MOVE ASIDE TWITTER - What is Bluesky and Why You Should Care (as a creator)

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

Only picking up on this now. At 02:47 I say "former CEO of Twitch" but I meant to say "Former CEO of Twitter"

[@NicVandEmZ]

Bluesky was created by the former Twitter CEO and co-founder, Jack Dorsey

[@evilgremlin]

As twitch/youtube creator, it absolutely worst idea to move. When their bots false strike your channel, the only effective course of action is to raise maximum stink on twitter and not touch appeal system with 10 meter stick despite what initial bot responses from TeamKZbin will tell you. Do not stop stinking until strike is lifted by actual real human, reputational damage on twitter is the only thing tw/yt care about. This is why you should never block haters, they will bring much more engagement and visibility to your post. And no one care about bluesky tiny rat echochambers, your cry for help won't get any traction there.

[@TorridPrime217]

What is Bluesky? Its where all of the Twitter users are migrating to. Will I be going to Bluesky? Lol, heck no! _Because that's where all the Twitter users are migrating to!_ 😂

[@entropy8634]

You can block those people tho 😂

[@TorridPrime217]

@entropy8634 ALL of them? That's quite a lot of Twitterites

[@grygaming5519]

Did you read Bluesky's ToS? Some lawyer read it and pretty much flat out stated that Blue Sky's ToS is worse then X's for a creator standpoint if anything its far far worse.

[@ecchidragon8038]

Oh? Please elaborate - Details please.

[@batchrocketproject4720]

"Some lawyer"? That was the one who disagreed with the other one?

[@ConfusingZark-hj5bt]

@@ecchidragon8038 Look it up yourself

[@culturebreath369]

Source: trust me bruhhhhhh. "Some lawyer" yeah because lawyers have a great track record with being for the people. 😂 Nice source.

[@ConfusingZark-hj5bt]

@@culturebreath369 to be fair he literally read the TOS live and dissected it

[@theratifier7669]

Well this didn't age well...Apparently it's been taken over by people who are unhealthily obsessed with politics, and most disgustingly, a problem of degeneracy involving children.

[@ConfusingZark-hj5bt]

What do you mean taken over? Those were the "creatives" and the left fleeing twitter

[@SoullessAIMusic]

Why do you think they left in the first place? Political reasons. What do you think they'll be posting about when they get there? Political b*******.

[@wifi961]

Obviously, it's literally made by the founder of Twatter.

[@evilgremlin]

@@wifi961 And then he left and denounced it.

[@amirellasu3434]

I've left X many months ago, I'm in PEACE.

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

I bet!

[@halloen33]

Yes easy to use no adds no hassle and best of all no feeds you don't want. I left Twitter years ago to many commercials. And the none stop feeds I didn't ask for so let's see where Blue Sky goes and the new Twitter name is ridiculous X 🙄

[@bsr6823]

Yes, yes, all of your lefty friends can agree with everything you say you say

[@ecchidragon8038]

@@bsr6823 Aw... Poor alt-right troll. What will you do when you have no-one to argue with...? 🤣

[@entropy8634]

@@bsr6823 just because you make politics your whole personality doesn’t mean everyone else does. Not everyone wants to feel angry all the time

[@SoullessAIMusic]

Blue Sky Is Dead on arrival.

[@chrismclintock2155]

So good the platform is dealing with a ton of flags,at 3000 an hr😂

[@Silacide]

The problem with these "new" social media platforms that look and feel like Twitter is that, in order for it to be a proper alternative, everyone needs to move over there. A lot of people want to stay on Twitter so they don't have to manage another social, and their followers want to stay because that's where those people are. What I think would be an amazing concept is just 1 platform that combines all socials into one. Just the same concept with making posts, following, etc. but all on one site where if you put something on your profile it automatically puts the exact same thing on all other social media. Besides this, all comments you get on any of those will appear on that one site. This allows creators to keep posting on the platform they prefer and allows followers to choose their platform without loosing the ability to follow the people they want to follow.

