[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 Bluesky, 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.

X is not fun anymore. When the fun goes what is the point ?

 

[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.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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

Bluesky is being moderated and several accounts are already suspended, rather than promoted as they were on X.

 

[Berty23]

I think I am being an idiot on blue sky. I sometimes use twitter to catch up with sport e.g scroll county cricket and get the innings unfolding. Get some emotions. On blue sky I seem to always get put to most recent message rather than scroll from last visit. Is there something I can tweak to change this?

 

[Chicken Run]

Bluesky is being moderated and several accounts are already suspended, rather than promoted as they were on X.

Thank you, that’s a relief

 

[Chicken Run]

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.

I don’t know why you bother fam, from what i’m seeing on this thread there are many using both of these platforms side by side, now the old mental health is taking a double kicking

 

[sparkie]

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

I think there is sanction for insulting other users on BlueSky rather than the no consequences on X.

 

[Brian Munich]

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.

Nothing wrong with that. The problem (for me) that developed on Twitter was the focus on monetisation since 2022. This meant that people paying for their blue ticks got elevated to the top of the comments of any tweet, and most of them were either trolling for engagement or using automated AI response to spam as many popular accounts as possible. The result being that you'd have to scroll though a load of abuse and/or nonsensical AI bollocks to read any sort of thoughful response.

 

[Crawley Dingo]

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

The irony of so many on here going because of the abuse on X but are happy to hurl it about on here.
Most neutrals wont move, a lot find the left toxic. This didn't work a few years back when a load on the right left for Gab and neither will this.

How a man who built a satellite system to help poor in rural areas around the world, also help those under totalitarian regimes get news. Is a world leader in electric vehicles and is building systems to get humans to Mars has become evil personified?

Do you all hate free speech that much? You may change your mind when you lose yours.

This has to be the biggest election losing flounce in history.

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

Guardian is now on Bluesky - @theguardian.com, need official BBC, Official BHAFC feeds and few others and I'm done with X.