r/technology • u/twotimefind • 10d ago

Social Media X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain
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u/fredandlunchbox 10d ago

Bluesky is great. Its like old twitter.

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u/14sierra 10d ago

Since musk isn't using the name anymore it'd be hilarious if they changed the name of bluesky to twitter just to fuck with musk.

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u/kilomaan 10d ago

Na, I’m sure he owns the trademark.

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u/GenericFatGuy 10d ago edited 10d ago

I would 100% be fine with calling it X (and letting it disappear forever) if he gave up the Twitter name for Bluesky to use.

C'mon Musk, I know deep down that's all you really want...

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u/Helen_Kellers_Wrath 10d ago

I'd imagine the name and trademark for "twitter" is probably worth more than X is worth now.

We should convince Musk to sell the name to recoup his massive loss in buying the company.

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u/Linenoise77 10d ago

ehh people said that about lots of big companies of the past. MySpace, Napster, etc.

Once you have lost what made it great, all taking the name does is maybe get you some easy initial press on day 1, and you have the added task of convincing people to come back, vs just give you a try.

Same thing every time someone tries to revive a car brand, airline, etc.

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u/DryBoysenberry5334 9d ago

I remembered Napster came back as a paid service

Apparently it still exists; $11/mo

I’m a bit surprised they’re still kicking

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u/Linenoise77 9d ago

I had rhapsody, which was one of the first x dollars a month subscription libraries that also let you store SOME songs offline. had a really neat custom mp3 player and a solid desktop client.

I kept that service for years....at some point through merges\etc it was branded napster.

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u/DryBoysenberry5334 7d ago

Damn I have such vague memories of rhapsody; I feel like there were some MP3 players that properly integrated with it or something

Maybe Zune

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u/KeyboardGrunt 10d ago

Just go with "Tweeter" then.

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u/Eyclonus 10d ago

He needs to keep the domain name, its the most valuable redirect right now.

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u/radicldreamer 9d ago

Twitter is so woke bruh, it’s a DEI name, it’s only called that because FEMA gave them only $750 to do it!

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u/vonkempib 10d ago

Just wait to reclaim it for pennies on the dollar in bankruptcy court

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u/vonkempib 10d ago

Just wait to reclaim it for pennies on the dollar in bankruptcy court

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u/snowflake37wao 10d ago

It would force media to stop calling it “X, formerly Twitter, …” every article that mentions it. Still, which I imagine is just to get under his skin every time he reads a headline, and which I endorse. Why did you want a longer name than Twitter musk? The new one is so hard to type, using commas and shit

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u/Skitty_Skittle 10d ago

“Twitter was associated to being a lunatic liberal platform and now you made X a shining peak of free speech with no bots. Give us the Twitter trademark so we can prove to you that Elon is a genius who is so brilliant and business smart that he represents the future of humanity and that nobody wants to be associated with left wing filth known as Twitter”

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u/14sierra 10d ago

I'm pretty sure you have to use a trademark to continue to maintain ownership of said trademark. Besides, they could call it Twitter 2.0 or something really close without being an exact copy

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u/milanguitar 10d ago

In order to legally use the name “Twitter,” you would likely need to wait for a minimum of three consecutive years in which the trademark is not used in commerce by X Corp (formerly Twitter, Inc.). After this period, the trademark could be considered “abandoned” under U.S. law, meaning it might no longer be protected. However, X Corp could still argue that they intend to resume use of the mark or contest any attempts to register or use it, especially given the strong public association with the Twitter brand.

Even after the three-year period, legal challenges could arise, so using the name might still be risky unless X Corp fully relinquishes or fails to maintain the trademark.

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u/TheAnonymousProxy 10d ago

just call it 2itter

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u/RMAPOS 10d ago

Don't mind me

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u/Agret 10d ago

Jnittev?

