Bluesky Social 17+

it is hard to really say if the app sets the “tone” or the people that use it. Bluesky seems to answer that question I think a lot of people definitely can no longer tolerate X because of the level of toxicity and lack of moderation which is why I found myself on bluesky, but pass that even the timeline itself feels different and more refreshing/authentic.

Is that because of the algorithm and the way it structured or the people that use it knowing what so many of us left behind was souring? so far it has been a much better experience.

I only wish that some of the issues with uploading videos consistently were solved. I can make post but the videos themselves don’t upload and sending pictures in messages would always be a plus.

Downloaded the app a bit ago after the recent changes to twitter and honestly it’s safe to say bluesky is a lot better. No ragebait or drama and everyone’s friendly with eachother. You don’t get bullied for just existing and people actually interact with your posts. The feed is full of wonderful artists and talented people too instead of just being based off who’s the most popular on the app. However Im not a fan of how difficult it is to make your feed match your tastes, even just a little bit. I know you can pin separate feeds to scroll through to see medias you enjoy but they’re often stale, and only show posts that include certain words which causes a lot of posts to go unseen due to not having those keywords.

For example— I follow multiple jjba feeds and post almost exclusively about jjba, and most if not all of my mutuals post about it as well. yet in my time on the app ive only gotten two jjba related posts on my feed and neither of them involved any possible keywords. I understand the main feed is meant to be for discovering new people and making friends and whatnot, but I’d like to enjoy meeting new people who are from MY fandoms without having to join 20 different feed groups in order to meet them. It’s unfair that my feed is full of stuff like super mario and guilty gear but nothing that I actually enjoy. This is an issue for hundreds of people, please don’t ignore our complaints about this.

I wanted to get on this app to see what the new X competitor had going on for itself considering the fact this app is trending right now. But I was quickly bombarded by multiple left wing posts comparing their political opponents as racist, fascists and much more and even slamming the people that support for them. Not to mention the false information being spread by a lot of left wing accounts on the platform. The option to “see less posts like this” doesn’t really work too well considering the fact that the platform is mostly political at this current state its biggest flaw. I get that this app is also an alternative from X now that it’s gone right wing due to Elon musk but even for me I think that this app is more of a left wing eco chamber of madness than anything at this current point. I miss the days before social media became all about whining and politics I tried looking for other topics but it seems like the platform is still in its infancy at this time so topics that are relevant to what I want to see aren’t popular big on Bluesky at this current time but I hope things change in the future.