Eppy NWSAug 18, 2023

I had an epiphany about why BlueSky's forever invite system is pissing me off so much.

It's because it's designed-to.

Right now, a bunch of the talented people I follow are semi-gleefully posting their accounts as they get their golden tickets into the cool new place. And talented people, as they get their very few invites, they are inviting their cool talented friends to go hang out, but otherwise the rabble who only followed or commissioned them have to stay on the outside, because there aren't enough invites to go around.

That breeds resentment. It immediately shows folks where they are in the pecking order, and a majority of folks are going to realize they are lower than they felt they were or want to be.

Show threadEppy NWSAug 18, 2023

And what makes Social Networks the most money? Angry people showing up to start drama. There are already folks starting to clap-back at artists posting their bluesky profiles going "STOP ASKING US TO FOLLOW YOU THERE. WE CAN'T YET. THAT'S BY DESIGN. THERE AREN'T ENOUGH INVITES FOR THE NORMIES" and the FIRST thing a lot of the normies are gonna do when they get on bluesky are gonna go digging in people's prior posts looking for 'God. this place is so fun and free without all the fuckin' normies', doing whatever the bluesky equivalent of a QRT is, and reading them for filth right there in public.

And bam: The artist and their followers are now embroiled in drama, staying extra long and providing bluesky with extra ad views, probably paying bluesky for some extra features like the ability to quiet-block whatever normie or make extra-long rebuttal posts and post higher quality GIFs about how the normie's mother is a whore.

Show threadEppy NWSAug 18, 2023
And yeah, the artists being like "I AM SO GODDAMN HAPPY I GOT CHOOSENED IN THE GREAT BLUESKY CHOOSENING" is... not helping. And that goes double for the artists that loudly flounce other twitter alternatives for not having "good engagement" when they only made 8 posts and didn't interact with anyone else...
Show threadHot Cross Bunny❤️🐇

@EppyNWS

A *published author* and *artist* gave me my code with such lovely praise of my sharp wit and grasp of the human condition that I didn't feel I could say no, and though I like them, I'm kinda pissed. Any social media account that you intend to use and enjoy takes a collosal amount of work, like a garden. If you do not tend it there will be no yield.

Maybe those bitching about their engagement should HIRE someone to do the work. My rates are reasonable.

Aug 25, 2023 at 2:33pmWeb
Show threadEppy NWSAug 25, 2023

@HCBunny I mean, My take has always been "Your Own Website that feeds out to a myriad swath of ever changing social media accounts (that link back to YOW) will be The Biggest Pain In The Ass but also The Most Profitable in terms of real engagement and the strongest strategy against whatever social media's enshittification and eventual collapse."

This is proven by the fact that the first step in enshittification is to make it real hard to let people follow links out of the social media's walled garden and setting up lots of perks to posting the original content inside whatever social media site instead.

Show threadHot Cross Bunny❤️🐇Aug 25, 2023

@EppyNWS

Lol. You mean Like T_____r is doing now?

Show threadEppy NWSAug 25, 2023

@HCBunny And like F________k did since the beginning and like I fear B_____y will do from the beginning as well.

The thing that was novel about T_____r is that it didn't do that... but started as soon as M__k took over because there was a massive 'we need to make money, throw up the walls and tollgates!" push.

I say I'll join B______y when I can walk in... but if it's also a "you have to join to be able read this person's posts so we can track what you like reading" I'll probably be more wary of joining at all.

Show threadEppy NWSAug 25, 2023

@HCBunny which makes all the "COME SEE THE FUN WE'RE HAVING INSIDE THE NEW BEEP BEEP BOOP BOOP SERATONIN CASINO" vibes around the Kool Kids getting into BlueSky even more gross: A lot of the Not Kool Kids can't see the fun they are having by design.

And when the invite numbers increase and more people can show up and see that the only thing appealing about the Digital SkyClub was that they were the only ones allowed-in... I feel the drama bomb will be epic, publicized, and monetized.

Show threadHot Cross Bunny❤️🐇Aug 25, 2023

@EppyNWS

I laugh because I was there before all the cool kids. The blog side of Adult Friend Finder is honestly pretty 🔥 in comparison.

Show threadHot Cross Bunny❤️🐇Aug 25, 2023

@EppyNWS

You want to hear a creepy thing? I've never had that moment when it was obvious my time spent on The Internet was being parsed for clues until recently. I follow some hashtags here, for reasons people do - in the past month all four of my T_____r feeds have been heavily showing me those things - even though I don't follow ANY accounts for such things.

And I don't use the accounts anymore. They're only locked and maintained.

Show threadEppy NWSAug 25, 2023
@HCBunny Oh, like how you'll search for a product and then you get stalked on the Internet by ads for the product for the next month until you buy it or search for a different product?
Show threadHot Cross Bunny❤️🐇Aug 25, 2023

@EppyNWS

Yeah, like that but a whole other level.

Show threadD2Oct 12, 2023
@EppyNWS @HCBunny wait, your ads *stop*?! I’m forever stalked by ads no sane person would want: “ah, I see you looked up toilet brushes *once*; here are three months of ads”. “You have shown zero equestrian interest, but googled ‘dressage’ — now we’re going to give you ads for vets, trailers, tack, and riding apparel until your eyes bleed.”