Bluesky is booming

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Skychat

A pretty good BlueSky app

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ændra. (@aendra.com)

Creator of 📰 News feeds, @xblock.aendra.dev, @moji.blue, founder of @shoots.green. Opinions my own, and usually terrible. Not a journalist (please don't tag me). I don't work for Bluesky. she/her/ze/hir 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌐 aendra.com 💻 github.com/aendra-rininsland

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1. **News**
Feed by ‪@aendra.com‬. Trending headlines from verified news organisations. Maintained by @aendra.com. Liked by 18,994 users.

2. **Trending News**
Feed by ‪@aendra.com‬. Trending headlines from verified news organisations. Maintained by @aendra.com. Liked by 1,952 users.

3. **Breaking**
Feed by ‪@aendra.com‬. Recent posts that have links and either start with the word "BREAKING:" or contain the emoji. Maintained by @aendra.com. Liked by 77 users.

4. **Data & Viz**
Feed by ‪@aendra.com‬. Data visualisation and charts. Include the emoji in your post text to be included (must have an image or external link with thumbnail). Maintained by @aendra.com. Liked by 67 users.

5. **Journalists**
Feed by ‪@aendra.com‬. All posts by verifiable journalists. Maintained by @aendra.com. Liked by 32 users.

6. **Journalist links**
Feed by ‪@aendra.com‬. Link posts by verifiable journalists. Maintained by @aendra.com. Liked by 17 users.

7. **Newsfeed Backup**
Feed by ‪@aendra.com‬. Skyfeed-hosted backup of the News feed. Liked by 2 users.

8. **News 2.0 (beta)**
Feed by ‪@aendra.com‬. Headlines from verified news organisations. Maintained by @aendra.com. Liked by 0 users.

ændra. (@aendra.com)

I'm going back to Mastodon. I'm tired of having a minimum of one dumbass reply "I have no clue what you're talking about" every time I make a post.

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ændra. (@aendra.com)

I'm going back to Mastodon. I'm tired of having a minimum of one dumbass reply "I have no clue what you're talking about" every time I make a post.

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ændra. (@aendra.com)

It's starter packs. I had a bunch of people follow me thinking I'm going to spoon-feed and dumb down every post because I'm in a journalism starter pack and are then astonished when they realise the reason these bizarre impenetrable posts are in their timeline is because they in fact follow me.

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ændra. (@aendra.com)

Okay so imagine that but instead of tech people it's *NEWS PEOPLE*. WELCOME, to my personal Hell!

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ændra. (@aendra.com)

I don't normally replygate but clearly I need to do it every post now.

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ændra. (@aendra.com)

You couldn't pay me all the money in the world to spend time on Facebook.

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ændra. (@aendra.com)

I don't want a follower count. I literally have that disabled on Mastodon.

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ændra. (@aendra.com)

I suspect I won't accrue as many followers without the pox that is starter packs.

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1/20
‪ændra.‬ ‪@aendra.com‬

I'm going back to Mastodon. I'm tired of having a minimum of one dumbass reply "I have no clue what you're talking about" every time I make a post.

2/20
Nicolas Gimenez

Maybe we should be able to remove ourselves from starter packs?

3/20
ændra.

I'm going back to Mastodon. I'm tired of having a minimum of one dumbass reply "I have no clue what you're talking about" every time I make a post.

4/20
‪Dani Lalonders‬ ‪@danilalonders.bsky.social‬

LMFAOO I HAVE THIS PROBLEM TOO, it actually drives me crazy. if you dont get it then do your research?

5/20
‪Wraithe‬ ‪@wraithe.bsky.social‬

I liked this, but I don’t.
I thought I was already following you theres but request sent!

6/20
‪Samuel‬ ‪@samuel.bsky.team‬

yeah lmfao what is up with that. every time!

7/20
‪ændra.‬ ‪@aendra.com‬

It's starter packs. I had a bunch of people follow me thinking I'm going to spoon-feed and dumb down every post because I'm in a journalism starter pack and are then astonished when they realise the reason these bizarre impenetrable posts are in their timeline is because they in fact follow me.

