Bluesky

[Straggler]

So Bluesky has just exploded as the social media home of choice of all the decent people who have abandoned X and the cess pit it has become. 

It is sort of cute there at the moment, with loads of people who got ground down by the constant hate and abuse of X blinking in the sunlight of a place that is reminiscent of Twitter back in the day it was actually good and engagement was worthwhile. 

Most of the people I used to follow are already on there and the vibe could not be much better. Granted it is not yet as feature rich, and it is struggling a bit under the weight of on boarding 1 million people a day, but it's worth it to avoid Nazi sympathisers IMO.

Would be interested to see what you all think....

[limpid]

I expect that @villatalk.com will be popular

And that people will add this to their VT profile.

Edited November 16 by limpid
change handle

[osmark86]

If you must support this social media format, then it is quite clearly preferrable to X. Personally I'll continue to pass on both.

[Straggler]

1 minute ago, limpid said:

I expect that @villatalk.bsky.social will be popular

And that people will add this to their VT profile.

Just followed now. I feel like a pioneer being one of the first 5 followers. 

Also just realised that being a pioneer and a follower at the same time may not be possible. 

[osmark86]

Just now, Straggler said:

Just followed now. I feel like a pioneer being one of the first 5 followers. 

Also just realised that being a pioneer and a follower at the same time may not be possible. 

A pionower if you will

[Lichfield Dean]

What would villatalk's first post be though? Something about sheds? A poll about a new badge design? Proposed designs for a new stadium?

[Straggler]

2 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said:

What would villatalk's first post be though? Something about sheds? A poll about a new badge design? Proposed designs for a new stadium?

It's a 50 50.

Just realised it should be a bad fish pun.

Edited November 16 by Straggler

[limpid]

1 minute ago, Lichfield Dean said:

What would villatalk's first post be though? Something about sheds? A poll about a new badge design? Proposed designs for a new stadium?

I need to see if it has an API which can be embedded. Then I might be able to share topics (automatically?).

[osmark86]

3 minutes ago, limpid said:

I need to see if it has an API which can be embedded. Then I might be able to share topics (automatically?).

Couldn't you automate that on the VT client side? They appear to have an API that allows you to create posts.

Edited November 16 by osmark86

[limpid]

I've just changed handle to @villatalk.com and something has broken.

[limpid]

27 minutes ago, osmark86 said:

Couldn't you automate that on the VT client side? They appear to have an API that allows you to create posts.

Villatalk is hosted so I don't have access to the code. I'm going to see if I can do it with Zpaier.

[blandy]

How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky

I guess you probably knew that?

[Genie]

Could be a good opportunity to steal all the famous names handles to sell later… has @elonmusk been taken yet?

[limpid]

7 minutes ago, limpid said:

I've just changed handle to @villatalk.com and something has broken.

Just needed to wait a bit. This is now the handle and I'll edit my original post.

[sidcow]

Anyone reckon this is the real X killer or just a bit of a fad. 

Big celebrities actually closing their X accounts is surely what will accelerate it's demise as a major Platform? 

[Jareth]

I've wanged on about it in another thread but I really like it. Was getting quite traumatised by what I was being pushed on twitter. It's not as useful yet for breaking news etc, but it is speeding up quite noticably. Needs more right wing views though, there's a distinct lack of argument going on and as we all know from VT, you need conflict to keep a site going. 

[tonyh29]

1 hour ago, sidcow said:

Anyone reckon this is the real X killer or just a bit of a fad. 

Big celebrities actually closing their X accounts is surely what will accelerate it's demise as a major Platform? 

no point being an attention whore if you don’t have an audience , so I’d guess a lot of people that have flounced off will be back .

for Jo average I guess it will depend what they use X for … and if bluesky fulfils that need for them 

I remember a lot of my mates saying they were abandoning WhatsApp for telegram because Zuckerberg was stealing their data  , but when the great exodus didn’t happen they had no option but to come back

 

[imavillan]

i'd never join anything with a name like that...

nfc....it's too close a name to that rabble down the road!!!!

[osmark86]

2 hours ago, limpid said:

Villatalk is hosted so I don't have access to the code. I'm going to see if I can do it with Zpaier.

Oh yeah forgot about that. But yeah that seems like a reasonable integration for them to make, so worth requesting.

[limpid]

2 hours ago, tonyh29 said:

I remember a lot of my mates saying they were abandoning WhatsApp for telegram because Zuckerberg was stealing their data  , but when the great exodus didn’t happen they had no option but to come back

Meta didn't make the changes they were going to and then doubled down by saying that every single commentator hadn't understood the changes. But then they implemented completely different changes (which were fine for most people).