I’ve been a long time Twitter user (not using the other name). Musk taking it over did bad things to the overall experience, but since I’m largely a consumer of a tightly curated list of people, I didn’t notice it too much. Don’t spend time in the replies and never, ever go to the “For You” tab, and Twitter is pretty much as good as it ever was.
Until the people you follow leave. I don’t get replies from white supremacists, but when the folks I want to follow finally say “enough”, I notice. At first it was just a few, and they went a few different places. Mastodon and Threads seemed like possible contenders in the early days of Musk/Twitter.
But lately, Bluesky gained momentum, and since the election it’s been an avalanche of people leaving Twitter for Bluesky (or at least posting primarily there). Sports is still better on Twitter, but politics has moved over. I’ll probably still spend time on Twitter, but these days I go to Bluesky first.
I don’t post much, but I’m fish1964 pretty much everywhere. And starting with this post, I will be cross posting on Bluesky (assuming it works).
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