I'm On BlueSky

Chris Geidner, the legal commentator who I follow on Twitter, tweeted the other day that he had a code to Bluesky.  It's waiting list or an invite code these days. Others said they were interested but he was nice enough to give it to me (we engaged a bit tweet-wise a few times in the past and he knows me that way). 

So, I'm on.

I don't see hashtags and for now there is more limited content on the feed. I followed some of the people I followed on Twitter. Only a handful followed me back so far. A few key people (including Mets and Supreme Court reporters) do not seem to have an account or are too active (Steve Vladeck). It mostly looks like Twitter format-wise.

For those who like Twitter as a platform except for the owner and the trolls, Bluesky seems to be the best option. Some seem to like Threads but it has issues, even if the Facebook connection isn't a deal breaker. The biggest is that you can't use it on your desktop/laptop. Many do use apps on their phone but that is for me not a good way to post content, with all you have to do including typing, copying and pasting, posting saved photos, etc.

I use my phone (which still has a Twitter bird icon, haha, Chief Twit) to check on Twitter and sometimes post. But, it is a tedious way to add content, and sometimes I need stuff not on my phone.  I don't know why Meta decided to use such an app-focused approach.  Anyways, for now, I still am focused on Twitter, including when I post my own material.

I don't think many people are reading the stuff but posting so much when I have five followers seems a bit silly.  I hope Bluesky does well.  And, thanks again to Chris Geidner.  I finally subscribed (there is a free option) to his substack.  I guess I might need to get one of those too.