THE SHORT PITCH Twitter is a cesspool and I’m only posting there now to tell people to find me elsewhere. That elsewhere? Bluesky, a new social media site that’s become the best place on the internet for me… and maybe you too? If you’re not already on social media, congratulations — you should probably stay … Continue reading Why I ditched Twitter for Bluesky – and hope you will, too! →
  • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Yup, I’ve tried Twitter and hated it. I remember when Mastodon launched, and it was described as “federated Facebook” IIRC, and now people are claiming that it’s more like “federated Twitter.” I hate both Facebook and Twitter, so I use neither.

    So honestly, I don’t really care about Twitter/X vs BlueSky vs Mastodon, because I don’t want to use any of them. Reddit/Lemmy is a much more interesting format to me TBH.

    • 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I really need local interest groups. For example a local skating community or local hardware selling group - that’s only Facebook today unfortunately.

      • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Dang. Does meetup work? I know it’s pretty decent for tech meetups, not so sure about the others.

        • 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Sort of. It’s definitely worse since Covid with the majority of “local” events being online either way. And where I live now it’s much quieter than where I used to live.

          • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Dang. Covid really messed stuff up, I used to love Meetup before, but I haven’t had as much time since (had a kid right after Covid started, so I’ve been spending more time at home).