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@Silacide yea I completely agree, a lot of people need to jump across to. Your idea is exactly what they are trying to accomplish at AT protocol, one audience for all, however everyone will need to eventually transition over to the new network for it to work, which all the big players like twitter are going to try and stop

[@HRDSalami654]

I know that current social media has trained us to think a certain way about these platforms, but having been apart of what is known as "the fediverse" for a while now I will say that your idea is exactly what it accomplishes. The AT protocal is fairly new so there aren't many other platforms that have adopted it, but once there is more usage platforms can choose to "federate" with other platforms that they enjoy. It's really hard to explain, but for the best example I would point to Lemmy, which some Reddit users moved to during that debacle a while back. Basically you can join an instance that matches your views or create your own if you are so inclined. Lemmy is just a backend so you can spin up your own self hosted instance and you will still be able to see posts from other instances if you want to. Again, it's hard to explain without experiencing it for yourself. The basic gist of it is that no ONE company controls the protocol itself so you don't have to worry as much about them making rules you don't like, you can just jump to another instance that you do enjoy. In essence you are joining a completely different social media platform run by someone else with potentially no affiliation with the platform you came from. With the AT protocol that will eventually include you being able to take all your followers with you, but currently you cannot do that with any of these protocols because they have not had enough development time.

[@kevomeister]

Just like Threads, people will forget about it in a couple months and jump back to Twitter.

[@SnoopVee]

Literally nobody went over to threads lol. That app was DOA.

[@avoxxtea]

Exactly

[@pennyhartleben6123]

Nope to much hate on x

[@avoxxtea]

@pennyhartleben6123 hate is not synonym with different opinion

[@thewatcherofawesomecontent]

​@@avoxxtea hate is all you know

[@LOTUG98]

I hear people from X are reposting things from Bluesky so they can argue amongst themselves now 🙄

[@ecchidragon8038]

lol!

[@franciscotoscani4360]

My friend recomended I use bluesky for some time... We are not friends anymore.

[@Coramelimane]

Does "Blue Sky" condone or reject censorship? This is the only question and it needs an answer.

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@Coramelimane that's a great question! I have t been on the platform long enough, and I haven't seen anything specific on it just yet, if anything comes up I may include it in follow up news

[@HRDSalami654]

Currently the censorship is based on your personal preference. What I mean by this is that there is no algorithm outside of the interests you dictate; yes you have a discovery feed, but again, that is based on the other feeds you follow. Unlike with Twitter and many similar products you can have as many feeds as you want and even create your own custom hyper specific feeds if you absolutely feel the need. In addition to this quotes and blocks are specifically designed to put the poster in control, which I view as an upside but I could see how it would be abused in some ways. What I mean by this is that blocking other users completely nukes them from your feed and if someone tries to use your post as ragebait by quoting it you can dissociate the quote from their post. In essence you don't see what you don't want to see.

[@woIfson]

the woke lefties are all going there, the exact same ones that love censorship so there's your answer.

[@jacobbowman2964]

It embodies it.

[@notverygoodguy]

You are literally posting on KZbin which has very strong rules for moderation.

[@ucchuman]

imo blocking doesn't work in social media. ppl just create new accounts and start viewing.

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@ucchuman that's true

[@HRDSalami654]

While I agree, it is much easier for a person to block others than it is to create a new account. If you have the level of dedication it takes to create a fifth account after I've already blocked you four times then I don't know what to say, I guess I can just block you a fifth and sixth time. That being said, blocking is very much in the favor of the poster on Bluesky, to the point where those users are nuked from your feed entirely.

[@commonsense504]

How's your mental breakdown after the election coming along?

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@commonsense504 considering I'm Australian, I have significantly less problems to worry about than you do, so all chill over here

[@halloen33]

​@@TheCreatorDashboard😂😂😂

[@Funfare454]

​@TheCreatorDashboard your culture war will blow up soon get ready!

[@alexmarenco2399]

LOL Hes not American, what are you on?

