The main problem with BLUESKY is that it’s the same regurgitated shit you find everywhere else. As a brand new user here’s the first 10 things in my feed:
Someone trying and failing to make a clever joke about the US Presidential election.
A picture of black hole (which is great!)
Semi-clever joke involving Professor X and Alvin and the Chipmunks
Self Described “transfem lesbian” screaming about how much they love women. I mean yikes it’s creepy AF.
Boring US Political schlock about Lauren Boebert.
Science / Astronomy content
Video Game Post
Self Described “#1 Gayest Lesbian” screaming about how much they love women. A copypasta of the other and still creepy AF.
Another eye-roller “I am soooo depressed” meme.
Boring US Political schlock defending Dr. Fauchi
So BLUESKY seems to be Twitter v2, primarily inhabited by the Pre-Elon Blue CheckMark types. Can I “fix” that with filtering? Probably but if I do then the feed will slow down so much that even checking in once per day will probably be too often.
Well… Then… Just don’t follow those people. My personal feed is 100% artists and scientists. That’s the fun part of Bluesky; unlike Twatter, you’re not forced to see all the cringe and ragebait.
Popular with friends - I use this to find new people since my mutuals are liking these posts
Booksky - just everything reading related
GameDev - speaks for itself
What I also like better than Twitter is whenever I reply to someone / quote tweet someone but block them after, other people won’t be able to see the post anymore. I’ve noticed (at least for now) that helps a fair bit against pile-ons and rage baiters. Hope it stays that way.
The main problem with BLUESKY is that it’s the same regurgitated shit you find everywhere else. As a brand new user here’s the first 10 things in my feed:
So BLUESKY seems to be Twitter v2, primarily inhabited by the Pre-Elon Blue CheckMark types. Can I “fix” that with filtering? Probably but if I do then the feed will slow down so much that even checking in once per day will probably be too often.
Well… Then… Just don’t follow those people. My personal feed is 100% artists and scientists. That’s the fun part of Bluesky; unlike Twatter, you’re not forced to see all the cringe and ragebait.
I use 4 feeds:
What I also like better than Twitter is whenever I reply to someone / quote tweet someone but block them after, other people won’t be able to see the post anymore. I’ve noticed (at least for now) that helps a fair bit against pile-ons and rage baiters. Hope it stays that way.
The main problem with bluesky is not posts that you don’t like, it’s whatever it’s centralized or not.
Is this a fresh account that you went to the discover tab on?
I registered and I felt the same as you. Not worth my time.