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I'd personally definitely keep on using social media if metrics went away. My *hope* is that others would continue to use it, but unfortunately I think that the conditioning and drive to get likes/reposts/clout is too deeply engrained in most people 🙃

I wish I could get back into a headspace of not caring about metrics as much — it definitely does feel like that mentality affects SO many people on social media nowadays, which is honestly a shame

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I honestly think that's a shame, because the way I used to engage with it was so much purer and *rawer*, emotionally

There's a noticable shift in how I posted on instagram, for example, from before I started caring as much about how others saw my posts to now

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the energy on here is like this and i hope it lasts forever

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Hey @support.bsky.team! I've been noticing a pretty significant battery drain when using bluesky's android app. Not sure if others have flagged you about that already! Just wanted to call it to your attention :)

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Oh absolutely!! I saw a skeet yesterday (I think? Maybe the day before) talking about how the current vibes are like a combo of old-twitter and peak-tumblr, and that's honestly pretty spot on

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I think there's a lot to be said for how hard the team has been working on ease-of-use and accessibility, which are two HUGE factors in creating a platform like this!!

Purely based on a combo of the funding/founders and the slow invite rollout, I can definitely see it as being the next huge thing tbh

Obviously there are some basic QoL features missing (surprise! we're on an alpha app lol), but I already feel so much better about opening up bluesky instead of the blue bird app

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I feel no pressure to be serious on here, which is a great experience to have on a socially-driven platform

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spooky cannoli @boner.ink · 03/05/2023

I've gotta say, the vibes on bluesky are just *chefs kiss* immaculate

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bluesky answers the question: who were the people willing to get on the visibly unfinished coaster in roller coaster tycoon 2

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/05/2023

Types of Scientific Paper xkcd.com/2456

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 27/04/2023

in the new social media landscape, bluesky (serious people making silly little posts) is the spiritual opposite of linkedin (deeply silly people trying to write serious thoughtposts)

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Jules Suzdaltsev @jules.su · 04/05/2023

just closed bluesky and immediately opened bluesky elon is FUCKED

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 04/05/2023

this is the weirdest fucking website and i love it. makes me hate twitter more by the day.

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

this app is so hard to quit. i just tried putting my phone down and my other hand caught it like the Arya Stark dagger drop

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

I got up close with a Portuguese man-o-war and my god these animals are shockingly beautiful.

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Gregory @dreamwieber.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Just ran an internet speed test and it said "very online"

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Misread this as non-tposers and just nodded along like "ah yes this is a normal post for this site"

I was born too late to get my name@domain.com handles on different platforms and I don't know if I'll ever recover

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 01/05/2023

@mitch.bsky.social if you ever have any interest in swapping handles, just let me know 🫡

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Right now the energy on BlueSky is like when you have a substitute teacher and they get manipulated into letting the class watch a movie.

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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 02/05/2023

I pour myself a cup of coffee. "computer. what are the users up to today?" computer: "good morning paul. I've analyzed activity over the last six hours. they're fucking your shit up. absolutely pwning u. it's chaos on the app, youre so clowned lol"

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Low-key (high-key) hate the fact that my profile pic looks like an NFT

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I've used this image in a handful of replies but never by itself..... but here we are. Skeeting.

Jessifris @jezebel.bsky.social · 01/05/2023

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"3000 people liked this tweet" that's a fake number. That's not real. "20 people liked this skeet." Hell yeah. I'm popular. I am successful.

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 01/05/2023

everyone got invited here because they’re hot

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jarvis @jarvis.bsky.social · 27/04/2023

bluesky feels like a party where someone new keeps walking through the door

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 02/05/2023

The fact that there’s no algorithm on here to sort posts besides recency just means your posting game has to be so sharp you nail them right out of the gate

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

Twitter Rival Bluesky Has a Pleasant Atmosphere Problem

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

Noticeable to me that even though according to the BlueSky folks the “What’s Hot” algorithm is almost laughably basic, it’s still so much more enjoyable than For You.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 03/05/2023

this is the best kind of social media networking: it’s telling dirty jokes in the trenches

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Fully realizing that you said "seltzer waters" not just "seltzers". It's been a long day, my bad

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I'm big into truly iced teas! They've got just a tiny bit of carbonation (as compared to normal trulys), and are much smoother going down

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I wanted to find a fun gif, but giphy integration isn't a thing yet unfortunately 🙃