[@Funfare454]

@TheCreatorDashboard I'm an Aussie too. This is a massive win for us! If woke dies In the usa it will die here too!

[@iyoleleiyolele2194]

I'm already on Bluesky and a feel of peace. On X it was like Elon Musk was continually in my phone!

[@franciscotoscani4360]

Of course, It's easy to find peace in a place with a Lot of censorship, or only the people you dislike is hated.

[@ReasonablySane]

As far as I can tell, X is Coke and Bluesky is Pepsi. Except with X I can click on the time stamp of someone's reply to me to see which of my posts they are replying to. I can't seem to do that with bluesky.

[@Stevo.100]

X is coke and bluesky is the cheap stuff that leaves you with a metallic taste in your mouth.

[@Wilker_uwu]

i'm still a bit sad that it is BlueSky the one taking off and not Mastodon and the ActivityPub protocol despite both being federated in much of the same ways and ActivityPub being more widespread. at least the AT protocol is free. there's hope it isn't another case of Chromium with the JPEGXL format or another case of the triple E.

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

Social platforms aare a weird beast, I'm interested to see where this goes

[@CaelumRoxas]

A couple of days ago, I have fully migrated from Twitter to BlueSky. And it feels like such a breath of fresh air. It's like Twitter, but without any of the constant nonstop toxicity and negativity. I haven't deleted Twitter, because there's still so many KZbinrs, Game Devs, Artists, Voice Actors, etc, that I get my news from there. Luckily more of those people are moving to BlueSky recently, and once they're all there, I will finally be free of Twitter's shackles.

[@cunjoz]

can't wait for purity spiraling

[@jacobbowman2964]

“Nonstop toxicity and negativity” in other word opinions you don’t like. I’m sure Bluesky will be a great eco chamber for a week or so.

[@circusbrains]

@@jacobbowman2964these babies. Lol😂

[@avoxxtea]

Or dont use either. Go outside. Be social. stop staying in echo chambers because you are to sensitive to accept other opinions.

[@cpps90ify]

When I walk into a room full of people and literally everyone is staring down at their cell phone screens, I really feel like I walked into some surreal dystopian sci-fi film.

[@Robman92]

2:47 Twitter*, not Twitch (slip of the tongue I know but thought it would be good to clarify it)

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

Haha thanks 🙏

[@Leon478]

What's the ACTUAL DIFFERENCE?

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@Leon478 no ads and more control over your feed

[@Leon478]

@@TheCreatorDashboard Ok that's a good idea to have more control over your feed. When it's not empty, ofcourse. But how does the company survive with no ads?

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

I guess we will see haha ​@@Leon478

[@serenounificado]

I prefer free speech, staying in X

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

You have free speech on any platform, but what you don't have on x, is control of what you see. The algorithm feeds you what it wants based on what will make you react. What people want from bluesky is the freedom to see what they want on their feed. Whether that is what will happen, is yet to be seen.

[@jacobbowman2964]

Bluesky is a democrat eco chamber. The reason the lefty’s are going there is because they violently hate ideological nonconformity.

[@IssyMomentTTV]

You actually don't have free speech on any platform. First off, every social media platform requires that you abide by their Terms of Service, which has rules about what you can and cannot say (this is a good thing, believe it or not). Secondly, free Speech is a US concept that only applies to government control of speech. Social media platforms are not the US Government, and thus, the part of the Constitution that covers Free Speech is irrelevant, no matter how much Elon riles you up about it.

[@circusbrains]

@@IssyMomentTTVactually…. Oh please. I want everyone like you to stay on blue sky

[@RilfDanielson]

@@TheCreatorDashboard Nah I understand looking for alternatives that's fine but you need to be honest. Already Bluesky has issues banning people for being rightwing while allowing underage hentai.

