Bluesky

I’ve got 5 or 6 available, DM please so that I don’t send codes when someone else has all ready fulfilled the need.

I have a few codes available. PM if interested 

Same.

Honestly, I think at this point it’s probably dead. It felt like a beta product when I signed up and little has changed that I can see.

I hope you’re wrong cougar, as I’ve been really enjoying bluesky and spending less and less time on Twitter as a result. Partly it’s a bit quieter on there but also having set up my feed from scratch has allowed me to be a bit more thoughtful about what I want from social media.

My suspicion is that it’s just a symptom of post-Twitter fragmentation. I’ve gone to Bluesky, others to eg. Substack, others have given up. It’ll take a bit of time for the new normal to settle out.

Being a Neil Gaiman and Robin Ince fan, Bluesky has been great 😀

I’m not sure Neil sleeps…

Threads is okay, but I prefer Bluesky at the moment…

Switched to blue sky to follow a couple of politicos and have barely looked at twitter in about a month. When I did it was the usual broadside of onlyfans tarts following me and endless shit posting. Blue sky has been relatively amusing although you realise it’s a bubble of pleasant like minded people laughing at the government. Other bubbles are presumably available 

Honestly, I think at this point it’s probably dead. It felt like a beta product when I signed up and little has changed that I can see.

They’re about to introduce the ability to view without logging in, which Twi, sorry X, removed, and there’s some more changes upcoming, from what I understand; meanwhile Musk’s ongoing destruction of Twitt… sorry, X continues apace, most major advertisers are shutting down spending, others will almost certainly follow suit, not wanting to be seen to be the ones left sitting next to anti-Semitic rhetoric and the comments from the fascist Right.

I don’t go onto Bluesky much, but then I’m never on any other social media platform much either, Facebook possibly most; after four or five years away, I’m reconnecting with some friends and family, plus now I’m a member of an archery club, I need to use Fb and Messenger for updates regarding shooting days.

@twistedpencil Is Gaiman on there? I’ll go and follow…

…. and I’ve another code if anyone wants.

I have a spare code if anyone wants it.

Is Gaiman on there? I’ll go and follow…

He’s never off there, or so it seems. He’s a good follow.

Aye, certainly looks that way.

I’ve got a spare code, it popped into my mail inbox yesterday. TBH, I don’t use Bluesky often, but neither do I use many other platforms, Fb occasionally to contact friends and family, or maybe an artist, Twi… sorry X, to troll the occasional asshole who I feel deserves it, and that’s about it.

@countzero

Target or Field …. What club are you at… Druids?

Just had a quick look. I’m struggling to find relevant content or people I know to follow. Search for mtb stuff and there’s not much, especially UK related.

Plenty on Threads though. Mostly everyone I already follow on Insta.

Threads is getting infected with the trash from Xhitter though. It’s okay if I stick to the Following feed, but gets nasty on the For You feed. I’m blocking or muting a lot already.

Once Larry the Cat is on Threads and/or Bluesky then I know it’s taken off 😄

Twitter is gone. Account deleted. Too toxic. I could do without them all really, though Insta has nice bike pics and vids (and cats).

Someone has posted this – apparently helps you find your Twitter people on Bluesky.

Haven’t tested it and I’m a bit wary of anything that needs you to submit username and password but if anyone is feeling braver than me…

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko

Twitter is gone. Account deleted. Too toxic.

Yeah, same here, dumped it a while back. Threads seems to be going the same way if I’m honest. 

I’d completely forgotten about Bluesky but I’ve just received my invite code and have now created an account.
I don’t post on social media much (other than on this hallowed turf) but having got hugely disappointed with Twitter recently and not liking Threads (really don’t like having to have an account for 1 app just so I can access another)  so thought I’d give it a go.
Seems mostly harmless so far. Any recommendations for a lurker and occasional reporter to follow?  As mentioned above, I’ve already tracked down Robin Ince & Neil Gaiman but any other suggestions will be welcome, cheers.

Should anyone be looking for me I’m @simc66.bsky.social

Are you sure? Not finding you.

Well, that’s what it says here –

War on Cars always worth a follow.

@ThePinkster @MrSparkle I have a suspicion the database takes time to populate so people don’t show up on search straightaway.

I know there are more codes washing about than we know what to do with but I’ve another one if anyone wants it.

Cheers @ratherbeintobago, I’ll check that one out.

It’s making more sense now the more I follow but seems have to do more work to get the right topics coming up. Found plenty of nerdy stuff but very little mtb.

There’s also “feeds” for topics of interest but involves coding to set one up. Again not much mtb there, not UK specific especially. Could get a singletrack feed going maybe?

A lot less “QT blah blah”, “post gif from year you were born”, and all that info harvesting stuff Threads is full of at the moment.

Could get a singletrack feed going maybe?

Not sure how to do that but if you want to give it a go?

Not sure either. Their link about it takes you to their feed generator which means coding and hosting. I could do the code side but it’s time/effort and hosting costs money plus having to support it.

https://github.com/bluesky-social/feed-generator

There’s a couple of services that appear to let you create feeds without coding (and they host it?), but they seem to require your username and password to Bluesky and I’m not about to give away my credentials. At the very least they should be using identity providers and you authorise their app so credentials are never handed over.

Bump. More codes landed today (though at this point I can’t give them away…)

Could get a singletrack feed going maybe?

Looks like there’s a ‘lists’ feature – could someone agree to curate a list of STWers or would people rather not?

Also with update 1.6 people can see posts without being logged in.

And, I’ve just found out how to set a domain name as a handle (not looking at e.g. @mark on this one) – instructions here https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/4-28-2023-domain-handle-tutorial

@redthunder – sorry, not ignoring you, I’d rather forgotten this thread and only just come back to check it out. I’m in Chippenham, so Cyppa, the old Saxon name for Chippenham. We’ve shut down now until mid January, then we’re back indoors until March, our outdoor club site becomes a quagmire with all the rain we’ve been getting. 

I must get back onto Bluesky and check out Neilhimself on there, and see if William Gibson is as well.

Could someone message me a code, thanks 🙂

Never really done twitter…but FOMO 😉

Have DM’d you

@spooky_b329 I’ve DM’d you

Thanks guys, I’ll use a code and return the other!

Anyone want a code ?

Haha, can’t work out how to get past the housing provider (BT Internet). Tried various urls, unless it wants a specific format like when setting up your email server?

I tried ‘staging’ but neither of the invite codes were valid so I guess that’s due to using the wrong server…

To get started you just need to go to https://bsky.app, create a new account and use the default hosting (the instructions I put in above are for people who have their own domain, so ignore for now). Once you’ve clicked past there it’ll ask for your invite code.

Thanks, for some reason I thought I needed to change it!

👍

I’ve followed you.