So "X" - nothing to see here. Elon's in control - Part XXX

To be able to use the domain as a handle, you need to add a TXT record on the official domain. So would be hard to make an imposter account. Using auto posting from website was probably done on 'Xitter' as well.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/4-28-2023-domain-handle-tutorial

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41518613.html

'X' challenges media watchdog on online safety code. Coimisiún na Meán. { Text repeated for search }

The Resistance Mark Hamill joins Bluesky! to counter imposter accounts created before.

sinnfeinireland.bsky.social created 4 days ago. Not Verified.

I created a Bluesky account earlier this year. At the time I looked around and it seemed to mostly be American accounts - many that were in the arty/liberal sphere. Spotted a few accounts that had left Twitter years ago. It was interesting but I didn't even think of fully switching over because hardly any of the accounts that I really liked on Twitter were over there - especially Irish and UK accounts.

That has changed and has done so dramatically in the past week, as far as I can see. I saw so many accounts that I follow posting messages on Twitter saying they were moving over to Bluesky. I decided to log back in and now I really could find lots of accounts - especially via those helpful starter packs. Over the weekend I didn't log into Twitter at all and solely used Bluesky as a trial run.

Positives

• No blue check mark accounts spewing hatred and disinformation in the replies.
• No porn bots liking my posts
• Looks and feels like Twitter from about 3 or 4 years ago
• The curated "Discover" timeline is a lot better than the "For You" timeline on Twitter

Negatives

• It doesn't seem to have a trending list - or even the concept of hashtags
• They don't seem to have verified accounts so there's been a bit of confusion around whether some people are who they say they are (The Polish PM Donald Tusk joined for example and some people weren't sure if it really was him). Obviously that's no different to Twitter these days where the concept of Verification has been rendered meaningless but it is different from old Twitter.
• Still a fraction of the size of Twitter (but it's growing rapidly)

I'm going to use the two of them in parallel for a while but I'm hoping that Bluesky can reach the critical threshold where I can switch to using it full time and finally delete my twitter account.

Probably not who you think as 'High Profile' or 'Celebrity' status but: -

Follow Up post in thread: -

So I’m off to Bluesky and I’d encourage the almost 45k followers of this account to do the same.

Think I may have already said he was on it and not limiting replies yet.

Edit: - Looks like Michael McNamara TD closed his account, don't know if he joined an alternative platform. He changed to @McNamaraMEP at some stage.

Thank god I don't have to see his crap on twitter no more.

Aodhan is number one do gooder and following whatever the do gooders are doing.

maybe we could set up a bluesky thread? I joined there myself the other day but not much else at the moment

Followed your suggestion to create one. Chosen not to have it dedicated to just Bluesky.

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

Just posted my leaving message on Twitter to my 7 Followers 🤣…. and setup a Bluesky

WWN account already has 1.9K followers, so it seems like the moves will only increase?

Lets see how long they take to get back to 245K

New Twitter Profile image..

Been reluctant to post here more, because didn't what to give thread traffic!

As if Irish people should care about what he actually thinks.

Was thinking of posting this in the 'eXodus'/'Bluesky' thread. Didn't want to pollute that thread with an 'Xitter' link. And the examiner didn't post a link to the post on 'Bluesky' yet.

As I posted here might as well include: -

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/20/mps-summon-elon-musk-x-role-uk-summer-riots

Kids are commiting suicide regularly due to the hive mind bullying.

Bullying more likely from the #BeKind crowd, I'd say...

It'd be Snapchat, Tik Tok and the likes you'd want to ban first, if it's the effect on younger people you're worried about

www.sproutsocial.com/insights/new-social-media-demographics/

Aodhan O'Riordan doesn't allow replies to anything he says on Twitter (which should not be allowed as he's an elected representative) so he's really no loss to any platform as he just uses it for propaganda purposes.

It should be allowed, don’t like it then ignore him. Maybe he doesn’t want the comments to become a cess pit that his staff have to constantly monitor.

But I do ignore him generally.

My issue is it would be better if elected representatives were prevented from blocking responses on twitter or any other social media site.I find him not allowing and response to his posts on twitter incredibly cowardly tells you how beneath them he and other politicians feel the public they are supposed to be serving are.

They don't have to read the responses anyway if they don't like them or if they just want to push their own views without being challenged they can do it from their own website

I have been reluctant to give this thread more traction. But if people are wondering why they are losing followers on the platform. This may be the reason: -

Source where I found that article!

If your interest in the alternatives check out 'eXodus'/'Bluesky' Thread I created.

Edit: - Look who has closed his account on 'Xitter'! Aodhan O Riordain