I now am on Bluesky

[Old Crank]

I have an account:

https://bsky.app/profile/ralphingermany.bsky.social

I am reducing my FB usage. To step away somewhat from the oligarchy.

[Old Crank]

1. I will be staying on DU

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I applaud your action

Keyword: ACTION

Many bemoan the muskrat’s power and influence, yet DU is choc-a-bloc with xitter links. I’ve heard many excuses for maintaining ties to that site, and none are satisfactory IMO.

[InstantGratification]

10. Another step to help deprive muskrat of income for twitter

Install Privacy Badger on your browser, it will block embedded twitter content from showing up on the non twitter web sites that you visit. You have the option to allow that content once, always allow it on that given site or just keep ignore the embeds.

Every time you follow a link to a tweet, twitter records that as a page view. They will use that to compile numbers to show to advertisers how much traffic they generate and that is how they convince companies to spend advertising dollars with them. Even if you don't follow the links and just view the embedded content on the site where it is embedded without ever going to twitter, that is recorded as an interaction with twitter content. That still helps his advertising numbers.

Never go to twitter, block the embeds on 3rd party sites. Those will both help to starve twitter. If there is a big enough drop off in page views and content interaction, advertisers will take their ad dollars elsewhere. Hopefully twitter collapses and muskrat loses that bullhorn for spewing his lies.

[Walleye]

3. Me too, here's mine:

https://bsky.app/profile/gingerwall.bsky.social

[sagetea]

5. Just followed you too!

sage

[Walleye]

7. Cool, I probably won't post much

[Old Crank]

9. I won't also.

Most political stuff will stay on DU.

I'll be gradually weaning off fb.

[livetohike]

16. Followed you!

https://bsky.app/profile/swampflower.bsky.social

[sagetea]

4. I just followed you!

Had an account there, then promptly forgot about it! I went back last week and BOOM, so many users!

sage

[Old Crank]

13. What is your link

I find in a search 2 sagetea

[sagetea]

15. @walkingwithu.bsky.social

sage

[livetohike]

17. Following!

https://bsky.app/profile/swampflower.bsky.social

[markie]

6. you've started something...

figured I would tag along

[Mr. Jinx]

8. I'm on BlueSky as well

I'm there as https://bsky.app/profile/burriscj.bsky.social. I followed you too!

[livetohike]

20. Tried to follow you. Link isn't working. Maybe

the period at the end needs removed?

Edited: Got you!

https://bsky.app/profile/swampflower.bsky.social

[Dave Id]

11. Bluesky

Add Bluesky to the all of the other major 'social' networks I've never been on or subscribed to, Facebook, Twitter (X) or even the ancient Myspace. DU works for me just fine.

[meow2u3]

12. I'm also on Bluesky

My account is: https://bsky.app/profile/sueb60.bsky.social

[livetohike]

18. Following!

https://bsky.app/profile/swampflower.bsky.social

[Archae]

14. Here's mine...

https://bsky.app/profile/archae2024.bsky.social

[livetohike]

19. Followed!

https://bsky.app/profile/swampflower.bsky.social

[Different Drummer]

21. Just joined Bluesky today.

My profile:

https://bsky.app/profile/david6320.bsky.social

[True Dough]

22. I'm jumping on the dogpile!

https://bsky.app/profile/waywardjester.bsky.social