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I think they can be useful, especially for people like myself who only recently created an account here and are still in the process of rebuilding a community. And, even if cliques develop, that won’t change your original intent & the fact that you’re worrying about that is proof of that.

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🤣 perfect

Probably depends on how you curate it. For me they don’t add much truth be told.

I'm just getting started on BlueSky, and I've found them to be very helpful. 🤷‍♂️ One can't control what others think, and your intentions are to be helpful.

I appreciate them because I can mass follow <people who discuss topic> en masse, and then weed down anyone who I decide I don't want to hear from if it gets that way. But I also figure that they aren't the end all be all, just a nice... starter.

Tbh I’m really fumbling here trying to figure it all out, so it might be helpful for me

I think they're a pretty neat idea, but I also don't think blindly following everyone in a starter pack is the best idea.

I’m pretty new to Bluesky so it’s great to find a place to check out accounts talking about things I like — like independent publishing, cool stories and wry history discussions

It comes from good intention but this place has grown so quickly the ones you know tend to show up anyway and you meet new ones as a matter of course. It’s not lie we’re not like wandering a refugee camp desperate for familiar faces. Oooooof. At least not yet or actually.

I think starter packs can be a good thing but in a way it could be a slippery slope that leads right into what X has now. It depends on the starter pack I guess.

I just joined so didn’t really understand what they were but it was very helpful for me to find people I wanted to follow.

just starting out here and picking up my X following via the Sky Bridge ap. i might check out a starter pack later tho....

no idea what that is, but if you have me it is not cliquey, I am extraordinarily ordinary...😂

I have found them really helpful as a way to find people and subjects here.

Great for networking and finding people especially on a new platform. I think its as you said though the cliquey stuff gets in the way. I'm finding more authors and writers here than on the other place!

What? I don't get to be part of an exclusive clique if I follow you? If that's not the pitch, what is? And can someone please point me to my silo? I'm new here and can't seem to find it.

I have been honestly looking for a good one for writing, whether in general or speculative fiction.