Twitter Alternatives

[TallTitan34]

Twitter is becoming unusable.  Half of my "For You" is Elon tweets, a quarter is similar content, and if I'm lucky a quarter might be some Marquette related content.  If I search for something, completely unrelated content pops up unless I sort by latest.  The last few days I have been unable to upload video like I've done for years because the frame rate is too high.

Since the election several Twitter accounts (non-political accounts) have reported losing thousands of followers.  I don't know if bots are being purged or if people are just sick of what Twitter has become.

Anyway, I'm curious if anyone has tried Blue Sky or Threads as a Twitter alternative and if you have which you prefer?  My problem with Blue Sky used to be that they didn't have video but that has now been addressed.  Threads is ok but doesn't seem as straight forward as Blue Sky.

[Hards Alumni]

Twitter is becoming unusable.  Half of my "For You" is Elon tweets, a quarter is similar content, and if I'm lucky a quarter might be some Marquette related content.  If I search for something, completely unrelated content pops up unless I sort by latest.  The last few days I have been unable to upload video like I've done for years because the frame rate is too high.

Since the election several Twitter accounts (non-political accounts) have reported losing thousands of followers.  I don't know if bots are being purged or if people are just sick of what Twitter has become.

Anyway, I'm curious if anyone has tried Blue Sky or Threads as a Twitter alternative and if you have which you prefer?  My problem with Blue Sky used to be that they didn't have video but that has now been addressed.  Threads is ok but doesn't seem as straight forward as Blue Sky.

Blue Sky > rest

If you need to, you can use Blue Sky directory to find your twitter follows... its a chrome or firefox add on.

[Uncle Rico]

Twitter is becoming unusable.  Half of my "For You" is Elon tweets, a quarter is similar content, and if I'm lucky a quarter might be some Marquette related content.  If I search for something, completely unrelated content pops up unless I sort by latest.  The last few days I have been unable to upload video like I've done for years because the frame rate is too high.

Since the election several Twitter accounts (non-political accounts) have reported losing thousands of followers.  I don't know if bots are being purged or if people are just sick of what Twitter has become.

Anyway, I'm curious if anyone has tried Blue Sky or Threads as a Twitter alternative and if you have which you prefer?  My problem with Blue Sky used to be that they didn't have video but that has now been addressed.  Threads is ok but doesn't seem as straight forward as Blue Sky.

So, without this getting political, and I'm not sure it can because it is a highly political topic but the mass exodus over to BlueSky the past week was wild.

I deleted Twitter for the reasons you stated above.  I had kept it for news feeds.  Sports, local, weather, traffic, political, etc., but the curating algorithm made it increasingly harder to have that stuff at the top of my feed.  In addition, every third post was an ad and the worst part was, the ads started to become unblockable or unmutable.  I was over 10,000 blocked ads and muted.

Worst yet was having conversations over innocuous things such as "Bucks might not be good" with Bucks friends always invited 3-4 responses from bots about gambling or other things.

Threads is nearly as bad.  It's Instagram of these types of services.  Half the content is bots and it's messier than even Twitter to curate.

Bluesky is wide open now.  No invite needed.  A lot of Packers folks made the move and you've started to see many more national guys and gals make the move to at least post links to their things.  Still needs more but starting to see a lot of familiar faces.

They've begun to allow videos, GIFs and the like as well.  They've pushed a lot of useful updates through to recapture original Twitter.  You can also find mass block options for users that have certain profiles or use obvious bot activity.  You can even prompt it to block anyone with Badgers in their profile.

It has a ways to go but of all of them, it's currently given you the best option to curate your feed and find people interested in your content.

[TallTitan34]

Blue Sky > rest

If you need to, you can use Blue Sky directory to find your twitter follows... its a chrome or firefox add on.

Great tip!  Thanks!

[MUfan12]

Sky Follower Bridge is the add-on's name. It's... okay. It gives you a list of same names/usernames and you have to figure out who is the same person, but you can follow right there.