8/20
‪† lucia scarlet ‬ ‪@lucia.red‬

I've generally had a good experience with them but it really should be possible to Remove Yourself from them

def a double-edged sword

9/20
‪† lucia scarlet ‬ ‪@lucia.red‬

that or just mark your account as not even being eligible to be in them entirely

or require explicit permission

10/20
‪Zig 🪩‬ ‪@zig.computer‬

all the tech starter packs I got added to definitely made things worse, I’m suddenly the welcome committee for so many people who try and pull my every word apart. and I can’t even get off the lists

11/20
‪ændra.‬ ‪@aendra.com‬

Okay so imagine that but instead of tech people it's *NEWS PEOPLE*.

WELCOME, to my personal Hell!

12/20
‪Zig 🪩‬ ‪@zig.computer‬

I wouldn’t be running to Mastodon, I’d be running to a forgotten temple in the woods

13/20
‪Mr French Fries‬ ‪@mrfrenchfries.bsky.social‬

@mastodon doesn’t have an account here (and the link doesn’t open the app) but are they any closer to solving the ‘prove you’re a person without begging to be doxed’ equation? Or is that equation still treated like alchemy?

14/20
‪David Aronchick‬ ‪@ironyuppie.com‬

I have no right to ask, but I really appreciate you being here.

15/20
‪daniel roe ‬ ‪@danielroe.dev‬

desperately fighting the urge to reply: 'I have no clue what you're talking about'

more seriously,

... and see you on mastodon

16/20
‪ ‬ ‪@anthonybecker.bsky.social‬

Sorry you’re having such a bad time. You contribute so much to the site. What about changing your interaction options? It would suck to not be able to reply to you unless a mutual, but would be better than having you not be around

17/20
‪please add gifs‬ ‪@todepond.com‬

but they already added gifs

18/20
‪Josh‬ ‪@oracularhades.com‬

Is reply gating not working out for you? I wonder if it can be improved

19/20
‪ændra.‬ ‪@aendra.com‬

I don't normally replygate but clearly I need to do it every post now.

20/20
‪Josh‬ ‪@oracularhades.com‬

yeah i’d definitely recommend just doing that. Maybe lock it to followed users only,

To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196

 

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How Bluesky verifies your custom handle

 

[WTFisWallace?]

Skychat

A pretty good BlueSky app

skychat.social

ændra. (@aendra.com)

Creator of 📰 News feeds, @xblock.aendra.dev, @moji.blue, founder of @shoots.green. Opinions my own, and usually terrible. Not a journalist (please don't tag me). I don't work for Bluesky. she/her/ze/hir 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌐 aendra.com 💻 github.com/aendra-rininsland

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ændra. (@aendra.com)

I'm going back to Mastodon. I'm tired of having a minimum of one dumbass reply "I have no clue what you're talking about" every time I make a post.

bsky.app

Spoiler: thread continued

ændra. (@aendra.com)

I'm going back to Mastodon. I'm tired of having a minimum of one dumbass reply "I have no clue what you're talking about" every time I make a post.

bsky.app

ændra. (@aendra.com)

It's starter packs. I had a bunch of people follow me thinking I'm going to spoon-feed and dumb down every post because I'm in a journalism starter pack and are then astonished when they realise the reason these bizarre impenetrable posts are in their timeline is because they in fact follow me.

bsky.app

ændra. (@aendra.com)

Okay so imagine that but instead of tech people it's *NEWS PEOPLE*. WELCOME, to my personal Hell!

bsky.app

ændra. (@aendra.com)

I don't normally replygate but clearly I need to do it every post now.

bsky.app

ændra. (@aendra.com)

You couldn't pay me all the money in the world to spend time on Facebook.

bsky.app

ændra. (@aendra.com)

I don't want a follower count. I literally have that disabled on Mastodon.

bsky.app

ændra. (@aendra.com)

I suspect I won't accrue as many followers without the pox that is starter packs.

bsky.app

Spoiler: full text & large images

1/20
‪ændra.‬ ‪@aendra.com‬

I'm going back to Mastodon. I'm tired of having a minimum of one dumbass reply "I have no clue what you're talking about" every time I make a post.

