They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace.
I regret activating Threads.The true cesspool is Instagram's "Threads" app, overflowing with low Cheers,
"Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!"
They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace.
I don't know about this 'SafeSpace' business, but I've certainly found BSky to have a better signal-to-noise ratio than Twitter.
Similar on Mastodon/Fediverse.
Twitter is still a vaguely useful source of commentary on general interest/current affair type discussion, The community notes feature has helped immensely with the quality of information that propagates there.
For niche interest discussions, BSky and Mastodon are less noisy, and don't try so corral you towards the algorithm-generated feed, over a chronological list of posts from people you follow.
The true cesspool is Instagram's "Threads" app, overflowing with low quality copy-pasted rage-bait/engagement-farming nonsense. Almost like its algorithm celebrates mediocrity! "Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!" is not front page material, not the first time, not the 99th time today.
Re: twitter/xWas curious about the bbs/ansi people you follow on BSky. I have avoided it because of the libtards, but if there's some good content, I'll check it out. If you have any recommendations, send them my way.
it's a much nicer place with less bots. i'm not a fan of the format but i check in every once in a while. each time it's a huge improvement.
How many people do you think left Twitter/X? Why did they leave? I made an account 10 years back and checked it after reading your message here and I hav
426 followers...why? It must be bots. I have a grand total of 5 posts in 10 years. I do not understand. Shaking my head.
Sometime after Elon took over, but before he renamed it, I joined it to see what the fuss was about. I didn't "leave" it so much as I have lost interest in it because it didn't really provide any value.
Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same reason.
Was curious about the bbs/ansi people you follow on BSky. I have avoided it because of the libtards, but if there's some good content, I'll check it out. If you have any recommendations, send them my way.
Comet wrote to The Lizard Master <=-
Was curious about the bbs/ansi people you follow on BSky. I have
avoided it because of the libtards,
Dumas Walker wrote to RIXTER <=-
Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same reason.
Nightfox wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
Yeah, I created a Twitter account around 2010 but I never really used
it. I was never really interested in seeing the posts there,
especially since they're limited to being very short.
Yeah, I created a Twitter account around 2010 but I never really used it.
Back then, Twitter was your friends posting from a bar or on vacation. I don't think it was very algorithmic at the time, but just starting to see companies moving onto it.
I don't know about this 'SafeSpace' business, but I've certainly found BSky to have a better signal-to-noise ratio than Twitter.
Similar on Mastodon/Fediverse.
Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05:34
"Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!"
Some people are just ass-backwards.
Re: twitter/x
They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace. The problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like to be litteral twits to each other.
They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace.
The true cesspool is Instagram's "Threads" app, overflowing with low quality copy-pasted rage-bait/engagement-farming nonsense. Almost like its algorithm celebrates mediocrity! "Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!" is not front page material, not the first time, not
Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same reason.
[...]Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same reason.
Oh, but LinkedIn is great for the lunatic posts -- company founders with
the people and experiences that made them who they are today over pages
and pages of self-congratulatory dreck.
Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same reason.
Linkedin is absolute trash, unless your idea of a good service is a digital square in which people gather to form a circle and suck each other's cocks.
Seriously, I don't have an account, but what I have seen when other people has
showed me what is going on in their accounts is lots of people posting some poorly made guide with supposed professional applications, and then lots of people praising their obviously poor post.
They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace. The problem >UG> is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like to be
litteral twits to each other.
And lately, nothing can be closer to the truth. I tire of it sometimes myself.
What's with the idiot in parking lots that throws garbage at people that leave their shopping carts in the lot.
One of these days, I hope to finally see someone punch them in the face.
is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like to be
litteral twits to each other.
And lately, nothing can be closer to the truth. I tire of it sometimes
myself.
IMHO, most social media sites are much worse when it comes to "crazy" and "twits" than BBSes are.
They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace. The
problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like
to be litteral twits to each other.
And lately, nothing can be closer to the truth. I tire of it sometimes
myself.
that's how people are, though.---
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They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace. The
problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like
to be litteral twits to each other.
And lately, nothing can be closer to the truth. I tire of it sometimes
myself.
that's how people are, though.
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I'm not going along with that. I am grateful that Elon has liberated Twitter, and I don't need dozens of other 'alternatives' that aren't really alternatives, but just places where offended people can enjoy their echo chambers all by themselves.
Why not have an equal debate? Why not allow both opinions and worldviews? I thought that's what makes democracies so wonderful and leads to the better arguments winning?
Mindsurfer
IMHO, most social media sites are much worse when it comes to "crazy" and "twits" than BBSes are.
Re: twitter/x
By: Dumas Walker to MICKEY on Tue Aug 19 2025 09:56 am
IMHO, most social media sites are much worse when it comes to "crazy" and "twits" than BBSes are.
And make no mistake, BBS folk are a niche and pecular group of people
as it is.
IMHO, most social media sites are much worse when it comes to "crazy"
and "twits" than BBSes are.
And make no mistake, BBS folk are a niche and pecular group of people as it
is.
yep we are all mad here.
IMHO, most social media sites are much worse when it comes to "crazy" and >DW> "twits" than BBSes are.
And make no mistake, BBS folk are a niche and pecular group of people as it is.
I like that, and something I thought all along. Do high schools still teach debate? To have a dialogue staying on topic, not vering into personally attacking the other person with an opinion different than your own?
Seems now days we have to adjust the to lower common demoninator, avoiding all
"land mines" of what things mean to everyone, trying to find the most safe, non-offensive route. That route however I am finding is becoming more narrow each year.
For example, I am play in a LARP (Live Action Role Play) group, which is basically D&D with all outfits and fighting with foam weapons. Sometimes for fun, as it is more sport than role play, some people will wear a fantasy version of a sports jersey with a number. One person had the number "88"
At one point the reeves and others in charge of field combat told this person to remove the number as it meant to some "Hail Hitler" ... HH... 88...
Friend had this number since around 1988, year he joined the fighter group he was in. It was 2017 when he was called on this. So he had used this number for 29 years. He assured them that the number meant something totally different than what others THOUGHT it meant. However, since this was offensiv
to those people, he removed the number from his jersey.
I believe things like that are wrong.
Does "88" need to eternally be linked to Hitler, or could it take on a new meaning? Or a different meaning? Sure it can.
And I believe this of the swastika now associated with the Nazi party, was the >"whirling logs" by the Navajo and other indigenous people throughout time.
No mistake there, but I would also say that social media sites have their own pecular groups of people, too. Some are casual users, but the ones that seem to live on it are fairly pecular in their own right.
Sometime after Elon took over, but before he renamed it, I
joined it to see what the fuss was about. I didn't "leave" it
so much as I have lost interest in it because it didn't really
provide any value.
Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same
reason.
I never signed up for Linkedin. I spend too much time on FacebookI purged my linkedin account because the founder of the company is a
as it is. I need to go back to the BBS.
I never signed up for Linkedin. I spend too much time on Facebook
as it is. I need to go back to the BBS.
I purged my linkedin account because the founder of the company
is a putz.
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