Current Trending 'X'/twitter eXodus | Where to? Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon or alternative?

francois

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123148855#Comment_123148855

Agreed. Seems to be some rather overly sensitive American posters, almost looking to find offence where there's none, I just ignore and move on.

Really like Bluesky though, many former twitter followers/following have joined. X is an utter cesspit now, I really hope more accounts such as Virgin, an post, Dublin bus etc join though.

corkie

https://free-our-feeds.ghost.io/update-1-feb-25/

• Our priority is to get to the point where we can build an independent ATProto relay that can support archival and the full firehose. This relay will be hosted in Europe and we are in early discussions with European cloud providers. We want to get this up and running as soon as possible but we want it to be sustainable (yes we still like that term).

It would be positive to have European Based social platform!

Not posting specifically about 'Bluesky' above, as I got a kindly reminder from the MODS to notify me that I was over sharing posts about it. I have agreed to Dial it Back! Will still credit sources of information on other threads/forums.

And as I'm posting again in this thread, now would be a good time to post the below!

Disclaimer:- I'm just an end-user of the Bluesky platform,
have no real life association with any developers of it!

• NOT in receipt of finical rewards or other incentives for posting about it.
• The only reward is hopefully assisting others in transitioning and using the platform effectively.
• If your viewing/opening this 'eXudos/Bluesky' thread you can expect to have people talking about it!

Regards

John

corkie

I will take the risk and share the below, since it's almost a full month since the last post!

JAY GRABER | Bluesky's CEO on the Future of Social Media | SXSW LIVE ~ Timestamped start of interview.

Join Jay Graber, Bluesky’s CEO, for a conversation on how we can take control over our experience online.

https://youtu.be/B7OwcXCE5Rg?t=420

Interesting interview, to understand Bluesky or AT Protocol.

Micheál Martin Taoiseach get's a mention, to be appearing in SXSW later in the week.

My own thoughts: -

Miss Jay Graber is an interesting lady and makes a big change from having males as leaders of social media?

I believe we are watching the beginnings of paradigm shift in how we interact with Social Media!

Other cool developments on the AT Protocol!

• ThreadSky is a community-driven platform that brings Reddit-style discussions to Bluesky
• Flashes an Instagram alternative built on top of the Bluesky social network
• Videos can now be uploaded up to 3 minutes long on Bluesky.
• Chat Request screen to allow or deny DM requests from users

Note:- See disclaimer in the post before this one!

corkie

Been avoiding posting on this thread, because I didn't want to be over sharing!

Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/14/blueskys-quest-to-build-nontoxic-social-media

^ ~ Archive.ph link! ~ Published in the print edition of the April 14, 2025, issue, with the headline “Social Butterfly.”

Long article which goes into depth about Jay Graber, yet to read it all myself.

"X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user."