2/20
Nicolas Gimenez

Maybe we should be able to remove ourselves from starter packs?

3/20
ændra.

I'm going back to Mastodon. I'm tired of having a minimum of one dumbass reply "I have no clue what you're talking about" every time I make a post.

4/20
‪Dani Lalonders‬ ‪@danilalonders.bsky.social‬

LMFAOO I HAVE THIS PROBLEM TOO, it actually drives me crazy. if you dont get it then do your research?

5/20
‪Wraithe‬ ‪@wraithe.bsky.social‬

I liked this, but I don’t.
I thought I was already following you theres but request sent!

6/20
‪Samuel‬ ‪@samuel.bsky.team‬

yeah lmfao what is up with that. every time!

7/20
‪ændra.‬ ‪@aendra.com‬

It's starter packs. I had a bunch of people follow me thinking I'm going to spoon-feed and dumb down every post because I'm in a journalism starter pack and are then astonished when they realise the reason these bizarre impenetrable posts are in their timeline is because they in fact follow me.

8/20
‪† lucia scarlet ‬ ‪@lucia.red‬

I've generally had a good experience with them but it really should be possible to Remove Yourself from them

def a double-edged sword

9/20
‪† lucia scarlet ‬ ‪@lucia.red‬

that or just mark your account as not even being eligible to be in them entirely

or require explicit permission

10/20
‪Zig 🪩‬ ‪@zig.computer‬

all the tech starter packs I got added to definitely made things worse, I’m suddenly the welcome committee for so many people who try and pull my every word apart. and I can’t even get off the lists

11/20
‪ændra.‬ ‪@aendra.com‬

Okay so imagine that but instead of tech people it's *NEWS PEOPLE*.

WELCOME, to my personal Hell!

12/20
‪Zig 🪩‬ ‪@zig.computer‬

I wouldn’t be running to Mastodon, I’d be running to a forgotten temple in the woods

13/20
‪Mr French Fries‬ ‪@mrfrenchfries.bsky.social‬

@mastodon doesn’t have an account here (and the link doesn’t open the app) but are they any closer to solving the ‘prove you’re a person without begging to be doxed’ equation? Or is that equation still treated like alchemy?

14/20
‪David Aronchick‬ ‪@ironyuppie.com‬

I have no right to ask, but I really appreciate you being here.

15/20
‪daniel roe ‬ ‪@danielroe.dev‬

desperately fighting the urge to reply: 'I have no clue what you're talking about'

more seriously,

... and see you on mastodon

16/20
‪ ‬ ‪@anthonybecker.bsky.social‬

Sorry you’re having such a bad time. You contribute so much to the site. What about changing your interaction options? It would suck to not be able to reply to you unless a mutual, but would be better than having you not be around

17/20
‪please add gifs‬ ‪@todepond.com‬

but they already added gifs

18/20
‪Josh‬ ‪@oracularhades.com‬

Is reply gating not working out for you? I wonder if it can be improved

19/20
‪ændra.‬ ‪@aendra.com‬

I don't normally replygate but clearly I need to do it every post now.

20/20
‪Josh‬ ‪@oracularhades.com‬

yeah i’d definitely recommend just doing that. Maybe lock it to followed users only,

To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196

Yea, you could tell the starter packs were going to flood certain people (who aren't ready for / want it) with inorganic/non-useful interaction .

It's either the starter packs or maybe the pushing of them




is skychat a app under bluesky? Like a compiler?

 

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Yea, you could tell the starter packs were going to flood certain people (who aren't ready for / want it) with inorganic/non-useful interaction .

It's either the starter packs or maybe the pushing of them




is skychat a app under bluesky? Like a compiler?

it's an alternative viewer for bluesky. like nitter or sotwe is for twitter.

you can use it to look at restricted posts that require login without logging in.

 

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Accounts Leaving X (@xmigration.bsky.social)

Notable accounts leaving X RTs appreciated to spread the message [We ask for consent before posting, each account featured was signed off by the account holder]

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Accounts Leaving X
@xmigration.bsky.social
6.4K followers
64 following
191 posts
Notable accounts leaving X

 

[Liu Kang]

Seems like a Trending feature is coming

hailey (@hailey.at)

oh hello

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[Liu Kang]

So they added tiktok style videos with their Trending Videos in their search...

