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Come find me on #bluesky I’m much more active there & would love to connect with you there! Rabbijill.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/rabbijill.bsky.social

Angeblich gibt es wieder einmal eine Welle des #TwitterExodus. Eigentlich müsste es #xExodus heißen, denn #Twitter war mal etwas anderes als X. Viele verlassen angeblich #X, aber sie kommen nicht ins #Fediverse sondern wechseln zu #bluesky, eine Art Twitter ohne Nazis. Ob sich dieser Traum erfüllt, ist die eine Frage. Ich finde diese Entwicklung gar nicht so schlimm. Leute, die das Gleiche wie Twitter wollen, werden im Fediversum nicht heimisch werden.

🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Enjoy the grand finale of Spooktoberween with the 🦋 #Bluesky & #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar for OCT. 31-NOV. 7 (THU-THU) 💀 👻

details & updates thru the week @ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties ⌚️All times Eastern

#scifi #StarTrek #Westerns (or this week: #samurai #Comedy #Music #Horror #Mysteries #Action #Movies #TV

Thank you hosts!💐
@rsmon77 @MatthewTitus88 @culturalgutter @FabuLiz @noirdame @JohnnyDoesntCare
@MirrorAyako @Taweret @lilymarswrites @analgesicsleep @revmagdalen

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📺 The #WatchPartyCalendar 📅 has way too many new events at🦋 #Bluesky for me to list. There are of course lots 📺on the #Fediverse 🐘🦣NOV. 21-28 (THU-THU) 🦃

details @ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties ⌚️All times Eastern

#scifi #Westerns #Comedy #Music #Horror #Mysteries #Action #Movies #TV

Thank you Mastodon hosts!♥️ (separate post on bsky)
@rsmon77 @MatthewTitus88 @culturalgutter @FabULiz @noirdame @JohnnyDoesntCare
@MirrorAyako @Taweret @lilymarswrites @analgesicsleep @AnnOMalley @LisaMarieBowman

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Looks like Bluesky doesn’t set lang attribute on (my bridged from here) posts. ¹ Not good as that can affect font rendering.

¹ At least I can’t see any, but with the website being a JS salad…

#lang_en #bluesky

I am on BlueSky as @codeyarns.bsky.social 🦋

Link: https://bsky.app/profile/codeyarns.bsky.social

#BlueSky

An option for #Bluesky users who might be wanting to diversify their risk is to create a Wafrn account.

"Wafrn is a federated social media inspired by Tumblr that connects with both the Fediverse and Bluesky."

@gabboman reports that Wafrn has not been impacted at all by the recent #Bluesky outages.

Give it a look. People seem to really love Wafrn 👏

Join Wafrn >>> https://join.wafrn.net/

#Wafrn #Bluesky

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I'm disabling Bridgy Fed on this account (at least for now) -- if you're at risk of harassment, consider doing the same

Harassment has increased significantly on Bluesky over the last week (which tends to be what happens when a site's moderators find an excuse not to take actionn against a coordinated anti-trans harassment campaign, but that's another story). Bluesky blocklists provide some protection, but unfortunately there's no way for fedi accounts to subscribe to Bluesky blocklists or labelers. So there's basially no protection for bridged accounts.

I haven't yet hard any reports of harassment getting directed at bridged accounts ... but then again if somebody on Bluesky who hasn't opted in to Bridgy fed is spewing hate speech in bridged posts replies, we wouldn't necessarily know about it. So, better safe than sorry.

If you're currently bridging to Bluesky consider doing the same! You can disable Bridgy Fed by blocking @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy -- here's the FAQ https://fed.brid.gy/docs#opt-out

Here's the bug I just filed in the Bridgy Fed Github. https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1632

Bridgy Fed's development is very resource constrained right now; as far as I know it's still just @snarfed.org working on it part-time, and they've had their hands full just keeping up with the increased load. So, not sure how quickly they''ll be able to respond.

EDIT updated with the FAQ on how to opt-out, as well as the correct instructions.

#BridgyFed #bluesky #trans

Wow. Bluesky has just welcomed and verified ICE.

For anyone still thinking Bsky is a real alternative to Twitter: No, it's not.

Mastodon is. Bsky is just X at its infancy.

#ICE #Bsky #Bluesky #fascism

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WRT #BlueSky: I know some people are getting a lot of mileage out of it, and I don't want to detract from that.

But whenever I log in after having been away for more than a couple of hours, I almost universally have to block a bot. Sometimes several. I feel like I spend more time blocking bots than interacting with humans.

And that's on top of the fact that blocking a user doesn't remove them from your followers list. At least, thankfully, they've started hiding blocked accounts on your publicly-viewable followers list, but this still artificially inflates follower counts. And there are still no polls, no way to increase max post length, etc.

Don't get me wrong, there are also some good things that Mastodon and other Fedi services could bear adopting (access controls for replies, quote boosts, etc). But still. Bots everywhere. Plus the fact that _here_ is where my posts actually get boosted, even on my other account with only 30some followers.

I'm not going to delete BlueSky, but for now, #Mastodon and the #Fediverse really are where it's at.

Seems like we are entering the "stay and fight to keep #Bluesky blue" phase 🤷

Geen #Facebook, geen #Instagram, geen #Threads, geen #Twitter/X, geen #Bluesky, geen #Tumblr, geen #TikTok, geen #Snapchat, geen #Pinterest, geen #Redit en alleen #Linkedin en #Mastodon.