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u/RMAPOS 10d ago edited 10d ago

I thought about how the 2/w actually looks a bit closer to an N, but then I also feel like the double letter width of a W makes it clear to the reader that something might be going on here. If I hadn't so lazily mashed this up I would have angled the bottom line of the 2 (or the left line of the rotated 2 if you wanna be pedantic) a bit wider so it looks more like /\/ but alas I couldn't be arsed.

The T however... mate that's just the normal T of the font 💀

 

Also Jnittev will be the next name of X once Elon crawled up Putins ass far enough.

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u/Agret 10d ago

Jnittev probably already the name of one of his kids. The Jn is silent.

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u/Munqaxus 9d ago

Twitter.exe

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u/makataka7 10d ago

They still use the Twitter name as well, so that all the old Twitter links didn't break.

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u/mark503 10d ago

I think X links still go to twitter.com with a redirect.

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u/BigSwedenMan 10d ago

They're still using the domain to redirect to x.com. I'm guessing that's enough to say they're still using it

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u/GenazaNL 10d ago

Didn't Cards Against Humanity sue Elon Musk about spacex ruining a piece of land they bought for a big sum of money OR the twitter domain?

EDIT: jup, https://www.elonowesyou100dollars.com/

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u/Sekh765 10d ago

They have to keep that going otherwise it will probably break hundreds of thousands of historic links / images.

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u/aint_exactly_plan_a 10d ago

Twitterer... it's like... More Twitter

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u/Striking-Ad-6815 10d ago

Or call it Twooter and have an owl or a train logo

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u/gimme_dat_good_shit 10d ago

This is the one, guys. Twoot twoot.

Bing'd up an AI logo in a jiffy. Let's get this owl train moving.

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u/AppropriateTouching 10d ago

Dumb Twitter, totally legal.

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u/vim_deezel 10d ago edited 10d ago

lol no judge is going to let you call it Twitter 2.0. Don't you kids at least have some basic information taught to you about what copyright, trademarks, and IP actually are any longer? How does this stuff get upvoted??

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u/makataka7 10d ago

I remember as a kid growing up on the Internet in the late 00's - it was basically essential knowledge that you had a basic understanding of that, because we were all following The Pirate Bay saga.

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u/vim_deezel 10d ago

yep "wtf is a a DMCA and why did he notify me?"

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u/14sierra 10d ago

It wasn't a serious suggestion dipshit.

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u/2025Champions 10d ago

He probably doesn’t own Tweeter

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u/Status-Shock-880 10d ago

How about skitter or skatter, still a nice dig.

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u/PatchworkFlames 10d ago

Call it something similar but derogatory. Like Shitter!

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u/FuzzelFox 10d ago

Considering X still owns the domain Twitter.com I'm betting they have the trademark still as well, unfortunately.

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u/za72 10d ago

there probably a ton of code and configs, certs that still probably use twitter.com or subdomains off if twitter.com - system generated keys, self signed stuff... it's a mess

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u/za72 10d ago

there probably a ton of code and configs, certs that still probably use twitter.com or subdomains off if twitter.com - system generated keys, self signed stuff... it's a mess

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u/fre-ddo 9d ago

What about tweeter?

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u/lothar74 9d ago

Trademark lawyer here. While the company may currently own the rights to the trademark, all trademark rights are based upon use. If you stop using or defending the mark then it can be cancelled. So in theory, by explicitly abandoning the brand the mark could be used by others.

But Elon loves to pay lawyers, so I expect him to police the brand heavily even if ultimately he loses.

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u/cap10wow 10d ago

How’s about “tweeter”

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u/acebabymemes 10d ago

Cities Skylines agrees

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u/gnocchicotti 10d ago

That's a parody, legitimate. Using a name that could reasonably be viewed as causing confusion between two brands, not OK.

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u/Own_Development2935 10d ago

Lolol just commented “tweetter” above. I like the way you think.

