| A few things I like about BlueSky: 1. Your username can be your domain name. I’m @bradgessler.com, which means I can build more “equity” in my domain than I can on other platforms. It’s also really great for brands or open source projects that have their own website. 2. Lots of technical folks have come over from Twitter and the signal to noise ratio is much better. There’s less weird random videos, less people screaming past each other, less porn bots. 3. When I share a link on Bluesky, it doesn’t get penalized. 4. It’s a global namespace so I don’t have to worry about what server people are on that I want to follow. I struggled with this on Mastodon. 5. The UI is as good as Twitter. There’s been a few times now where I forget what network I’m using by just looking at the app. 6. Starter packs are handy to bring folks from your communities over. I created one for Ruby devs at https://go.bsky.app/HXB2cPh and one for companies built on Ruby at https://go.bsky.app/JQyXa2u I fully expect Bluesky to become completely enshitified over time, but I think it’s going to have a pretty good run for a while. They’re doing a lot of things right and it has fun early Twitter vibes, but without the fail whale. |