THE SHORT PITCH Twitter is a cesspool and I’m only posting there now to tell people to find me elsewhere. That elsewhere? Bluesky, a new social media site that’s become the best place on the internet for me… and maybe you too? If you’re not already on social media, congratulations — you should probably stay … Continue reading Why I ditched Twitter for Bluesky – and hope you will, too! →
Isn’t the format literally just Twitter?
it’s quite different in the sense that you don’t see any recommended content, just your follows and their boosts.
I’m not OP, but yes, that’s why I don’t use Mastodon or Twitter/X. I really don’t like the format.
I tried to give Twitter a fair shake several years ago, and I found it to be a complete waste of my time. So I don’t use it, or anything like it. That’s also around when I found Reddit, which I found to not be a complete waste of time, and that’s why I’m on Lemmy instead of Mastodon. I like following communities, not topics or people.
Yes, and that was the issue for me. Some thoughts are indeed meant to be short, but I’d prefer elaboration in a lot of cases.
Ok, but the comment thread is about people preferring Bluesky to Mastodon, hence my confusion.