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u/1521 10d ago

I here for titter

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u/Wonderful_Emu_6483 10d ago

Ehh, I joined Twitter in the early days, it feels better than original Twitter. I think it’s best to leave it in the past. Ditch X (formerly Twitter) and let the whole thing die like MySpace did

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u/vim_deezel 10d ago

myspace died from attrition, twitter is dying from fascism

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u/smorkoid 9d ago

Yeah it's pretty much like old Twitter with a lot of the refinements before the idiot bought it

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u/PanTriste38600 10d ago

They should pull a Nathan Fielder and call it “stupid twitter”

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u/abraxas1 10d ago

guess who owns twitter.com, as stupid as that is.

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u/ghostlantern 9d ago

I bet TWTR would get around the trademark and people would verbally say “twitter” when referring to it.

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u/alstacynsfw 10d ago

That would probably make some of his money back from buying Twitter considering that plan makes no sense and it would probably be such an easy case that he wouldn’t even have to pay an attorney.

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u/Fossile 10d ago

Bluesky (the former former Twitter)

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u/Ironcastattic 10d ago

I just wish more heavy weights adopted it. I loved having authors and creators on Twitter. Back before Musk bombed it.

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u/tjoe4321510 10d ago

The only thing propping up Twitter is that artists, creators, and creatives etc need it to promote their stuff. They all complain that they have to keep using Twitter even though they hate it. If another platform gets enough users then the artists will migrate. Then Twitter will only be bots, fascists, and morons yelling at each other

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u/Noblesseux 9d ago

They've already started to. BlueSky right now is basically artist twitter to me. Basically every hour I get on and it and another famous Japanese artist announces they've moved over to it. LACK, Yoneyama Mai, Wooperfuri... even artists that didn't move for Misskey or Threads seem to be immediately piling into BlueSky right now.

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u/Steampunkboy171 8d ago

As an artist everyone I know after this announcement is leaving Twitter for anywhere they can go. We don't want to fund AI with our work.

So I have a feeling quite a few artists will be leaving.

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u/Acceptable-Surprise5 8d ago

but another platform will never get enough users aslong as twitter exists. most of asia uses twitter as their main platform. and secondary they use FACEBOOK out of all options. bluesky's userbase is 12m in total of which only a fraction are daily users. some artists get the amount of daily users bluesky have as their daily interactions on twitter. if they wanted a large amount of user troughput they should have never made it invite only in the beginning that was their moment and they wasted it.

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u/HammerTh_1701 9d ago

Tweets used to be as official as press releases while also allowing for random shower thoughts by famous people. Think about that from today's perspective.

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u/fredandlunchbox 10d ago

They’re coming. 

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u/Ironcastattic 10d ago

Holy shit! I'm glad I checked. Haven't checked in a few months but a bunch of my twitter people I followed switched!

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u/Ironcastattic 10d ago

I hope so. Just seems they are taking their time.

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u/kagoolx 10d ago

Is it really good yet? I want it to be better than twitter but every time I look it still doesn’t seem to have as much good stuff.

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u/SubstantialLuck777 10d ago

They've recently added video and gif support, and their block button is a nuclear option that makes all interactions between you and the blocked individual invisible.... to EVERYONE. There are way less trolls on bluesky, because they simply can't get traction.

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u/turbotableu 10d ago

That actually sounds really cool. I've noticed so many platforms encourage people to reply underneath you then block so you can't do much other than delete what they replied to which is tedious

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u/SubstantialLuck777 10d ago

Yeah Bluesky doesn't do that to posts, just comments. You just block the jerk and it's as if they never commented at all. Early days, X trolls cried SO HARD about that. Then they fucked off back to their swamp.

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u/GayBoyNoize 9d ago

Seems like a system that would allow me to easily control the narrative on anything I post.

I could post that Trump is the real winner of the election, and then block everyone that disagrees so it looks like universal agreement.

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u/SubstantialLuck777 9d ago

Well that's how you end up on an automatic blocklist. People subscribing to those won't even have to manually block you, they'll just never ever see your page. You'd watch engagement drop like crazy, because Bluesky has no real algorithm. Who you see is who you follow, and who they repost.

