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i think, end of the day, the real problem with Bluesky is that most of its users are here *because* they want to be in a bubble. and they can tell themselves that it’s just about not being around Nazis it supporting Musk, and that’s part of it, but also there’s a palpable desire to be ensconced.

I dunno for some of us, there’s a palpable desire not to be harassed, get rape threats etc. And my feed was heavily curated and my blocking finger works. I have plenty of exposure to right wing people and ideas IRL.

I still get pile ons here sometimes, but I have yet to get a rape threat or someone threatening to hunt down my kid, or calling me racial slurs etc.

I don’t doubt your experience but consider that Twitter may be quite a bit worse for women and POC who write about politics over there and no one is obligated to put up with that shit on the off chance that there might be a few good faith people who disagree with us

nowhere here have i said that people should use twitter. in fact, the point of the thread is that even to the degree i use it, i'd actually prefer not to. but my friends refuse to come here because the culture fucking sucks here, too, and at least they're already used to the garbage of twitter.

Well I’ve been on forums and all sorts of internet communities since the Stone Ages and I’d describe blueskyy as the middle aged curmudgeon platform but the culture in my experience is healthier than most web and social communities I’ve been in