En zonder #Google kom je met een Android telefoon niet ver dus helaas die nog even aanhouden.

Helaas nog wel #WhatsApp en daar vanaf gaan is erg lastig. Is mijn ervaring een aantal jaar geleden. Kom maar naar #Signal, zeg ik vaak.

If you just left Bluesky today to join or come back to Mastodon, welcome (back)!

We are glad you are here with us

#Bluesky #Mastodon #Fediverse

An important PSA for people who are active on #Bluesky and who, upon hearing that the ICE account was officially verified, are saying: "I will just block it."

Blocking on Bluesky is NOT PRIVATE: it's very easy to see who is blocking any account by visiting sites that list that information.

I took a screenshot from https://clearsky.app, listing all the accounts that are blocking ICE (I pixelated avatars and usernames for privacy purposes).

The safest bet is to mute (that info is private) 😫

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Please explain why you still use the internet if you think federating with #bluesky is bad now cause #ICE joined. The web has Nazis too.

People don't seem to understand that on decentralized networks, horrible people also using it is only a problem if their shit is pushed at us. If their tagging others with abuse is tolerated. Otherwise their posts will be ignored just like most sites are. We don't demand browsers refuse to load certain sites or DNS refuse to serve them.

"Quindi sì, #Bluesky sta permettendo alle organizzazioni naziste di accedere alla sua piattaforma. Ha persino verificato l' #ICE. Immagino che abbia fatto la sua scelta".
Anch'io oggi faccio la mia scelta: l'account "Bronson Blu 🦋"  (@paoloparti.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy) chiude.
https://mstdn.social/@stux/115910824701951094

He hecho un vídeo sencillito y comprensible (espero) sobre la importancia de salir de #Twitter y también cómo abrirse un #Mastodon intentando eliminar los prejuicios de que "es muy difícil".

Para que lo podáis compartir con vuestros círculos que aún necesiten un empujón.

https://fediverse.tv/videos/watch/884fd2c1-7a5b-4dac-b8b2-13dda9145153

¡Mi cuenta de PeerTube! @ivangj ❤️

#VámonosJuntas #AnemhiJuntes #BlueSky

Yeah, sure, #Bluesky is dying … but #DeerSocial and the #ATmosphere are not. 🤪 deer.social#SocialWeb

deer.social

Bluesky To Sell Your Content To AI Data Miners

So it begins. Hidden in Jay Graber's recent charm offensive is this innocuously framed initiative: Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/)

Not so fast.

1) Shows they are planning on doing content deals with AI companies.
2) Seems like it is Opt-out vs. Opt-in (see below).
3) It is just a voluntary robots.txt file

h/t @Lydie https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie/114149023344861046

more...

#Bluesky

Ho deciso: visti i recenti avvenimenti, nei prossimi giorni seguirò l'esempio di @Gargron e scollegherò questo account da #Bluesky.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/115937101960287352

Exactly. Pointing out that #Bluesky isn't *practically* decentralized yet is not a critique, it's a statement of the work they need to do. (and I wish them luck!)

Mastodon has its own demons to slay. No one is perfect here! We're just talking about how things should improve. I so don't want us to form a circular firing squad. We can all win.

#TIL Bluesky has no profile indicator (or even third party labeler that I can find), for determining if an account is a bot.

#Bluesky

Periodically, I see people upset that #Bluesky has become the default alternative to #Twitter instead of #Mastodon. So we need to understand why that happened:

Bluesky simply has a better UI/UX for Twitter users than Mastodon because it basically is Twitter whereas Mastodon is its own thing
When the Twitter migration happened in November 2022, those who managed to get a Mastodon account found that navigating Mastodon’s unwritten social norms was difficult
Mastodon already had a pre-existing community, one that clashed with mainstream Twitter – whereas there was no community on Bluesky when Twitter users migrated there
Certain marginalized groups, such as Black folk, found a hostile environment here, and many who have stayed remain here because they believe in the tech despite the community that exists around it

I cannot understate the role that social discovery had in this. On Bluesky it is easy to find people and topics that are relevant to users whereas on Mastodon this takes a lot of heavy lifting.

That said, there’s a silver lining to this. Should Bluesky fail to decentralize and the company alienates their userbase – which is inevitable – where will Bluesky users go?

Obviously, to Mastodon.

But when that happens, we need to prepare ourselves for the eventual migration and build a better environment for Bluesky users to come here.

Dopo avere rimosso l'account #Bluesky, ho compiuto anche l'ultimo passo: con il blocco dell'istanza bridge
mi sono completamente deblueskyzzato.

大家好啊，又经过了好几个月的开发，#Fread 终于支持了 #Bluesky 平台🚀🚀🚀！
目前 Fread 已经支持了 #Mastodon ，#RSS 以及 Bluesky，大家可以更新到最新版 1.3.0 体验。

当然本次大升级除了对 Bluesky 的支持之外还有很多对 UI/UX 的优化。

未来一段时间会支持同实例多账号登录，同时将一条帖子发布到多个账号。

@board @board@2-5.cc @worldboard @worldboard@2-5.cc

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zhangke.fread

#Fediverse #activitypub