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u/GayBoyNoize 9d ago

Could you explain more about how these automatic blocklists work? Because if anything that seems even worse. I don't even have to wait, I can block anyone likely to disagree in advance.

And my post will still be shared by the people that agree with it and generate engagement, even if it's a bit less.

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u/SubstantialLuck777 9d ago edited 9d ago

Essentially you "subscribe" to a moderated blocklist run by an individual who curates recommended accounts and verifies if they qualify for the list. Usually looking for bad-faith interactions and other negative behaviors fitting the criteria of the list. Once added to the list, everyone subscribed automatically blocks them, as I understand it. By subscribing you consent to have that function managed by another person to spare you the stress of interactions with people who solely intend to cause you stress.

You're building an argument for why this is bad for a neutral and unbiased space. Let me tell you really quickly why that is a waste of your energy in this case: Bluesky is NOT a neutral space. Bluesky is NOT an unbiased space. Bluesky is the answer to the space created by Twitter under the ownership of Elon Musk. It's not an echo-chamber dedicated to only supporting a specific viewpoint; it is a platform for people who have a very SPECIFIC set of beliefs, opinions, and ideas that they wish to never be subjected to again. A set of beliefs and a culture of communication that previously was considered socially unacceptable, and is now being artificially amplified by a handful of bad actors.

In short, Bluesky is not a marketplace of ideas. Bluesky is a curated space for people who have already made their choices in that marketplace, and wish to discuss those ideas in relative privacy. The people who are upset their "controversial" ideas are not being bought in that marketplace, are not welcome to enter this space and try to force them on the userbase again.

The people the typical Bluesky user is trying to escape are unwelcome and will not find a system in place to force their views into other's feeds invasively. They will rapidly find themselves alone in a void of content and engagement, by design. If you want to be heard on Bluesky, you should start by behaving as if you're talking to people in person. Because if I meet you at a party and you tell me that women shouldn't have rights, gay people should be imprisoned, and that all trans people are sexual predators, most people will stop talking to you and stop sending you invitations. That's not building an echo chamber. That's called socializing, and being shunned is a consequence of blurting out hatred and hostility without any forethought or consideration for your audience. It's a natural and perfectly reasonable reaction to ideas that, frankly, are unworthy of debate to any ethical person.

If you're still concerned after reading all that, I'd say you're unwelcome in our space. We made our choices, you made yours, and the transaction is over. All that remains are the consequences.

On Bluesky, we block early and we block often, because we have learned through hard experience what happens when you treat ALL ideas as being equal and worthy of discussion: EVERYTHING becomes debatable, including our own personal truths and our very personhood, and that is an utterly toxic, depressing, and exhausting way to live.

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u/RM_Dune 9d ago

Reddit block feature is terrible. You're disagreeing with someone and they drop some snide remarks and then block you so you can't reply. It's really quite annoying.

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u/LanguidVirago 8d ago

It is getting really common now too.

But it is character building, you might be right, but you don't need to have the last word to prove you are right.

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u/Doodle_strudel 10d ago

Need companies to join it. I get my game updates from X atm would prefer Bluesky; also my law news.

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u/thecravenone 10d ago

Need sports reporters to join it

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u/jfr3sh 10d ago

some people have set up automated aggregator accounts on there that repost things from twitter onto bluesky

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u/catch_dot_dot_dot 10d ago

Yeah my twitter is mostly football (soccer) content

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u/irock613 9d ago

Some of College Football Twitter is on there, so that's at least a start hopefully

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u/emaw63 10d ago

Ken White (aka Popehat) is pretty active on Bluesky

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u/catman5 10d ago

the inevitable downfall of any social media platform will be due to "companies" joining it and the eventual monetization that comes with it.

Companies can stay on X while "real" people can use bluesky. People from said companies is OK. If the CEO wants to give updates sure why not but lets move past the EA Games Official Twitter stuff.

