A quick two penneth (putting the privacy elephant in the room aside for a moment):
Bluesky: first experience - empty. Void. Hard to find people I want to follow.
Threads: very quick easy setup process if you’re on insta (which will be key for most people), but once in it’s chaos and anxiety inducing. Can’t turn off suggested posts, doesn’t remember where you were (and it’s an algorithmic timeline anyway).
It’s interesting to dip into others, but it just solidifies why I’m on Mastodon.
@jonhicks Bluesky is an odd one. It’s currently sparsely populated, and almost my entire feed is other creators - simply because it’s still invite only. It’s like the lobby at a conference.
Nice to chat to peers, but for an indie artist, entirely useless for building an audience.
Threads will probably be the opposite. A ready made audience, due to existing IG following, but noisy and unpleasant.
@jonhicks I'm sure. Engagement there had taken a dive long before Musk got his hands on Twitter. I doubt they'll use that as an opportunity to 'right' things with Threads though.
Might just go make a zine and hand it out on the street.
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