Hello!I’m on the BlueSky as docblock.bsky.social
Pile Of Garbage@s_ridenour suckin that Jack cock
@pileofgarbage There’s a real nice shitposter vibe goin on over there I think you’d like. Will send you an invite whenever I get one.
Operación Ogro ApasionadoWhy does no one understand why we won’t go there?
Potato Salad
Kenny Logins@LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage @s_ridenour basically because we all stayed on Twitter too long to have a clear moral Rubicon. Garbo burned that bridge earlier than most if not first. But also online posting pals want to keep online posting first and make principled stands second
@LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage @s_ridenour i got off facebook 13 years ago before all my privacy prophecies came true in no uncertain terms and i still have friends and family and posting pals who are like "no i get it but i HAVE to use it because there are people I can't reach otherwise who won't leave*, so... i'm there and too bad you're not ig idk"
*these diehard people have likely never been actually asked to leave FB for their own and others' good and are just blissfully 😗🎶
@LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage @s_ridenour it's tough. I was really reluctant to leave Twitter to make Mastodon primary. I'm even moreso now to sideline Mastodon to make something else primary (I've done this before with Tumblr).
People feel 10-100x more reluctant than I do, to get off FB and/or to resist Bluesky. I get it! I hate that I get that making even a first migration is just really distasteful and seems like a hassle. It is!
@LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage @s_ridenour all of this is complicated by my continued use of SAF, which has had many moments where principled folks would have and did leave because of (perceived) pernicious toxicity/immorality. I didn't and I'm glad I didn't but it's not exactly something to be proud of. It has a subforum I like and lots of info I like/need in other subforums. I just prefer forums as social media for function/vibes reasons, and they have minimal privacy concerns.
@LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage @s_ridenour long story short, people have a hard time getting and leaving you/us to our social media preferences because our preferences are complicated and they directly conflict with continuing online acquaintanceship/camaraderie
@KennyLogins @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage Jack is a shithead but not nearly to the level of Mark or Elon.
It was way easier to leave FB because I just never really got that into it in the first place. I don’t care about recipes! I don’t care about your lists or quizzes or 800 pictures/day of my cousin’s weird shut-in kids taken by his extremely weird shut-in hoarder wife!
@s_ridenour @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage jack is a super shithead. But true not actively ruining the site and online life generally like Ol' Musky. But for some, maybe like Garbo, this is an opportunity to finally break away from association with shitheads and there is a guilt-free carob-based alternative (Masto) to fill the void. That being the case I respect that. None of what I've written ITT is to persuade Garbo or LT to move off their positions, just explain why others are
@KennyLogins @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage So far, BlewSki seems to be the closest to Old Twitter in terms of the overall vibe of the posters there.
Masto just doesn’t have it. It isn’t fun posting here, and there doesn’t seem to be a Masto equivalent of Weird Twitter.
@s_ridenour @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage i don't think posting here isn't fun, but it's not as fun as a place where say canoe threading works. The Mastodon active userbase increased by 50% (1.2 million to 1.8 million) in the past week so that kind of operability is unlikely to improve soon– the site was down yesterday for hours.
Vibes do matter. If you told me BS was exactly like say 2018 Twitter including all the accounts I followed, I can't say I wouldn't at least try it
Steve-O)))@KennyLogins @s_ridenour @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage
sorry to butt in, but blueski has a special feed thing where you could optionally ONLY see the canoe on your tl and nothing else (or vice-versa). one advantage over all the other sites imo are the plentiful ways it offers to customise what enters your eyes. i find mastodon somewhat inscrutable/ugly/poorly designed in comparison but also i exclusively want to talk to you guys and like two other people basically, sooooo
@KennyLogins @s_ridenour @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage
here are some examples, but best of all, you can just make your own too
(i spend several minutes trying to attach some screenshots)
what jn tarnation
NaN@dreamboat @KennyLogins @s_ridenour @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage also blueskeet seems to handle threads a load better than *gestures around*
@dreamboat @s_ridenour @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage thanks for mentioning that! Interesting. Between anti-nazi/homophobe moderation and this news I'm tipping towards giving BS a shot (in due time)
Masto's a tough customer aesthetically but on iOS the free app IceCubes pretties it up a bit for me imo
@dreamboat @s_ridenour @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage also on a personal note missed hearing from u, thanks for coming over and saying hi :-)
@KennyLogins @s_ridenour @LargeTesticles @pileofgarbage i miss all you guys too, you're all the reason i keep coming back to social media 🥲