{"id":79717,"date":"2025-01-20T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodwriterz.com\/site\/?p=79717"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:36:02","slug":"im-not-going-to-bluesky-but-im-not-going-back-to-twitter-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodwriterz.com\/site\/im-not-going-to-bluesky-but-im-not-going-back-to-twitter-either\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m not going to Bluesky, but I&#8217;m not going back to Twitter either"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >\u062c\u062f\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u062a\u0648\u064a\u0627\u062a<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/goodwriterz.com\/site\/im-not-going-to-bluesky-but-im-not-going-back-to-twitter-either\/#Mastodon_is_good_enough_for_me\" title=\"Mastodon is good enough for me\">Mastodon is good enough for me<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/goodwriterz.com\/site\/im-not-going-to-bluesky-but-im-not-going-back-to-twitter-either\/#Anyway_Im_tired_of_creating_new_accounts\" title=\"Anyway, I&#8217;m tired of creating new accounts\">Anyway, I&#8217;m tired of creating new accounts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In the world of microblogging, the thing to do now is to join Bluesky. It is a new social media platform similar to X (Twitter). Some try to use both, others are religiously committed to X. However, I have no interest in either.<\/p>\n<p><!-- No repeatable ad for zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"none\",\"adPosition\":0,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":0,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":0,\"ruleCount\":400,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"actualCount\":249} --><br \/>\n<!-- No winning ad found for zone: below first paragraph! --><br \/>\n<!-- No winning ad found for zone: native in content! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mastodon-is-good-enough-for-me\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mastodon_is_good_enough_for_me\"><\/span>    Mastodon is good enough for me <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The platform I&#8217;m used to and prefer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/joinmastodon.org\/\">Mastodon<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been using it for about two years, after I left Twitter. It is unique among social media platforms because of its \u201cunified\u201d networking system. I won&#8217;t go into exactly what that means, but what interests me about it is that it prevents financial interests from taking control. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/10\/24\/bluesky-raises-15m-series-a-plans-to-launch-subscriptions\/\">Bluesky is funded by venture capitalists<\/a> Who would expect a return on investment, and I don&#8217;t intend to make my portfolio a part of that return.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"before\",\"adPosition\":0,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":0,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":0,\"ruleCount\":400,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"isEarlyInjection\":false,\"actualCount\":734} --><!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"after\",\"adPosition\":1,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":1,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":0,\"ruleCount\":400,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"isEarlyInjection\":false,\"actualCount\":0} --><br \/>\n<!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"isEarlyInjection\":false,\"currentRuleCount\":400,\"actualCount\":0,\"hasActualCountMetThreshold\":null,\"countRemainingForInjection\":null,\"nextBlockCount\":null,\"hasCountRemainingForInjectionMetThreshold\":null} --><\/p>\n<p>However, a common criticism of Mastodon is that there simply aren&#8217;t many people there. Detractors have also noted that it&#8217;s difficult to find people out there because Mastodon lacks a proper algorithm. I understand the frustration there, but I love the charm of this little one. I see mostly the same people, people I like, in my feed and on my local servers, as well as people they think deserve a boost. You might say I&#8217;m living in a bubble, and I certainly probably am. Then again, who isn&#8217;t?<\/p>\n<p><!-- No repeatable ad for zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"none\",\"adPosition\":1,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":1,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":1,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"actualCount\":516} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- No repeatable ad for zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"none\",\"adPosition\":1,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":1,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":1,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"actualCount\":756} --><br \/>\n<!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"isEarlyInjection\":true,\"currentRuleCount\":1000,\"actualCount\":756,\"hasActualCountMetThreshold\":true,\"countRemainingForInjection\":244,\"nextBlockCount\":495,\"hasCountRemainingForInjectionMetThreshold\":true,\"nextCount\":1251} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"before\",\"adPosition\":1,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":1,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":1,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"isEarlyInjection\":true,\"actualCount\":1000} --><!