[MU82]

So, without this getting political, and I'm not sure it can because it is a highly political topic but the mass exodus over to BlueSky the past week was wild.

I deleted Twitter for the reasons you stated above.  I had kept it for news feeds.  Sports, local, weather, traffic, political, etc., but the curating algorithm made it increasingly harder to have that stuff at the top of my feed.  In addition, every third post was an ad and the worst part was, the ads started to become unblockable or unmutable.  I was over 10,000 blocked ads and muted.

Worst yet was having conversations over innocuous things such as "Bucks might not be good" with Bucks friends always invited 3-4 responses from bots about gambling or other things.

Threads is nearly as bad.  It's Instagram of these types of services.  Half the content is bots and it's messier than even Twitter to curate.

Bluesky is wide open now.  No invite needed.  A lot of Packers folks made the move and you've started to see many more national guys and gals make the move to at least post links to their things.  Still needs more but starting to see a lot of familiar faces.

They've begun to allow videos, GIFs and the like as well.  They've pushed a lot of useful updates through to recapture original Twitter.  You can also find mass block options for users that have certain profiles or use obvious bot activity.  You can even prompt it to block anyone with Badgers in their profile.

It has a ways to go but of all of them, it's currently given you the best option to curate your feed and find people interested in your content.

I went to Threads and it wasn't bad at first but I've grown to dislike it for all the reasons you named. I had never tried Bluesky. Thanks for the rec.

[Skatastrophy]

https://www.avg.com/en/signal/how-to-delete-twitter

[Apolitical Warrior]

I've found that re-cultivating my follows on BlueSky is part of the journey. There are voices and vibes I want to leave with Twitter.

[This is what Orwell warned us about…SMH]

The sports highlights aren't quite there yet but it's extremely easy to block grifters as there are people curating the list of them

[Skatastrophy]

One of you curating a list of MU/BE follows on bluesky?

[Uncle Rico]

One of you curating a list of MU/BE follows on bluesky?

Hologram Al McGuire is but it's pretty slim. 

[TallTitan34]

One of you curating a list of MU/BE follows on bluesky?

I have several lists for players, coaches, athletic department, MU social media, etc. on the MUOverload Twitter account.  I'll see if I can replicate them over on BlueSky if they have accounts.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I created a Bluesky account when someone here gave me an access code. I followed a few people but didn't really head back until this weekend. As I was going through my Twitter follows, it didn't really hit me until then how many of my follows just have stopped posting on Twitter both recently and long ago.

I am only following about a third of the people that I had on Twitter. A lot of "institutional" accounts don't have a Bluesky one. But I also used it as an opportunity to drop a bunch.

The site itself is so clean. Reminds me of early Twitter.

[Jay Bee]

I'm mostly on OnlyFans these days...

[wadesworld]

I'm mostly on OnlyFans these days...

Checks out.

[TallTitan34]

Minor Blue Sky complaint that won't matter to 99.9% of users:  I can't upload videos longer than 60 seconds.

As someone looking at other people's posts, I kind of like that limit. 

As someone who wants to post the Marquette Pray video, I dislike that limit.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

https://bsky.app/profile/bkoo.bsky.social/post/3larqg4otpk24

‪Ben Koo‬ ‪@bkoo.bsky.social‬
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Threads sucks so hard and the guy in charge of it sounds like a football coach of a 2-11 team who gets mad when you bring up the litany of obvious issues and indignant that fans are clamoring change.

[Skatastrophy]

Minor Blue Sky complaint that won't matter to 99.9% of users:  I can't upload videos longer than 60 seconds.

As someone looking at other people's posts, I kind of like that limit. 

As someone who wants to post the Marquette Pray video, I dislike that limit.

Opportunity to create the Pray (Blue Sky Remix)

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Opportunity to create the Pray (Blue Sky Remix)

Just speed it up.

[TallTitan34]

One of you curating a list of MU/BE follows on bluesky?

