No matter how much you like Bluesky, please continue posting on DU.

[highplainsdem]

Years ago, when Facebook took off, I watched it take traffic away from a lot of good message boards.

I know people are thrilled to have what might become the most successful non-RW alternative to Twitter. It might seem especially fascinating if you never used Twitter in the old days, pre-Musk. Lots of interesting posts there. Lots of beautiful photos (real photos, not the AI slop now burying Facebook). Just the Discover page can tempt you to scroll endlessly.

https://bsky.app/

But if you spend enough time there to cut deeply into the time you spend here, it will hurt DU.

Which has been here for more than 20 years, and which we want to continue.

At this point it's impossible to know how long Bluesky will be around, or who will maintain control of it. Questions have been raised about some of the money behind it, and the people behind that money.

So be aware in particular that even your private messages there might be (or become) accessible to people who aren't on our side.

Enjoy it for what it is - a platform more relaxing and fun than Musk's Twitter. But not yet as dependable, safe and secure as DU is for liberals.

[CousinIT]

1. I would never abandon DU, BlueSky or none. I post on BOTH and share between them. n/t

[blogslug]

2. I've been here for 20 years.

I'm not going anywhere. I post here. I post there. I can do both.

[WVGal1963]

3. Yes!!

I am DU through and through!! I’ll join in on Bluesky but this will always be my #1!!! DU has been my sane/safe place for so long - - can’t imagine NOT having this community!!

[duncang]

4. I'm hanging around.

It’s more of a personalized forum.

[SheilaAnn]

5. I have enough to read on DU, don't have time for anymore platforms. If it's really important, it will get posted here

anyway.

[hookaleft]

6. I signed up for BlueSky but I don't know how to use it????

[highplainsdem]

7. It's a lot like Twitter. Have you used Twitter?

[Kingofalldems]

8. Is there a continuous feed there?

I have to refresh to get new posts.

[highplainsdem]

9. I do, too. But you'll see that blue dot when there are new posts.

[Kingofalldems]

11. What blue dot?

The one that says new post seems to be for me to post something of my own.

[highplainsdem]

33. When you're looking at Bluesky's home page, the link in the OP, using either the Discover or Following feed,

a blue dot will appear on the Up arrow to the left of the posts when there are new posts at the top of the feed that you haven't seen yet as you scrolled down. Click that arrow to go to the top and see the new posts there.

Of course with the Discover feed, the assorted posts being shown aren't in chronological order (they're an assortment of recent posts Bluesky thinks you'll find interesting and will include some posts from accounts you follow, like Twitter's For You feed). ,Posts are in chronological order with the Following feed, which has the most recent posts and reposts from the accounts you're following at the top, added to the feed as soon as they post.

[alarimer]

10. I don't really like Bluesky

All those smug people dislocating their shoulders from patting themselves on the back for leaving the "bad" site for the "good".

The smugness is insufferable. A lot less of that here. Also the censoriousness is off the charts as well.

BUT I will be happy when X dies because I want Musk to fail completely.

[Cheezoholic]

12. 2 completely different platforms, not sure there should be any concern at all n/t

[OldBaldy1701E]

15. Yeah. I don't see the concern.

Facebook is, in design, similar to the DU. BluSky, Twitter, Instagram, etc. are more like chat programs, similar to Skype, but with more ability to post images and videos. It is more 'instant gratification' than the 'bulletin board'-style thing we have here.

I have seen what Twitter and other such apps did to a few of the students at my school. To see such fragile egos on display was very disheartening. And, they would not listen when I tried to explain that these people are not their friends, and they would turn and devour the student in a second if it meant being accepted into the 'in' clique. Then, it would invariably happen.

I myself don't see the appeal. (And, I was an entertainer. )

[wolfie001]

13. I just joined BlueSky and I've never posted as much on DU as I've been doing recently

Go DU!!!

[DownriverDem]

14. Have no fear

DU and Bluesky are both good!

[Bettie]

16. DU is my home

I may not post all the time, but it is the place I come first thing in the morning and last thing at night.

BlueSky is where I trash talk about General Hospital, because that is fun and escapist.

[ms liberty]

17. DU is my homepage. My first source every day. Nothing will take it's place

[bdamomma]

18. I will

always continue to use DU. I need a lesson how to use blue sky.

I definitely like DU better.

[Autumn]

25. Look on the right side. You will see Getting started.

Then just scroll on down. Be sure and check out New Feeds. Have fun, I really like it

[bdamomma]

28. Thanks Autumn

[Autumn]

30. Do a search for the people, politicians and media you want to follow.

There are a lot of journalists from the UK and Canada not much from here but we in the US only have script readers. Do a search in the search bar above Getting Started for App Version 1.94 if you don't see it they rolled out some new features today.

[bdamomma]

32. Autumn

thanks. How do I find DU people??? I was just adding people I would follow, journalists as well as cable personalities.

[Autumn]

34. Someone started a thread here about being on Blusky the other day. you could search that. Or start one.

[bdamomma]

36. Yes

I remember that thread. I will check that out.

[orwell]

19. I'm on both...

...no issues here.

By the way, screw Xitter and anything Eloon.

[Nigrum Cattus]

20. Absolutely

Most people didn't think E.M. would so completely
change what he bought - Buy it & Break it

[iluvtennis]

21. Would never leave DU. I found ya'll in 2015 and I'm not going anywhere. n/t

[applegrove]

22. DU is home.

[bdamomma]

29. Yes it

is

[applegrove]

31. .

[spooky3]

23. They really have two different functions. We all know the benefits of DU.

BlueSky allows many public figures, including elected Dems and good journalists, such as Jen Rubin of WaPo, to identify themselves and post messages directly to us. Love both sites.

[Aussie105]

24. I joined BlueSky just to have look-see.

Seems ok, at least it isn't a Musk controlled cesspool.

[BigMin28]

26. Im not going anywhere.

This place is like home. Even on our worst day we are better than the others. Just my opinion.

[UTUSN]

27. Nothing is close to DU!

[bluboid]

35. i'm not going anywhere - I luv the integrity of DU -

I've never come across ANYTHING that comes close to this forum.
thanks for all the hard work it took to put it together & maintain it.

[DoBW]

37. DU recipe too good ....... nt