Not sure I'm feeling this as there's stuff to improve in their twitter features

 

[Trips]

They seriously need to add the bookmark feature. I didn't realize how much I liked having that on Twitter, but it's so obvious every time I'm on Bluesky and want to read the whole thread, but not necessarily like it.

 

[WTFisWallace?]

I hate that 70% of the time BlueSky post don't embed into iMessage. All that appears is the profile name.

 

[BK The Great]

Bluesky Social (@bluesky_social) on Threads

top three apps and only one of them is a billionaire-proof open network (hint: it's bluesky) join Bluesky: bsky.app/download

www.threads.net

 

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Bluesky

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Spoiler: Threads Continued

https://bsky.app/profile/‪Mediagazer‬ ‪@mediagazer.com‬/post/3lkt7r4kqix26

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mcuban.bsky.social
This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites.

Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.

[QUOTED POST]
‪Mediagazer‬ ‪@mediagazer.com‬
Bluesky says it is now sending referral traffic through its "go" subdomain to make it easier for publishers to track the traffic coming from the social network (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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badelawgroup.bsky.social
Good! I’d love for Bluesky to really take off and completely replace X!

3/25
justicelovr.bsky.social
Yeah. Felon can rant on x all he wants but he’ll be yelling into the void!!

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nodarling.bsky.social

5/25
adelarogers.bsky.social
I’ve directly emailed management at publications asking them to add the Bluesky button to their article share options.

It would be helpful if everyone else would do the same!

6/25
curiouslyclever.bsky.social
And remove Twitter and Facebook

7/25
gogothompso.bsky.social
Thank you for being positive. And normal. And as hopeful as possible.

8/25
godpod.bsky.social
it's been a total game changer.

it's crazy how every other site suppresses links.

9/25
coherentlight.bsky.social
AOC in Tempe!!!

12,000 people

10/25
mky603.bsky.social
Zero Red Caps!

11/25
pino-fotus.bsky.social

12/25
est4-d.bsky.social
As I watch Zero Day at this moment!
(I really am)

13/25
rachel-ann-88.bsky.social
If Musk gets his way, we will all be forced to use Starlink and threaten to keep our internet on when we he’s mad.

14/25
est4-d.bsky.social
I agree. I think he’s been messing with Starlink turning it on and off for a while now. Experimenting with it.

15/25
zebratatgorl.bsky.social
I have been wondering about strategically slower speeds…

16/25
marie-snowden.bsky.social
Not that many of us will click on WaPo, NYT and other “news” links when they had their chance to defend democracy but decided to obey in advance instead

17/25
chooten.bsky.social
Absolutely true! I saw the trend years ago, with the tragically under-reported and mis-reported Mueller report and the crazy over-reporting of the "Hillary email" bullshyt. Haven't bothered with them since, except for the occasional AP or MSNBC story.
Independent journalists are all I read any more

18/25
fearonika.bsky.social
Most have paywalls too.

19/25
moremadder.bsky.social
Harnessing the power of the masses to profit yourself. These are the actions of a vulture. (techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/m...

20/25
jilliebeane.bsky.social
Do it! I refuse to go on Tic Tok but feel like I’m missing out

21/25
triciaandthatsall.bsky.social
Same!

22/25
david-schultz.bsky.social
Better yet: There's a fediverse alternative already in the making.
www.theverge.com/2024/10/26/2...

23/25
paperwall.bsky.social
This place feels sane in comparison to FB, Insta and x, that’s what I like about it.

24/25
zer0wing.bsky.social
I like Bluesky because everyone here is equal. No paying for a blue check that’s “Supposed” to boost you to the top so you’re seen.

Also, no shadow banning because some Ketamine blasted shyt bag doesn’t like what you said about him & his house slave.

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sipen.com
Also, no getting kicked or suspended from the platform because you talk bad about the owner. I could say all the bad stuff I want about the BlueSky team without an issue. (But I will not because they seem really awesome.)

To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196

 

[Liu Kang]

New verification system

Bluesky (@bsky.app)

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

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