[@toptv1049]

Please why cant i pass the third stage of the sign up process? Im not a bot and I don't have eye problems. This is so annoying. Ive been stuck there since yesterday . Does anyone have a clue what's wrong? Why do they keep telling me "Please try again later"

[@HRDSalami654]

I see where you are coming from with this, but my counter point is that over 1.2 million people have moved over to Bluesky at this point, and I doubt ALL of those people are going back. Especially creatives who are notoriously protective of their work. It's not just that the block feature is being changed, but also that Grok can now scrape anything you post on Twitter. There used to at least be an opt out function, but now you can't even do that. As a side note, while I haven't experimented with it myself I believe you can post inline videos from KZbin/Twitch/other media platforms that are greater than a minute long just by posting a link. I understand the frustration, but it is most likely because the developers of Bluesky don't have the funding to spin up extra media servers right now. Also, anyone worried about Jack Dorsey can at least rest easy in the fact that he has left Bluesky.

[@grygaming5519]

Creatives didnt even read the Terms of service. Bluesky in their TOS states that all work published on bluesky is their property. That they have the right to use works placed on Bluesky for advertisement. These creatives left because free speech was allowed back on Twitter and these artistic types who believed themselves to be a majority in discourse suddenly found out they were a minority of a minority.

[@HRDSalami654]

@@grygaming5519 That''s a standard TOS, every website has to have one like that to operate effectively. I wish this wasn't the case, but it's also not something anyone should be worried about. If you don't believe me I urge you to read the TOS on your social media site of choice.

[@ConfusingZark-hj5bt]

Not only does Blue sky scrape your work. Anyone else can as well as their is no needed login feature to view all users. You've played yourself

[@SoullessAIMusic]

Every single service has had full rights to all your work since the early 2000s. That's one of the reasons why I stopped posting various works on Facebook over a decade ago. None of these platforms will respect your rights as a creator. People who are complaining about AI scraping your work, your work was already scraped well before that. The smartest thing you can do is only share your work on your own website where you have full control. If you are worried about your work being stolen, no social media platform is your friend.

[@3emad.305]

Im still not convinced it’s a good time investment tbh. Hell, i dont think any other social media worth that either. But to be frank with you unless EVERYONE gonna go there especially some of the accounts made by my country’s government then yea im gonna go butterfly. Tho I’m gonna give it a shot just to see the appeal of it.

[@HieiDaHellSpawn94]

X promotes more Freedom of speech

[@BigNation1]

Thank you for the explanation of the platform!

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@BigNation1 happy to help!

[@Mir-wx5ui]

Bluesky is the new Threads :). Have fun in your new echo chamber!

[@cpps90ify]

I post on Bluesky and Threads with equal frequency and have never seen any of my posts flagged or taken down. I don't agree that one is nastier or friendlier than the other; they're the same.

[@land3021]

2:40 Talk? Where? 3:59 L, early adopting can be tricky if it's a crypto currency...as in, a scam... 5:28 Nice!

[@aeck4278]

If you don't like the big pile of crap X has turned into. All the hate all the propaganda and the messed up algorithm. Than bluesky is for you. It is so refreshing.

[@Stevo.100]

"Then bluesky is for you, it's got all the stuff you dislike about x, BUT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!"

[@ConfusingZark-hj5bt]

You are literally the person who makes your feed algorithm

[@cpps90ify]

If you don't think there's hate on Bluesky, then you don't use Bluesky much.

[@game4us_animator]

Whats the point of using Twitter when ai is just gonna steal all your content and you constantly get into Drama

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

If you don't engage with the drama you don't see it nearly as much. Twitter is a great place to connect with brands and other creators

[@game4us_animator]

@@TheCreatorDashboard Its kind of a meme to have twitter be the drama Platform. But X has inflated the worst parts of twitter, more than ever.

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@game4us_animator unfortunately, I completely agree

[@jacobbowman2964]

If you don’t pay for the product you are the product. Bluesky is the same.

[@adreys689]

Escaping from the problem and move to an app that will be forgotten soon or later like Cara is not the solution

[@benjitb2955]

I mean, staying on a service that tries to exploit your hard work is just stupid, simply leaving will cause it to either change or die, that's the rule of the big corporations. I flat out have never used Twitter, and it feels like a mess just looking from afar.