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"after\",\"adPosition\":2,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":2,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":1,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"isEarlyInjection\":true,\"actualCount\":0} --><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an &#8220;Explore&#8221; page, if you really want to see what&#8217;s popular across federated servers. It tends to be fairly up to date with the latest news being discussed. However, this is another way I stray from the mainstream: I don&#8217;t really care about being the first to know anything. At least I don&#8217;t if it doesn&#8217;t affect me directly. Things like this tend to be physically near me, and I&#8217;m part of enough chats in the local community that I don&#8217;t need to try to find that on Mastodon.<\/p>\n<p><!-- No repeatable ad for zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"none\",\"adPosition\":2,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":2,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":2,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"actualCount\":251} --><\/p>\n<p>To be fair, I don&#8217;t post much, at least not under my own name. I use social media mostly to find memes, news, and sometimes to listen to specific people I like. Maybe if I posted more instead of just lurking, I would have stronger feelings that would pull me away from Mastodon. Right now, those feelings haven&#8217;t arrived.<\/p>\n<p><!-- No repeatable ad for zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"none\",\"adPosition\":2,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":2,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":2,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"actualCount\":566} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- No repeatable ad for zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"none\",\"adPosition\":2,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":2,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":2,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"actualCount\":566} --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"anyway-i-39-m-tired-of-making-new-accounts\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anyway_Im_tired_of_creating_new_accounts\"><\/span>    Anyway, I&#8217;m tired of creating new accounts <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Another negative feeling I get when I hear about people jumping on the Bluesky train is fatigue. I&#8217;m tired of creating new accounts and learning new interfaces. It may not be a week anymore that I no longer have to click another \u201cDownload our app\u201d link and \u201cRegister Now\u201d button. I feel like my email is being authenticated to death. There is a mental barrier to entry that may not exist for others but certainly exists for me.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"before\",\"adPosition\":2,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":2,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":2,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"isEarlyInjection\":false,\"actualCount\":1034} --><!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"after\",\"adPosition\":3,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":3,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":2,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"isEarlyInjection\":false,\"actualCount\":0} --><br \/>\n<!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"isEarlyInjection\":false,\"currentRuleCount\":1000,\"actualCount\":0,\"hasActualCountMetThreshold\":null,\"countRemainingForInjection\":null,\"nextBlockCount\":null,\"hasCountRemainingForInjectionMetThreshold\":null} --><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t even get me started on the countless privacy and security risks I have to take with each of these accounts. God only knows where my personal data will go at this point; It seems more a matter of where <em>not so<\/em> My data and who <em>He didn&#8217;t do that<\/em> Break it. I would gladly accept a less lively microblogging platform for the sake of greater online security.<\/p>\n<p><!-- No repeatable ad for zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"none\",\"adPosition\":3,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":3,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":3,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"actualCount\":342} --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- No repeatable ad for zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"none\",\"adPosition\":3,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":3,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":3,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"actualCount\":342} --><\/p>\n<p>    Mastodon is not a perfect microblogging platform. It has more issues that I didn&#8217;t mention, including still limited security and privacy features, and the barrier to entry of server selection. Suffice it to say that in terms of what I look for in social media, Mastodon is enough for me for now.<\/p>\n<p><!-- No repeatable ad for zone: character count repeatable. --><!-- Repeatable debug data: {\"injection\":\"none\",\"adPosition\":3,\"startingPoint\":0,\"skipEvery\":null,\"nbrPlacementFilledEachSkip\":3,\"nbrPlacementsScanned\":3,\"ruleCount\":1000,\"degradationStartingPoint\":1,\"stopAds\":null,\"actualCount\":658} -->\n <\/div>\n<p>        (tags for translation) Social Media <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of microblogging, the thing to do now is to join Bluesky. It is a new social media platform similar to X (Twitter). Some try to use both, others are religiously committed to X. However, I have no interest in either. 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