I've started a Marquette Basketball, Big East Basketball, and College Basketball list here but it's a work in progress.

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

[Herman Cain]

MU Scoop is my only social media.

[Apolitical Warrior]

We know

[mu_hilltopper]

Over the past year, I've been trying to like Threads, but it just doesn't have the content.

I've given Bluesky a second look, and .. it's a solid alternative.  Plenty of content, seems like a Twitter copy.  Works for me.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Threads is hampered by the same Meta algorithm that they ruined Facebook with.

[rocket surgeon]

how much time do some of you guys have to get such "valuable" info each and every day on top of the amounts of time ya'll spend here on scoop reading reeekos world et.al.

[Uncle Rico]

how much time do some of you guys have to get such "valuable" info each and every day on top of the amounts of time ya'll spend here on scoop reading reeekos world et.al.

4 out of 10

[Hards Alumni]

how much time do some of you guys have to get such "valuable" info each and every day on top of the amounts of time ya'll spend here on scoop reading reeekos world et.al.

Most people don't watch cable news for three to four hours a day.

[wadesworld]

how much time do some of you guys have to get such "valuable" info each and every day on top of the amounts of time ya'll spend here on scoop reading reeekos world et.al.

Check with your buddy Keefe.  He has all the analytics on this.

[MU82]

how much time do some of you guys have to get such "valuable" info each and every day on top of the amounts of time ya'll spend here on scoop reading reeekos world et.al.

Most of us don't pump Fox News and/or Mark Levin over the speakers in our office for 8-10 hours a day. We actually have to read to learn about what's really happening rather than what conspiracy theorists claim is happening.

[4everwarriors]

Rocket, ya hit a nerve wit sum folks heer, aina?

[Uncle Rico]

Rocket, ya hit a nerve wit sum folks heer, aina?

Nah, people recognize idiots like him and point it out

[muwarrior69]

Twitter is becoming unusable.  Half of my "For You" is Elon tweets, a quarter is similar content, and if I'm lucky a quarter might be some Marquette related content.  If I search for something, completely unrelated content pops up unless I sort by latest.  The last few days I have been unable to upload video like I've done for years because the frame rate is too high.

Since the election several Twitter accounts (non-political accounts) have reported losing thousands of followers.  I don't know if bots are being purged or if people are just sick of what Twitter has become.

Anyway, I'm curious if anyone has tried Blue Sky or Threads as a Twitter alternative and if you have which you prefer?  My problem with Blue Sky used to be that they didn't have video but that has now been addressed.  Threads is ok but doesn't seem as straight forward as Blue Sky.

I hear Elon might buy MSNBC and CNN.

[Uncle Rico]

I hear Elon might buy MSNBC and CNN.

Do you use Twitter?

[rocket surgeon]

Most of us don't pump Fox News and/or Mark Levin over the speakers in our office for 8-10 hours a day. We actually have to read to learn about what's really happening rather than what conspiracy theorists claim is happening.

Better tan pumping the view and messnbc et al speaking of conspiracies whoa Nelly

btw, not my office anymore I'm semi retired dude

[wadesworld]

Better tan pumping the view and messnbc et al speaking of conspiracies whoa Nelly

btw, not my office anymore I'm semi retired dude

Congrats to your son.

[MU82]

Better tan pumping the view and messnbc et al speaking of conspiracies whoa Nelly

btw, not my office anymore I'm semi retired dude

whatever u say dude

[Apolitical Warrior]

Rocket needs a new source now that I Infowars is going wokifying his sources of disinformation

[TallTitan34]

I've started a Marquette Basketball, Big East Basketball, and College Basketball list here but it's a work in progress.

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

I've added several accounts to the Big East list.  Alot of the Big East fan-run twitter accounts are popping up over there. 

Marquette seems to have the largest presence so far.

[Uncle Rico]

I've added several accounts to the Big East list.  Alot of the Big East fan-run twitter accounts are popping up over there. 