[@mr_hardy5329]

😂😂🤣🤣

[@PaulRacko2]

I just switched from X to Bluesky.

[@WedgyBlue]

I joined Bluesky and I hope they notice my posts!

[@cpps90ify]

They always notice mine, and I'm not famous or rich or anything. :)

[@JeffisWinning]

Twitter aka X is a joke now that Leon muskrat owns it.

[@SoullessAIMusic]

Was it better before the Twitter files came out and we found out that there were government controlled Bots spreading the propaganda everywhere?

[@cpps90ify]

A joke with 500 million users.

[@lrdalucardart]

Blocking not "blocking the person" isn't an issue. Actually anyone can bypass that by logging in with a different account and bam they can read w/e you are hidding from them.

[@Red-4man]

I don't think people ever used twitter to grow an audience, maybe in the early days, but certainly not now. The only reason anyone uses twitter is because it's a common area where lots of people who already have followings talk to each other. Bluesky while technically built on decentralized tech is currently tightly moderated and controlled by a small group of insane people. I see no value in using the platform unless you want a jankier highly moderated left wing twitter. Jack Dorsey (The founder of twitter and Bluesky) told people not to use Bluesky because the psychos that control the platform now forced him out of the company and are running it in a way that completely defeats the purpose of having a federated platform. TLDR don't bother with Bluesky it sucks.

[@cpps90ify]

"tightly moderated and controlled"?? I post contrary opinions all the time, and while Reddit would ban every post I make, neither Bluesky nor Threads has ever flagged my posts. And, by the way, there are LOTS of Trump supporters on Bluesky now.

[@KuroKonekoKamen]

I just made my BlueSky account today. I always repost fellow authors' book posts an hour per day, and today I noticed I only had about 20 reposts of my Pinned Tweet, and usually I have about 100 per day. I was like, "where did everyone go?" And when I messaged a few friends, they were like "we're playing around with Bluesky right now, you should too" lol! I would say it will be fast and easy to rebuild your community if you're a part of the #writingcommunity. I think Bluesky without all the ads, and politics, will be a happier place for authors, artists, and musicians. :) Will follow back fellow authors. We have to start dominating our #writerslift again!

[@SimpleTakes0]

Wb move aside KZbin - Odysee Vid by chance?

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

I've never heard of it! I will take a look, thanks :)

[@pronortexpiornal6093]

I have Bluesky and I must confess is boring as hell. The idea behind is a counterfit so I, if sucessfull, it will get as nasty as X

[@cpps90ify]

Why boring? I post on Bluesky, Threads, and X, and they all talk about the same topics. The only difference I've seen so far is you can talk about video games more on Bluesky.

[@47streetcop96]

I think it's great, I really hope you all find a place you can be safe and post with no dissenting opinions. If not Mastadon, maybe Bluesky.

[@jacobbowman2964]

Exactly

[@cpps90ify]

I always get dissenting opinions. I just don't read them.

[@CrazyShores]

🔵🔵🔵

[@jjvsqz]

I just left X today! 🎉❤

[@bigideatelevision8658]

Bluesky is like a meditation hall compared to a meth lab on X.

[@KamikazeVibe]

Handle is already taken U_U

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@KamikazeVibe noooooooo 😭

[@ljre3397]

I left Twitter as soon as I heard Musk bought it.

[@halloen33]

Same. Just the thought of a billionaire having the media and laying off the staff to change the algorithm towards himself makes me sick. So welcome Blue Sky. 🙏 it is really good. 😂😂😂🎉

[@jacobbowman2964]

Wasn’t a problem when Dorsey (another billionaire) ran it then.

[@circusbrains]

You guys are the problem

[@ljre3397]

@ no, we’re the solution.

[@vowel8280]

@@circusbrains lol what problem? That's just how capitalism works, you don;t like a social media platform you switch to another, simple also isn't that what you guys wanted?

[@azradun3903]

So you support censotship? Good to know. Bluesky is Jack Dorsey - guy who blocked me then lied about it.

