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

[AlbionRich]

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.

 

[Fungus]

Finally deactivated my account today. Building up my Bluesky collection.

 

[CheeseRolls]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Fungus]

I use the browser version which opens in Safari - https://web.whatsapp.com/

Works pretty well

Ooh, will give that a whirl, thanks

 

[The Fifth Column]

Twitter is the best thing I never had.

 

[seagull_special]

Made the jump from ‘X’crement to BlueSky!

 

[Bob!]

I've had to stop following the Guardian on blue sky. I was getting a news story every minute, and it was totally filling my feed.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

deactivated Twitter and gone alll in on Bluesky.

I hadn't really registered how bad Twitter had got, until I'd spent a week on Bluesky.

Oh yeah, this is what Twitter used to be like.

 

[GoldstoneVintage]

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]

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.

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

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.

 

[Hotchilidog]

I'm definitely on twitter less. Still take a peek but not at the obsessive levels I used to.

 

[CheeseRolls]

This is a great thread full of tips and tricks for people new to Bluesky, who want to try out some clever stuff.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I deactivated my Twitter account a couple of days ago. Bluesky has now reached the tipping point where there's more than enough content, and way way less of the nonsense since "the genius" took over.

 

[nicko31]

10 days ago deleted X from my phone, today de-activated. Serves no purpose anymore for me..