Early last week I reached 8200 followers on Bluesky. I set that number as a goal because it’s half of what my follower number on Twitter has eroded down to after years of shadowbanning, follower capping, and other sleazy tactics intended to surreptitiously reduce the reach of dissidents. And even at half, Bluesky is so much less throttled by algorithms and outright blocks that making exactly the same post on both sites will routinely garner triple-digit engagement on Bluesky and single-digit engagement on Twitter. So as of today, I’m no longer going to make new posts on Twitter. I’ll still check it twice every day to reply to any messages, and I’ll occasionally retweet old posts; I’m going to mute everyone I follow there who is also on Bluesky, so I’ll also be retweeting items of interest from the few people I consider worth following on Twitter who obstinately refuse to make the switch to Bluesky. One day, I hope to drop it altogether, but it’s not that time just yet. So if you’re one of the single-digit number of people who will read this after arriving from Twitter, please consider moving; it’s only a matter of time before there’s no reason for me to be there at all.
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Bye Bye Birdie
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