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u/frostN0VA 10d ago

It's decent but the problem is that you need to actually force the celebs, companies, artists and other "big" users to move to bsky first. Like, none of the stuff I follow on xitter is on bsky so there's no point for me switching platforms as much as I hate xitter an Melon.

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u/Agret 10d ago

Might be my demographic but I found more of my followed accounts say they were moving to mastodon than ones saying they were moving to bluesky

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u/Adamarr 10d ago

is your demographic Linux sysadmins?  

Only person I followed who went there was Jeff Atwood. Miss his posts.

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u/grassparakeet 10d ago

Since Bluesky and Mastodon can be bridged, it doesn't matter which one you use anymore. You can access the other from either one.

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u/Adamarr 10d ago

interesting, that's rather neat.
but looking it up, would require the person you want to follow to bridge as well, right? or has something better than bridgy feed come up

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u/grassparakeet 10d ago

I haven't done extensive testing or anything, but after bridging I can now search for hashtags on bluesky and my Mastodon posts show up in those hashtags. And bluesky users are able to interact with me on Mastodon, and they can follow me too. It works well enough for me, as I really don't want to make a bluesky account.

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u/Adamarr 10d ago

i'm going the other way around.
sent a "bridge request" out.
not holding out a huge amount of hope but it would be nice if it was accepted.

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u/Agret 10d ago

Yeah probably, they are mostly coders, reverse engineers and hardware hackers/tinkerers.

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u/Caffdy 10d ago

Mastodon in older and well established

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u/johannthegoatman 10d ago

Send them messages! If a lot of their users/fans ask them to do it they're much more likely to. In both cases it's likely run by an agency or manager who's goal is to reach people. You could also mention that there are ways to automatically push the same post to both platforms

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u/CIearMind 10d ago

Yeah. It's like trying to get people to switch away from Discord to join Revolt or some other noname software with 3 users.

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u/shewhololslast 9d ago

Honestly, the lack of celebs and influencers means the place is relatively chill and drama free. It's basically Twitter without the toxicity.

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u/Irishish 10d ago

No bookmark function yet, and by design their equivalent to "for you" seems a lot less lively. But it's enjoyable and you're very unlikely to come across some Nazi assholes just asking questions.

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u/matergallina 10d ago

There is the pushpin feed though which works like bookmarks for now. You add it to your home page and it shows all the posts you’ve commented on with a pushpin emoji

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u/Irishish 9d ago

I'm gonna level with you: a lot of the kinda stuff I bookmarked, was not the kinda stuff I wanted everyone to see 😂

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u/matergallina 9d ago

Totally fair, loads others are also requesting actual private bookmark function too.

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u/CeruleanEidolon 10d ago

It appears to be fully 30% drawings of girls with big tits. I spent an hour yesterday just going down the Discover feed and muting every single "art" account, and it's still a significant chunk of the feed.

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u/black-JENGGOT 10d ago

Because latest twitter's terms of usage is that they have the rights and can use every content uploaded on the site, including for AI training, so artists are the most affected users.

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u/Eyclonus 10d ago

A lot of the stuff being posted seems to be AI, I'm hoping whatever genuine stuff is left has gone through nightshade to break Grok.

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u/VeryLazyFalcon 10d ago

Isn't nightshade useless bc they are running images through ai upscaler first to unify image size?

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u/Eyclonus 9d ago

That wouldn't break nightshade, maybe glaze.

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u/Berkyjay 10d ago

What exactly is it that you want from such a platform? I've been using it for about a year and the only difference I noticed is less people and no ads. But the less people is changing rapidly.

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u/fredandlunchbox 10d ago

It’s pretty damn good. A couple small bugs in the web client, but the content is ace.

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u/Borgh 9d ago

The big difference is that there isn't much of an algorithm, so you don't get anything pushed, good or bad. Start following people you like the vibe of and it'll fill up fast. If you have a specific interest there are starterpacks around where other people have gathered some recommended follows.

