Charlotte WalkerJul 10

So Bluesky is about to require people to verify their age, which means sharing their real identity. I’ve no problem with people knowing my identity but then I’m not trying to hide from abusers. Or explore my gender. Or be a whistleblower. Or protest without getting arrested. Or or or… there are so many reasons people need anonymity.

Despite being myself online I am not keen to show Bluesky my scanned face or my bank card. So I guess I won’t be sticking around there.

I gave my advice before I left, which was “Switch to Mastodon, nobody there cares who you are, as long as you’re funny.”

Show threadlaenJul 10

@purplepadma ah that's good to know. i keep thinking i ought to try bluesy again — someone told me i could sell stuff there, but i tried it and lasted about 10mins — but i can't bring myself to do it. but i'm definitely not sharing anything official or my face with them, so i guess that's me off the hook!

that whole online safety bill thing is about far more than what they say it is, i'm quite sure. just like asda don't really need facial recognition in shops ...

bah.

Show threadCharlotte WalkerJul 10
@moonrabbit TBH Bluesky kind of sucks, I’m only really on it for the handful of old #MadTwitter comrades who migrated over there. I’ve been thinking of abandoning it, I’ve accidentally conjured up a feed which is relentless depressing. There is no whimsy or humour like you find over here
Show threadlaenJul 10

@purplepadma yeah that's pretty much what i found when i tried it. i just .. couldn't ... so fast-paced and yeah very much like twitter. i just ... need to make money, sigh, so i kept trying to jolly myself into trying it again but never quite managed it. i've no idea how i'd have kept up two accounts anyway.

and what kind of crazy place is it, not having whimsy?? paff to them. PAFF i say.

Show threadCharlotte Walker
@moonrabbit I tell you that apart from@the odd account that pretends to be a cat, there’s precious little of it
Jul 10 at 8:55pmWeb
Show threadlaenJul 10

@purplepadma 😂

"pretends" ... 

Show threadM1k3yv2Jul 11
@purplepadma @moonrabbit I bet some of the users are actually cats just because this is the best place online and cats would know that.