all. I think people are not moving to bluesky because they want to be surrounded by like-minded people, they are moving because they are sick of the toxicity and abusive nature of many of the interactions on twitter. The free speech brigade seem to be only really interested in the freedom to offend. Regardless of where you stand on that topic, it's a certain type of person that wants to stay in that kind of environment.

Having said that, I also don't really understand the view that it's some kind of weakness to want to associate with people who share the same views. It's human nature. Nobody on twitter ever changes their point of view, engagement is largely pointless, so why stick around with a load of people who think you're an idiot?

As someone who is staying in that environment, has would you describe that 'certain type of person'?

 

[Stumpy Tim]

There has been a significant uptick in #bhafc content on a Blue sky, so I'm in. https://bsky.app/profile/timayling.bsky.social

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

But surely the sole reason for leaving Twatter is because it’s become politically toxic and then the first thing he announces in this new paradise is he’s politically liberal, why brings politics into it at all It must be a millennial thing

Nothing wrong with different versions of political. Every social media site, unless locked down and very aggressively moderated is likely to represent society in a broad way with people from every viewpoint and spectrum. That is in my view unavoidable and not a problem unless, like X the owner fires most of the people responsible for keeping things civil and reinstates a ton of very untrustworthy accounts. Of course if one thinks Trump is fine, dandy and wholesome and that Russian bots flooding X with rubbish regarding vaccines etc then I suppose one could consider X as worthy.

 

[lawros left foot]

Can anyone tell me if blocking accounts on X is going to be stopped?

ATM, I’m now on bluesky as well as X, but if I have even more right wing numptys on my timeline and I can’t block them, that would be the end for me.

I’m impressed with bluesky, so far.

 

[sparkie]

But surely the sole reason for leaving Twatter is because it’s become politically toxic and then the first thing he announces in this new paradise is he’s politically liberal, why brings politics into it at all It must be a millennial thing

My SOLE reason for leaving Xwitter is the bot armies and the insults without ever any sanction. It could be left wing, right wing, center wing, or no wing for all I care.

Life is far too short for the Xollocks that come with using the site.

 

[Brian Munich]

But surely the sole reason for leaving Twatter is because it’s become politically toxic and then the first thing he announces in this new paradise is he’s politically liberal, why brings politics into it at all It must be a millennial thing

The main reason for me leaving Twitter is the spamming/trolling by blue-tick accounts of many of the accounts I folllowed.

There are other things, such as too much advertising for crypto, Elon Musk etc., but it’s mainly the fact that the comment and interactions have been reduced to .

 

[BluesRockDJ]

I see a load of Bundesliga clubs are cancelling their X accounts, or has this already been posted ?

 

[Change at Barnham]

This gives a good insight into what's happening....

Guardian - What is Bluesky and why are so many people suddenly leaving X for the platform?

 

[Chicken Run]

This gives a good insight into what's happening....

Guardian - What is Bluesky and why are so many people suddenly leaving X for the platform?

So with all these people leaving X for Bluesky let’s hope they don’t turn it into another shitshow

 

[Robdinho]

So with all these people leaving X for Bluesky let’s hope they don’t turn it into another shitshow

This is my fear. I can already see loads of people piling in very keen to get very political. Which is fine, but I hope there's a way to stay out of that more effectively than there was on Twitter.

 

[Igzilla]

I'm on Bluesky and will start unfollowing every account on twitter that has a presence on the former. Once I've reached a critical mass, I'll delete my twitter account.