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Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts

148 points IAmGraydon | 3 comments | 20 Nov 24 01:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.587s | source

Hey fellow HN enthusiasts!

I'm looking to expand my Bluesky feed with accounts that share interesting, tech-related content, similar to what we discuss here on HN.

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Aachen ◴[20 Nov 24 01:28 UTC] No.42189950[source]▶
I see a lot of people on Mastodon posting jokes about Twitter users moving to another centralised and venture capital-backed platform, like that "this time it will be different for sure!". I haven't read up on it myself so don't know what to think. Can someone burst my bubble on this?

Edit: saw a lot of valid responses, thanks! My question is answered and I might sign up on bsky as well if I get bored on Mastodon or want to connect with someone there :)

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1. julianeon ◴[20 Nov 24 02:00 UTC] No.42190170[source]▶
Products go through lifecycles. I don't need to use them for their whole lifetimes, just while they are viable.

Many of us have probably experienced this with at least one major platform: Facebook. A score of years ago, it was considered cool. New platforms have taken their place: in fact, for a certain audience, Twitter was once the cool place they went to after fleeing Facebook.

For certain purposes, FB is dead. Same for Twitter. Now it's Bluesky's turn. It doesn't need to last for a century to be worth it.

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2. Aachen ◴[20 Nov 24 02:21 UTC] No.42190266[source]▶
It is sad, though, that you have to rebuild again after something like Facebook falls out of favor. Contacts get lost. I guess people will move to newer technologies than Mastodon as well, but so long as the concept is valid and the software maintained, transitioning to another instance is a feature of the system. I hear it has its issues but in general, you publish some redirect on your old profile (there's a button for doing it in your account settings) and then all followers will switch to the new location. You shouldn't have to start over from scratch in a normal case as migration is a foreseen situation
3. whywhywhywhy ◴[20 Nov 24 19:13 UTC] No.42197145[source]▶
> Same for Twitter.

Dunno if they’re just lying but they keep claiming they’re breaking usage records