THE SHORT PITCH Twitter is a cesspool and I’m only posting there now to tell people to find me elsewhere. That elsewhere? Bluesky, a new social media site that’s become the best place on the internet for me… and maybe you too? If you’re not already on social media, congratulations — you should probably stay … Continue reading Why I ditched Twitter for Bluesky – and hope you will, too! →
  • 4shtonButcherEnglish
    153·
    3 months ago

    I tried Threads and it was horrible. Honestly not using Mastodon that much. But maybe that format is just not my thing.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      104·
      3 months ago

      See the thing is…you have to microblog like a crazed hobo yelling things into the void. It doesn’t need to make sense. It’s better if it DOESN’T make sense.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Yup, I’ve tried Twitter and hated it. I remember when Mastodon launched, and it was described as “federated Facebook” IIRC, and now people are claiming that it’s more like “federated Twitter.” I hate both Facebook and Twitter, so I use neither.

      So honestly, I don’t really care about Twitter/X vs BlueSky vs Mastodon, because I don’t want to use any of them. Reddit/Lemmy is a much more interesting format to me TBH.

      • 4shtonButcherEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        I really need local interest groups. For example a local skating community or local hardware selling group - that’s only Facebook today unfortunately.

          • 4shtonButcherEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            Sort of. It’s definitely worse since Covid with the majority of “local” events being online either way. And where I live now it’s much quieter than where I used to live.

            • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              3 months ago

              Dang. Covid really messed stuff up, I used to love Meetup before, but I haven’t had as much time since (had a kid right after Covid started, so I’ve been spending more time at home).