(bsky.bad-example.com)

239 points colinprince | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 23:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source

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Two reasons to like BlueSky:

1. Your username can be your website. I'm @bradgessler.com.

2. Copy and pasting images into a message works on iOS (this has been broken on X/Twitter for a long time).

There's more reasons to like it, but these two feel pretty great.

I put a Ruby hacker starter pack together if you're looking for a way in:

There's tons of other ones and communities as well.

Vaslo ◴[16 Nov 24 01:10 UTC] No.42153261[source]▶

It’s going to go the way of Threads and Mastadon. Lukewarm results at best, but glad you are enjoying it.

1. bradgessler ◴[16 Nov 24 01:16 UTC] No.42153298[source]▶

Perhaps, but I haven’t seen this level of momentum and consensus behind a text-based social network since early Twitter.

Time will tell—ultimately it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. If people “believe” and sign up, it will happen.

Consuming the Bluesky firehose for less than $2.50/mo