Bluesky, twitter, social media...

[alterkrmn]

These last couple of days, probably caused by the change in the block feature and (much less, it seems) by the "AI" thing, and all the people trying to leave twitter, I have been seeing more and more posts about bridging fedi and bluesky accounts and it's a bit annoying. I don't care about the technicalities, it's just annoying seeing posts of a platform I'm not on...

What upset me the most about the whole thing was seeing an explicit fanart post without being behind the usual CW thingy or the "sensitive media" thingy. I've become so used to those things that I check my accounts on moshidon very freely in public without having to worry about something inappropriate showing up unexpectedly when I'm at work or on the bus. I have many filters on fedi and they work and it's great. I didn't have a "nsfw" filter precisely because people use the CW and "sensitive media" tools, but apparently people don't use those so much in bluesky... So, now I have a "nsfw" filter. It was just a bit annoying, but enough to make me want to complain lol

And I suppose I understand the excitement but, personally, I couldn't care less about bluesky. I don't think I'm ever going to try it. I like the quietness of fedi and now that I'm trying to use this space more often, I think I found the combo that works for me. I'm just so done with trying to keep up with the frenetic pace of posting and scrolling, and "being where the people are"... And I don't have the time or energy to try to maintain another social media account. Like a meme in spanish says: "¿Para qué o qué?" Once again, I feel like such an old man, but I don’t care either, I’m old and that’s ok.

I have a locked instagram account I barely use now, but the few outside the internet friends I have use it so, yeah. I also gave in and made a tiktok account because people insist on sharing videos from that site with me, and I admit some of them are interesting or fun… and I follow at least five people who make linguistic divulgation content and I like what they post, but I really dislike the way tiktok works in general. And, finally, I have a tumblr account I use to see fanart or gif sets... I like the gif sets...

I used to have two twitter accounts, but stopped using them last year, just a little after moving to fedi, but I think I'm going to go and actually delete them for good now.

I get that people move where their groups move, and that's fine... I just don't work that way. Sure, I moved when some part of the ofmd fandom did because twitter was unbearable, but I stayed because I liked it. Many of those mutuals who moved back then didn't stay that long and went back to twitter.

I usually burn my bridges and don't look back. I have done things that way almost all my life. And I'm not saying that's the best way, it's a very lonely path sometimes. And I'm trying to be better in that aspect, I am trying to nurture the acquaintanceships that are blooming, and I wish I knew how to do it in a better way, but I've always been a bit socially inept. So, it's been surprising to find myself interacting so much with people on fedi. I suppose I just find it easier to try to connect when the norm is not the rage bait and getting off on being angry, and just feeding on discourse all day every day. Not like there’s no discourse on fedi, but at least the corner where I hang out is not filled with useless fury.

En fin... ya veremos cómo se desenvuelve todo.

Comments

[geraineon]

If you don't want to see stuff from the fedi-bluesky bridge, I think you can mute the whole domain bsky.brid.gy and that should get rid of all of them. I think another issue is that CWs are handled differently in fedi and in bluesky so sometimes they don't work... (don't quote me on this though).

<3 I am glad you feel comfy enough to chat on fedi!

[alterkrmn]

Oh, that's good to know! I'm gonna mute it and see how it goes.

I saw a post earlier that listed features from both fedi and bluesky and what they could learn freom each other. It's interesting, from the technical point of view, but I'm not that informed about all that stuf and even when I try I don't understand much of the lingo. Also, there have been things I've read more than once and they just don't stick to my brain. I suppose it happens.

Maybe I should see how it is, just to be informed. I always try to do that but with social media it's just exhausting. Honestly, I have been thinking about learning how to run one of those single user instances but the prospect of adding another thing to take care of right now it's not very appealing, the idea is there, though. And a year ago I didn't even understand the whole thing.

[geraineon]

Some people find it (different social media) interesting, some people find it a chore and that's ok!

And you don't have to check it out if that's not an interest. From what I've read, running a gotosocial is probably the most accessible for single users: https://gotosocial.org/

(not that I've tried, but I know people running their own gotosocial so if you're interested, I can tag them in to help you)

[alterkrmn]

Yeah, that's true (about social media being interesting or a chore, it can be both too, lol).

Thank you for the tip about gotosocial. I'm not sure if I'm going to do it, but having the option is nice. And if I ever decide to do it, I will definitely need help, but not now.

[gekidasa]

Hmm. En mi opinion la razón principal no es lo de los blocks sino la i teligencia artificial. Eso es lo que ha hecho que los artistas finalmente digan hasta aqui llegamos y se muden, y la otra gente los está siguiendo. Yo medi cuenta muy rápido cuando ese idiota compró twitter que mientras siguiera siendo el ligar de los artistas, fandom no se movería. Por fin hizo algo que empujó a los artistas.

En fin, lo que pasa es que en bsky las cosas funcionan diferente. Quien postea marca el post si es explicito, o las herramientas de moderación lo marcan, pero le toca a cada usuario escoger en sus settings si quiere o no ver esas cosas.

Para mi no es mejor ni peor, es diferente.

[alterkrmn]

Cierto, tienes razón. Es el tema de la "IA" lo que está haciendo a la gente moverse, anoche más bien lo mezclé en mi cabeza. Y sí, en general desde que Musk se apoderó de twitter, ha ido de mal en peor. Y al final entiendo por qué lxs artistas se quedaban :/

Sobre lo otro, entiendo que ambas plataformas funcionan diferente, pero con el tema del puente (no sé si en español sea el término adecuado, solo se siente raro ponerlo en inglés cuando estoy escribiendo en español, jajaja) siento que es tomar pasos adicionales de este lado (fedi) para ajustarse a los posts que aparecen de allá (bluesky) aunque yo ya he curado mucho mi feed, y ese incidente con un post de bluesky fue lo que me hizo enfurruñar.

Al final hay una solución y no pasa nada, pero sí influye que soy un ermitaño y los lugares (tanto físicos como virtuales) muy concurridos ya me abruman. Básicamente es un "me problem" y si hay a quienes les emocione y les sirva, por las razones que sean, pues está genial por ellxs.

Tal vez tendría que por lo menos entrar a ver cómo está el tema, pero me da una pereza increíble *grimacing*

[gekidasa]

Pues la pura verdad yo creo que si no te gusta, no te gusta. A mí nadie me va a hacer abrir cuenta de Tiktok o Threads, no me importante quién esté ahí.

[alterkrmn]

Por un momento me quedé en blanco cuando leí "threads", se me olvida que esa cosa existe, jajaja. Y pues así, al final es cuestión de dónde se siente uno más a gusto.