A couple of new social media locations

[alfreda89]

Well, Eel did buy Deadbird and has killed it for useful information. 

I am still on Facebook, and there's a private list for posts connected to politics & pandemic. We don't really discuss much. We blurt out "Oh, thank dog, someone else thinks that is crazy/dangerous/omg" and so on. I am progressive, so if you aren't, follow the feed, you will be happier.

Have also experimented with a couple other social media sites. I drop by Mastodon and BlueSky. Neither of them have anything remotely as successful as Dreamwidth's spam and OMG blocking team. So they may survive, or they may sink under Bad People swarms. We can and do block with gusto on both sites. They have very different vibes. I don't post identically at them. I do share BVC book launches there.

For anyone who has heard me talk about moving. It's gotten more complicated, and right now I have no idea how I would travel except sleeping in my car. But the air quality for chemicals that are not being officially measured will probably determine where I go.

Be kind to each other. Take care of yourselves.

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[queenoftheskies]

I was just lamenting to myself this morning that I hardly ever found posts from the people I really want to see on Blue Sky. A certain group of people either post all the time or re-post all the time and I see the same things over and over and over until I close the app.

I do think it'll get better. It's just a baby app after all. I long for the day of lists, so I can find the people I want to hear from the most.

[alfreda89]

There is a feature in settings at BlueSky where you can control whether you see a lot of RTs. I think. (I could be confusing this with Mas. That kind of weekend.)

But I sympathize. Some people have likely been sitting on their hands at Deadbird for years, and have exploded into posts. Others are trying to re-build huge lists at Deadbird. (Even though several people have pointed out that they actually get more response right now on BlueSky than they did with many more followers on Deadbird.)

It's hard, if you were an artist or crafter selling off Deadbird, to not push to rebuild that interaction. Sigh.