Marquette seems to have the largest presence so far.

All the UConn troublemakers are there as well

[TallTitan34]

All the UConn troublemakers are there as well

I actually really enjoy No Escalators.

[Uncle Rico]

I actually really enjoy No Escalators.

Oh, I do, too, but he's definitely a rabble rouser.  That's why we need more Big East, so he can keep making Xavier and Providence fans mad

[This is what Orwell warned us about…SMH]

Oh, I do, too, but he's definitely a rabble rouser.  That's why we need more Big East, so he can keep making Xavier and Providence fans mad

Providence fans are mostly on Rumble these days

[TallTitan34]

Ben Steele has arrived.

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

[mu_hilltopper]

God is there too.

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

Won't really be successful until Nihilist Arby's arrives, though.

[muwarrior69]

What? No Truth Social?

[muwarrior69]

Do you use Twitter?

No! I have MUScoop.

[withoutbias]

What? No Truth Social?

Oh there are definitely some users on this site.

[rocket surgeon]

top advertisers(Disney, comcast, IBM etc) who left X for some odd reason are now returning...weird eyn'a?

[Uncle Rico]

top advertisers(Disney, comcast, IBM etc) who left X for some odd reason are now returning...weird eyn'a?

They must like the easy access to porn.  That's why it's so popular with evangelicals

[Apolitical Warrior]

They must like the easy access to porn.  That's why it's so popular with evangelicals

Disney and Matt Gaetz both desperate to appeal to minors

[MU82]

top advertisers(Disney, comcast, IBM etc) who left X for some odd reason are now returning...weird eyn'a?

Most aren't returning. And observers quoted in articles about those companies you named are merely speculating that the companies might return. And then only to protect their financial interests from the far-too-powerful guy who told them to "go fook themselves" not long ago.

This from Financial Times:

Lou Paskalis, chief executive of marketing consultancy AJL Advisory and a former media executive at Bank of America, said some marketers were likely to reallocate spending back to X as "political leverage", such as if they were seeking government contracts. He added companies would seek to get in the "good graces of Elon" ...

https://www.ft.com/content/34b6fc20-23f7-4e08-9ac4-ef05d5d66c13

[rocky_warrior]

Disney, comcast, IBM

Struggling as a business, struggling as a business, and struggling as a business.  Checks out

[rocket surgeon]

yo!  GB's reply including a polarizing political figure sure seems political to me. 

viper was banned for less...AGAIN!!

free the viper man!

[Uncle Rico]

yo!  GB's reply including a polarizing political figure sure seems political to me. 

viper was banned for less...AGAIN!!

free the viper man!

Narc

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

yo!  GB's reply including a polarizing political figure sure seems political to me. 

viper was banned for less...AGAIN!!

free the viper man!

Eh. Viper made an overtly political comment. Can't say he, or anyone else, wasn't warned.

[Uncle Rico]

Eh. Viper made an overtly political comment. Can't say he, or anyone else, wasn't warned.

Hope he's back for the Badgers game.  Very interested in his brother-in-law's take on the game

[TallTitan34]

In yet another Twitter failure, searching for someone's username no longer brings up any of their tweets. Only replies to their tweets.

Twitter's functionality gets worse by the day.

[jesmu84]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/17/24298669/musk-trump-endorsement-x-boosting-republican-posts-july-algorithm-change

[Uncle Rico]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/17/24298669/musk-trump-endorsement-x-boosting-republican-posts-july-algorithm-change

Elon tweaking the algorithm to boost his interactions was obvious from day 1 of him taking over.  It's also why they tweaked the block function because he had been blocked by so many folks.

The tweaking to promote a particular political party isn't a surprise either.  It's certainly not the only social site to do that and it happens on both ends of the spectrum.

It's the natural progression of sites like that.  From user friendly to something the complete opposite of that.  It's the users choice to stay or go.  If you stay and complain about what you're seeing, well, hard to have sympathy for you.  It's clear what you're getting.