A failed attempt at engagement and conversation. combative conversation and trolling and rage does not work on this platform. Take this as evidence. A monument to a man child's sin.
democratic leaders are operating like the mike lee thing is just a slip up by one guy instead of how the entire movement thinks. im tired of it.
this is who they are. theyve been like this for decades. whether its goldwater opposing civil rights, reagan attacking welfare recipients or wmds
Philly hated the mascot Gritty at first, but then as other people started to hate on Gritty, too, Philly got real mad and decided he might be a clownfuck factory of a mascot, but he was THEIR clownfuck factory of a mascot, so piss off.
Enter the word skeet into the conversation.
This account is going to be abandoned and kept up as evidence of failure. Notice how there is an utter lack of traction. Failure to engage. High block rates. Notice how depressing it is.
This is my proof that Bluesky must be acted upon differently.
Anyone else seeing weird instant liking of certain posts when having a conversation? Like, going back and forth and within 20 seconds the person has like a like from a random account?
I love how we're all now understanding the NYT were never leftist and sold us out and we're all getting more and more enraged.
Remember, don't hit the journalists making their bones.
Hit the fash at the top.
I'm more mad because there are legit instances of Mastodon that have had that stuff on it AND BEEN CORDONED OFF FULLY AND EASILY WHILE THIS SHIT CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT.
Breaking: Romanian media are reporting that the Constitutional Court is considering canceling Sunday's presidential elections that saw far-right candidate Calin Georgescu end up first in the polls. A vote can be annulled if the "voting and the establishment of the results took place by fraud."
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Remember, it’s okay for
radio, cable, local news, newspapers, podcasts, youtube, facebook, and twitter to be right wing echo chambers.
But IT IS NOT OKAY for a new app that’s starting to gain traction to be a left wing echo chamber.
NO NO NO NOT FAIR!
😠 😭
This is now at least five Donald Trump nominees who are named in the Project 2025 manuscript.
Russell Vought and Brendan Carr authored chapters. Tom Homan, John Ratcliffe and Pete Hoekstra are listed as contributors.
Okay hold up did Trump just float a gay Soros acolyte for Treasury?
Let's see if they implode and freak out or just go along with this. I might have a plan.
I do find it hilarious how the FSB are so...so fucking dogshit at adapting to Bluesky. It really just proves how terrible their techniques were and how the only reason they ever worked were useless traditions and active insider help.
Elon could have killed RU with a flick of a switch.
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
So Bluesky. Blocking out the terrible toxic people is actually working wonderfully.
Could we just do that for like...real life? Refuse service to anyone associated with The Federalist Society? Block people out entirely for supporting the current regime? Refuse them biz?
We left X and joined Bluesky because those against our parks said, “If you don’t like it, leave.” So we did. And now they’re saying, “No, come back so we can say mean things to you—it makes us feel important.”
So Bluesky. I'm gonna offer something crazy. Which is I think we should bring back a slur. A bad one. Because it means something very different historically than what it was before. It has an A, a G, and an F in it. Not in that order.
And much like the sin of Sodom? It isn't what you think.
Was theirs instead.
It isn't the act of warming a tent. It's the act of acting like warming someone's tent makes you worthy of pride. Or power. Or strength. That while others do the real work? You scumsuck.
Gosh. Does that sound like most gay folk you know? No?
What does it sound like instead? /4
If you said "disgusting billionaires, political influencers, cryptobros, and the like? Ring a fucking ding, baby.
So. We should bring it back. We should KEEP the anger for it. And we should aim it where it deserves. I suggest we call it @f . You know. Make it subtle.
IE: Elon? Massive @f.
/end
So Bluesky. I'm gonna offer something crazy. Which is I think we should bring back a slur. A bad one. Because it means something very different historically than what it was before. It has an A, a G, and an F in it. Not in that order.
And much like the sin of Sodom? It isn't what you think.
Did you know that the term knight originally had the same meaning of it? It comes from cniht, meaning "boy" or "servant". It then went on to mean "retainer".
The slur term was originally with "boy" to it as well. As in "twigboy".
This was meant to be the one who gathered firewood for his stronger
Liege, who would keep him safe! And all he had to do was get twigs.
All he had to do was keep his tent warm.
Now, why would that become a slur? Well, simply enough, it's the implication of one who would get preferential treatment by debasing themselves, or act as though the power of their liege?/3
Appreciate this may not be a universally popular opinion but the less you treat BlueSky as a crusade or cause, and the more you position it as simply a superior user experience with a better governance approach, the more sustainable the growth will be.
Let me see if I can get my pet theory to get any traction here.
Putin's nuclear policy is moot because he has no working nukes. WW3 will not be fought with nukes.
One thing I hope we can do as Bluesky gets larger is be less tolerant of the resistance grifters who will try to hack the platform for engagement and growth without any interest in adding anything substantive or meaningful
It’s a different kind of troll.
In 1999, a great white dome rose in the heart of London, at the place where time begins.
What did it hold?
An artificial wonderland of dreams for a new millennium. A monumental public expenditure. A national boondoggle. "One amazing day".
The Millennium Dome - a design thread.
(orig tweets 2018)
In 17 days, I have gained 50% as many followers on here (25,000+) as I did using Twitter for 15 years (~50,000).
I knew social media algorithms had long severely limited those of us who are trying to serve good information instead of just rage and clickbait, but damn.
The media is the problem.
They’ll never hold right wing politicians to account, because the majority are owned by right wing billionaires, & said billionaires don’t want to share the wealth.
The bias, propaganda & hypocrisy is off the charts.
The media needs to be held to account for their mess.
So...this is it basically. This is going to turn into a bloodbath if we let it.
Are we going to let it?
Are we going to claim that there is no way to stop this? That the vote is over and that's that?