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Thanks!

A friend of Mike is a friend of mine.

This is exactly what I needed

Oh nice!

You're very misinformed. Probably best if you don't follow me either.

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Thank you. Followed you & followed all. The starter packs are a great method for newbies like me to find interesting people. I appreciate your doing this.

yea sorry I shouldn’t be with these peasants

Ah shit. Sorry, sorry, trying to fix...

Thank you. Exactly what I needed. Glad you're here, too. Been a fan for a long time.

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Awesome

Thank you! I scrolled through followed most of them.

Thank you. Pivots and change are hard especially when you haven’t chosen them. Course corrects are going to be even harder.

A very good place to start, by the look of it!

Thanks for this. Fantastic.

This is great. Thank you.

popehat blocked me for suggesting that deplatforming a genocide apologist is good actually.

I agree. I joined today and those starter packs & feeds are genius! Don't know how old you are or if you remember Google's disastrous attempt at a social media platform, but the failure was staggered "invite only" sign-ups and not being able to create community quickly. Most logged in once and left.

Does anyone know if there is a way to exclude people you already follow from the Discover feed? Most of the skeets there are from people I already follow.

I agree. I appreciate starter packs (that are way smaller than 150).

Thank you!

Excellent and helpful list. Thank you.

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Thank you.

Long lost friends on this list I had honestly forgotten about since twexodus. Thank you for this getting started list!

Thank you for the recommendation. I’ll keep working to earn it. Reminds me of @jayrosen.bsky.social’s mindcasters, Internet eons ago.

Yeah, I'm not going to support folks who are not allies.

150?? Yikes. That’s way too many at once, in my humble opinion.

There are a ton! If you search for "starter pack" + whatever you're interested, you may find them. Or you can look on this list. starterpacks.blue

Oh , this newbie thanks you much!

I suppose it's a good sign that already follow most of these…

good I didn't just searched for it might have followed a fake...

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a banger starter pack

Thanks for the recommendations!

Me waiting for the Kevin Kruse starter pack to drop

Thank you!

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This is epic!

Thank you!!

I don’t even crack the top 150?🤪

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ios app is good. also try ‘graysky’

All depends on what you like. Web works well. There are also third party apps. On the web there's deck.blue if you like a TweetDeck style app. Graysky is a popular app on iOS.

Extremely helpful, Mike - thanks!

@mmasnick.bsky.social Thank you for promoting bridges as a way for us all to stay connected 😊

I know it's a fringe stuff, but if you'd implement some edit function it would be superb trolling of the other place. Videos was a pleasant surprise. I guess on the serious stuff some Space-equivalent would be the big gap left for big accounts.

I have been thank you

early and often. Zero time for bs

I like to think that blocking is self-care.

Doesn't a block wipe out all interactions on Twitter (originally I mean)?

Not a fan of that because I can be a little cynical or sarcastic at times. I guess I’ll have to cool my comments.

I just wish you could do it without visiting their profile.

I'm hoping for the "thermonuclear block", to "block this poster and everyone who liked/shared this post."

There are a bunch of 3rd party clients already. And there are tools that speak to both. openvibe.social gets the most attention, but there are some others as well.

Good tip

#feeds took me straight to boobs

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Lol. Not happening.

Thanks! I was wondering what a starter pack was.

@alfcollins.bsky.social 👆

Thank you and why does this feel so refreshing right now

That's a good one. Had already followed many and you have a diverse mix!

Love this!

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Yesssss I’ve been looking for more folks to follow here!

Thank you! This is great for rebuilding 😎

This is great... thank you!

thank you

Thanks for this, Mike. I feel like I can finally begin to unpack in this new space and settle in. Meeting all the neighbors.

Thank you, Mike.👵🏝

When I saw how much my follower count had jumped, I realized I must be on this list. Thank you!

I love this! Let’s show X that we are united! bsky.app/profile/ella...