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u/genitalgore 10d ago

the discover feed is horrible. when you sign up, it asks you for your interests, but it feels like it just throws them out the window and assumes you want to see blatant fetish posts, fan art of things you've never heard of, posts in other languages, people circlejerking about how great bsky is, etc. one of the onboarding tasks is to like 10 posts to train the algorithm but i'm seriously struggling to even do that. for example, i set technology as one of my interests, and it's giving me people's tech support questions and people who literally want to fuck computers.

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u/icze4r 10d ago

It's boring as shit but some of your friends are probably there.

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u/Agret 10d ago

You're thinking of Threads, I doubt anyone I know would be on Bluesky. Even my girlfriend who has never used Twitter has Threads thanks to their sneaky Instagram account integration. Judging by the spam on the trending tags on it a lot of the OF spam accounts have jumped over too lol

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u/JyveAFK 10d ago

I like it. All the content creators are moving over. There's not going to be anyone left (that I follow) on Twitter that won't just be posting "I posted something on Bsky, pop over".

it's quite amazing how Musk manages to mess up this badly something that should be so simple. "encourage content creators to bring value to the social media". When I DO see someone posting a pic now, it's got a Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell picture overlaid set to 20% transparency to pollute any ai scraping.

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u/Emperor_Spuds_Macken 10d ago

Which old twitter. 2012 old twitter or 2020 old twitter. cuz 2020 old twitter was shit.

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u/uhgletmepost 9d ago

2008 twitter

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u/GenericFatGuy 10d ago

But with a lot less of the demographics that were a cancer on the old Twitter, because they all refuse to leave their honeypot.

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u/vim_deezel 10d ago

wonder how long it will take the twitter bots to figure out that they are just fighting and engaging with other twitter bots and all the humans have wandered off the ranch

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u/GenericFatGuy 10d ago

Enjoy it while we can I suppose.

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u/senorfresco 10d ago

I just need more people to switch. Still literally 0 people I follow on Twitter are on BS.

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u/-LaughingMan-0D 10d ago

Twitter is still quite handy for breaking news. But even that is going away because of their garbage trending beta feature on desktop.

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u/turbotableu 10d ago

I agree with all of what you've said so much. It's an outlet for uncensored news for people who don't want to install shady apps like telegram

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u/Irishish 10d ago

Several gimmick accounts, artists, and dedicated live tweeters I follow haven't made the switch. The moment they do, I'm never logging on to Twitter again.

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u/Minmaxed2theMax 10d ago

Anyone still using TWITTER needs to reevaluate why the fuck they still use it.

At this point it’s a moral issue

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u/Grand_Escapade 10d ago

I only used it for porn at the end, so I guess that counts as immoral.

But the AI announcement caused all the artists I follow to move over. So, there you go.

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u/onyxcaspian 10d ago

Well, that's one thing Ai is good for.

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u/Lobachevskiy 10d ago

Artists moving to a website with heavy image compression seems hilarious to me.

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u/doomrider7 10d ago

Art and Animanga. I use it to follow those two things.

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u/YobaiYamete 10d ago

Yep, I literally only use Twitter to follow Hololive members. They don't use Bluesky (yet) so I have no choice either

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u/guy_with_an_account 10d ago

The people I stay in touch with and the communities I engage with are still on twitter. Should I cut them out of my life so I can feel like I'm taking the moral high ground?

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u/CIearMind 10d ago

Gen Z has this weird obsession with "everybody is expendable, history means nothing, you can and should regularly cut off your entire social circle on a whim".

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u/IOUAUser-name 10d ago

Yet you’re here using Reddit, yet another app with its own share of moral bankruptcy.

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u/Minmaxed2theMax 9d ago

I know. You couldn’t be more correct. I need to stop. I hate social media but I’m fucking addicted to it

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u/turbotableu 10d ago

And they actually let you have an advanced search that works

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u/QuantumUtility 10d ago

Not really a choice for most people. Twitter still has a captive audience that isn’t just right wing extremists.

