“I have no idea how all these MeFites got wedged into Bluesky, or why"

November 15, 2024 5:28 PM

Guardian: 'Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election.' Bluesky no longer needs an invite code to join. A directory of starter packs (of users), a directory of feeds, and some other tools and clients. Also, @madamjujujive.bsky.social‬ maintains a list of some MeFites, including a librarian in Vermont. Post title by @jeffleyser.com‬.
posted by Wordshore to MetaFilter-Related at 5:28 PM (25 comments total)

Decentralized is the only Social Media I do these days. Sorry.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 5:48 PM on November 15

O hi, I was wondering what was up with all the new followers. I’m pretty well still primarily on Mastodon, but it’s nice to see some familiar faces again! I suppose I should add Bluesky to my profile here. Glad that anything in the world besides Twitter is gaining some traction.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:09 PM on November 15 [2 favorites]

There are pages upon pages of search results that tell me Bluesky *is* decentralized.

Here's one I found via Kottke : Bluesky is ready to open up

And here's a previously which mentions decentralization a few times.
posted by kimberussell at 7:12 PM on November 15 [1 favorite]

There are pages upon pages of search results that tell me Bluesky *is* decentralized.

From what I understand, the architecture is hypothetically decentralized but the infrastructure as it exists and is being used is like 99.99% not.
posted by juv3nal at 8:04 PM on November 15 [3 favorites]

I made a starter pack of MeFites a couple of days ago. I’ll keep adding MeFites who want to be in it as long as there’s room (the limit is 150) and will make another starter pack if there’s a need.
posted by Kattullus at 11:37 PM on November 15 [7 favorites]

BlueSky is not decentralised.
posted by Pyrogenesis at 2:47 AM on November 16 [1 favorite]

The starter pack of MeFites is now up to 150. I’ll make a second one as soon as I can sit down.

Also, funny name ideas appreciated. Sadly, the best I’ve got so far is MetaFilter 2: Blue, Blue, Electric Blue.
posted by Kattullus at 4:59 AM on November 16 [2 favorites]

Decentralized is the only Social Media I do these days. Sorry.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a

Eponysterical!
posted by grouse at 5:21 AM on November 16

Thanks to Katullus for doing the work! I am currently delighted to see a lot of you there, but I am equally delighted that the Blue Sky moderation tools are sublime. I have removed anything pertaining to Trump from my feed with a few clicks because I am done using social media to argue, to doomscroll, for the time being. I want pet photos, dumb jokes, arguments about which of the X-Men is likely to find Jesus, horny photos from the gay community, horror movie rankings, one panel comics from creators, etc. Really the only politics I am honed in is stuff that affects Ontario and Canada as this is where I live, country and province, and I hate Doug Ford with a thousand fiery burning suns.
posted by Kitteh at 6:19 AM on November 16 [6 favorites]

There are, suddenly, a lot of MeFites on Bluesky (and hello).

I had grandiose and pretentious dreams of carefully curating a major arc of high-level profound thoughts and introspection, but instead ended up relaying banal anecdotes about travelling on buses, and incidents with Morris dancers, around Worcestershire.
posted by Wordshore at 6:29 AM on November 16 [7 favorites]

So many of the people I know are rolling out Bluesky accounts I decided what the hell. Katallus and Madamjujujive,I hit you both up.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:29 AM on November 16 [3 favorites]

Wordshore, you have also been posting your fete adventures and delicious foods in cafes! I LOVE.
posted by Kitteh at 6:31 AM on November 16 [2 favorites]

Just starting over there and it's buffering like crazy for me. I'm chalking it up to the massive exodus of new users - I feel like Scotty is in the server room screaming "SHE CANNA TAKE ANY MORE, CAPTAIN!"
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:12 AM on November 16 [2 favorites]

Thanks for the title shout-out, Woodshore. Seemed like the obvious joke.....

Decentralized is the only Social Media I do these days. Sorry.

Honest question: why does that matter? BlueSky is Open Source, it's algorithm free, has fantastic group-moderator tools, and great blocking. Why make Decentralization the only criteria?
posted by Frayed Knot at 8:59 AM on November 16

Oh, hey, looks like there is a bug with adding our BlueSky handles here. Seems to be assuming all handles end in 'bsky.social', which is wrong. One of the nicer features is that you can use any domain as a handle, thus giving everyone the ability to validate themselves.

Messaged the mods on this.
posted by Frayed Knot at 9:06 AM on November 16 [1 favorite]

Honest question: why does that matter? BlueSky is Open Source, it's algorithm free, has fantastic group-moderator tools, and great blocking. Why make Decentralization the only criteria?

Fool me once.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 9:17 AM on November 16

I’ve made the second starter pack. Let me know if you want to be in it, or want out, or if you know someone who wants in or out.
posted by Kattullus at 9:37 AM on November 16 [4 favorites]

(bsky feels so different the past few days with all the new people in it.)
posted by mittens at 10:24 AM on November 16 [5 favorites]

I just hope this rushing in sound isn’t followed by the rushing out sound, like Google +, Ello et al. Would be nice to see the old Twitter list reassemble and stay that way, but we shall see in 6 months if even 1/4 of y’all are still active users.

I had 650 followers on Mastodon but the majority of them hadn’t posted in over a year, so when I recently moved from Octodon (the first server Mefites really rushed in to in 2017) to beige.party, only 180 or so people came with me. Beige is a small but highly fun and supportive group. Also, it’s probably not a cult.
posted by Devils Rancher at 1:55 PM on November 16

Honest question: why does that matter?

Here's one reason.
posted by Pyrogenesis at 2:02 PM on November 16

As usual, I've just been minding my own business and making sandwiches.
posted by Stanczyk at 3:03 PM on November 16 [1 favorite]

Ahhhh I wondered why all these Mefites started to follow me on BlueSky! (@crowbar.wtf)
posted by gomichild at 3:57 PM on November 16

I joined yesterday under a different user name - @cronecypher.bsky.social - as ninazer0 is so old as to be a completely different person these days.

A lot of you have already found me, which is weirdly scary but also nice.
posted by ninazer0 at 4:01 PM on November 16

and great blocking

Uhhh...
posted by grumpybear69 at 4:27 PM on November 16

The idea of "starter packs" is pretty brilliant tbh
posted by gwint at 7:16 PM on November 16