Twitter’s replacement

[Phyrebrat]

Hi all,

I know Twitter ain’t for everyone (and I refuse to call it X) but who here uses it? Or its better replacement BlueSky?

I can’t sell the joy enough of reading threads on BlueSky without the adverts every other message we got on Twitter when muskrat took over

Elon can …

 

[Steve Harrison]

I've found Twitter much more enjoyable since Musk took over, as previously I was being directed down an ever narrowing echo chamber, even when trying to follow people with views contrary to my own. Much easier now that I don't feel a lot of stuff is being hidden from me (could be totally wrong, but who knows!).

Twitter is also the only place I market my novels. Not sure if it makes much difference, as the sales tick along whether I tweet or not! I do enjoy that aspect, though.

I haven't heard of BlueSky, but will take a look, thanks.

 

[Harpo]

I’ve been waiting for over a decade for something to replace Twitter

https://www.sffchronicles.com/threads/534700/page-3#post-1564423

 

[HareBrain]

I read Twitter but no longer post there.

I probably only still use it because of the Tweak New Twitter plug-in, which Peat put me on to and which I heartily recommend. You only see content from people you follow, either their posts or their retweets (on separate screens). NO ADVERTS. It even keeps the look exactly as it was, so you only see the "X" logo briefly before it changes back to the blue bird.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Oh where are you on blue sky? I’m under the usual jozebwrites x

I’m still knocking around Twitter too though, until they force me to upload my Id to the world

 

[Dave]

So much to complain about regarding X but I can't do that here (the biggest injustice being when he quite suddenly revoked third-party access to dedicated platform APIs and thousands of small businesses relying on them couldn't afford to continue - even some willing to pay him $42,000 a month!)

I only wanted to point out that there are already "Lists". Very few people ever seemed to use Twitter Lists, but if you create your own private Lists with only the people you want to see included, and then only look at those, you won't see any adverts either (of course, I've no doubt this loophole will be closed at some point, if Lists themselves don't get removed entirely.)

Rather than move to Threads, Blue Sky, Mastodon or anything else, I think it's time to step back a little. There is still much on X that you see before the mainstream news catches up, and often more nuanced detail, but there is also much unsubstantiated gossip and outright lying, with far poorer moderation. It's a really just a sewer now.

 

[BAYLOR]

im not on Twitter or Facebook and have absolutely no desire to ever join either.

 

[The Ace]

I only use it for job search, but the adverts are annoying.

 

[Mon0Zer0]

Do you need an invite to join Bluesky?

 

[Phyrebrat]

Yes. Users are given new invites intermittently

 

[AnRoinnUltra]

I use Twitter. I find it a bit of a dose, and the editing is terrible. I got three good writing/ creative collaborations from it though.
I've also found some good audio fiction posted there, and keep an eye on it from time to time. To my mind the website is either badly run or deliberately divisive. Am permanently on the verge of deleting my account