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I realize that there is an advantage to being early on a platform, and benefitting from that (as I did on Twitter) can skew your perceptions. I’ve tried to keep that in mind about Bluesky, where…I do not have that benefit. But I dunno, even with that in mind, it’s always felt a bit icy to me here.

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@ashponders.bsky.social

Def. I also got on Bluesky p early and… no one seems to give two fucks.

Buzz Andersen

@andersen.buzz

Yeah, there is just…not a feeling of generosity here.

Ash Ponders is looking for quick photo gigs

@ashponders.bsky.social

I felt a lot more hopeful and excited about the internet when twttr started. By the time I got a beta invite of bsky, I felt pretty cynical. Maybe I'm not alone.

Jim Ray

@jimray.net

Some of this is because bsky is a self-selected life raft not a cross section. Some of it is some of the most annoying people on earth were the first to colonize here. Some is the product — turns out people do want an algorithm even when they say they don’t.

Jim Ray

@jimray.net

Worst is that people who should know better deciding rubbing elbows with white nationalism and CSAM on X was more acceptable than having to mute the aforementioned annoying dingbats and so we do miss out on some genuinely interesting voices here.

Buzz Andersen

@andersen.buzz

Like, it just feels like there’s kind of a prevailing attitude of “don’t talk to me” here that feels unlike Twitter in its heyday. I get that there are cultural reasons for that, but it can make the place feel a bit insular.

Buzz Andersen

@andersen.buzz

Anyway, I know we’re not going back to the social media of 2012 or whatever, and I sure as hell am not gonna use X, but it’s a bit of a bummer.