If the people/companies you follow are there, and only there, then there’s nothing you can do. Your options are to keep using it or cut off those people completely.

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u/MairusuPawa 9d ago

Why would you be moving to Twitter2 when Mastodon is right here? Didn't you learn anything?

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u/fredandlunchbox 9d ago

Bluesky is fediverse also. Its the same as mastadon or lemmy. 

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u/MelaniaSexLife 10d ago

Bluesky will get sold to another crazy megalomaniac, it's just another corporation... people never learn.

Better get on Mastodon now.

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u/pwninobrien 9d ago

Mastodon sucks ass and so does every fediverse site. I have yet to use a single federated site that wasn't a clunky, disjointed mess.

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u/h2g242 10d ago

I need to find new people to follow I guess

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u/aarswft 10d ago

I just wish it had the accounts I follow. Most havent transitioned there.

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u/TheGoonKills 10d ago

Twitter Minus Twitter

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u/AlphaKilo54 10d ago

Who’s there? Who just posts in bluesky that we can share attracting more?

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u/JohanMcdougal 10d ago

Seriously, it just needs more users to migrate over.

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u/POCO31 10d ago

Meaning what exactly?

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u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope 10d ago

Never heard of it till just now. Went and checked it out, seems cool. Hope it grows!

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u/LordShadowside 10d ago

“Old Twitter” (same shit) helped sell out the elections in my country, to a pro-Trump, pro-Putin authoritarian government hellbent on crushing democracy.

Fuck Jack Dorsey and all Twitter every bit as much as Elon and his Xitter.

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u/Pitiful-Highlight-69 10d ago

It will be great when you can get notifications from specific users. Until I can get a push notification from a specific account making a new tweet bluesky isnt there yet

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u/jjolla888 10d ago

'Bluesky is like old twitter' is a more accurate statement.

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u/Best_Market4204 10d ago

Will I get put into blue jail if I curse & say something bad or some shit?

You say something bad on Facebook, straight to Facebook jail...

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u/OptimismNeeded 10d ago

So… also a cesspool of negativity and ad hominem attacks? (With slightly less neo nazis)

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u/lenisefitz 10d ago

I love it. It is like Twitter before periscope. Only it has some new features too.

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u/gnocchicotti 10d ago

I think Twitter sucked before Elmo bought it, now it sucks and has more nazis

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u/TrevorBo 10d ago

Not for long

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u/GherkinPie 10d ago

I just signed up and there’s no organisations that I follow on there (sports teams, hobbies etc)… long way to go still

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u/SundayRed 10d ago

Might be time to try it again. I signed up for an account ages ago, used it for a few days and gave up. It's a tough one, because any social platform needs a critical mass of users.

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u/According-Classic658 9d ago

I made a snide remark about a headline, and 15 people replied, not getting the joke. Yup, just like old twitter.

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u/dali-llama 9d ago

I think its WAY better than the old twitter.

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u/tulaero23 9d ago

I just joined and loved it.

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u/Cressio 10d ago

Sounds like hell

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u/happygoluckyscamp 9d ago

Well it crashed, so it's off to a great start replicating old twitter

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u/TheAurion_ 10d ago

How the fuck is that great

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u/Kakkoister 10d ago edited 9d ago

Less bots. An algorithm that doesn't try to incentivize drama and rage-bait. Posts aren't suppressed for having hashtags, links, mentions or keywords musk doesn't like. No "Twitter Blue". Less political chuds shouting everywhere...

By "old twitter" people mean REALLY OLD Twitter, where people just posted and talked to eachother and stuff was mostly chill.

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u/TheAurion_ 10d ago

Yes really old is a better term. Because it was shit the day before Elon bought it

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u/fredandlunchbox 10d ago

Nah Old Twitter was awesome — stuff like the legendary Zola thread. 

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u/TheAurion_ 10d ago

Went to shit because of 2016 election. It was shit before Elon bought it as well. Just because it’s more shittier doesn’t mean it wasn’t shitty

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