[@batchrocketproject4720]

call it censorship, censotship, or moderation, not wanting to be deluged with the delusional rantings of cranks is perfectly normal. Anyone shouting vile crap on a public bus would get thrown off, no one wants to suffer demented fools. Please stay on TwatterX Putin is welcome to you.

[@cpps90ify]

I use Bluesky and Threads, and I push back on political comments all the time. But I have never seen any of my posts flagged or taken down. On X, I just have to do the Arkose Challenge, and I'm cleared to go.

[@CJHarrison87]

X is wack! 😔 Bluesky is so beautiful 💙

[@jonni4767]

I left X/Twitter to boycott Elon. I do not like that man I know me as an individual won't do much, but I don't care. I joined BlueSky after the election and I'm loving so much. Feels like Twitter before Elon came along!

[@avoxxtea]

feels like an echo chamber that silences anyone with independent opinions

[@grygaming5519]

You left X because opinions you hated stopped being censored. You then realized that no, your opinions are not a majority as you were lead to believe but such a tiny minority that it freaked you out. Leftists ideology cannot withstand the constant scrutiny of common sense that is why you beg for censorship. Dorsey got put over a barrel by the EU, India and Canada to censor Americans and those center right in other nations. This censorship created a false reality for leftoids that they started to believe they were the majority. Bluesky just reported that they got a uptick in reports, your all too busy trying to cancel each other. Have fun eating your own tail.

[@pennyhartleben6123]

Elon and trump are antichrists

[@ConfusingZark-hj5bt]

You enjoying all that CP on Blue sky eh?

[@avoxxtea]

@@ConfusingZark-hj5bt so bluesky is Twitter before musk... I forgot the cp shit god ddamn

[@ridge7524]

Spoutible

[@j.j.6586]

I was sceptical at first. But as indie hacker i love Blue sky !

[@ReasonablySane]

As far as I can tell, X is Coke and Bluesky is Pepsi. Except with X I can click on the time stamp of someone's reply to me to see which of my posts they are replying to. I can't seem to do that with bluesky.

[@BillyButcher-b7d]

Honestly Elon is kinda fuming twitter

[@feywinterfox9630]

Thanks for the info! I think I will stay where I am. From my understanding these guys have been around for a while and the only reason people are moving is because they are upset and this isn’t the first time. I moved the last 2 if not 3 times people got mad at Twitter and I was left in a ghost town wasting my time in last two “new Twitter” If it was good for real then people would be moving to it for that alone. Nah I am good and don’t feel like trying to keep up with the Jones for a 3rd if not 4th time, good luck 👍

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@feywinterfox9630 that's some valid points! Personally I'm still staying present on Twitter, however I have secured my handles, just in case.

[@TheCreatorDashboard]

@@feywinterfox9630 I'm glad I could help you make an informed decision

[@pronortexpiornal6093]

The problem with the existence of censorship is that, sooner or latter, gets you. Bluesky is a crippled inciative.

[@fearnothing2026]

Bluesky > Twitter

[@JBirdInfo]

So people are choosing to be censored instead of having free speach, and just because the big guy won. People are way too soft nowadays

[@sacripan4425]

No, patrick, privacy is not censorship

[@cpps90ify]

There are LOTS of Trump voters on Bluesky now, and none of them are being banned.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

It is like twitter, but for decent grown up , non american, educated people I guess... hope they have rules and regulations through...or it will go down like twitter did...

[@nightlust]

lol

[@MaxRegistrator]

You mean for crybabies?

[@cpps90ify]

@@MaxRegistrator "SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands" is a bit of an elitist...

[@MaxRegistrator]

@@cpps90ify yep

[@SupposeKennethed]

oh man 3.7k views?! that is so many people that'll move to blsky just for the next 2 days before they realize it's just fellow trash and goes back to the trash bin that is twitter where they belong!

[@michaelthomas1878]

Trust me am going to blue sky right now

[@EmileAnimation]

Both suck but… twitter is better