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Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts

168 points IAmGraydon | 8 comments | 20 Nov 24 01:18 UTC | HN request time: 1.007s | source | bottom

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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rectang ◴[20 Nov 24 01:54 UTC] No.42190129[source]▶
There’s a deep lesson in the victory of Bluesky over Mastodon about the general inability of Open Source projects to provide a simple, intuitive end user experience. It’s unsurprising for those of us who have participated in Open Souce for a while, but Bluesky vs. Mastodon will become the canonical example.
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serial_dev ◴[20 Nov 24 02:06 UTC] No.42190190[source]▶
Where is this “victory” of bluesky over mastodon? IMO they are both losers and most likely stay losers (as in never be anywhere close to twitter).

Even the accounts posted here, signed up in 2023, posted on bluesky three times.

If anything, I at least know some people who seem to have found some small community amongst the mastodongers.

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1. rectang ◴[20 Nov 24 02:37 UTC] No.42190349[source]▶
I suppose that time will tell. Twitter is in the midst of an experiment to see if social network effects will keep users around despite unlimited levels of political hostility, abuse, and algorithmic shenanigans from the ownership. My impression is that there’s a limit and we’ve crossed it post election as Bluesky has been gaining a million users each day, but my bias is showing.
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2. zarzavat ◴[20 Nov 24 23:31 UTC] No.42199263[source]▶
Twitter is a global social network. Clearly Musk made some very questionable business decisions e.g. changing the name, the aborted attempt to ban links to outside profiles, etc, but that period seems to have settled, and the main reason for leaving now is the rightward politicization.

If you live in the US then yes that's a seriously compelling reason to leave, but a large number of Twitter's users are not using English, they're not involved in US politics, and don't have much reason to switch unless Musk seriously upsets the operation of the platform.

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3. rectang ◴[21 Nov 24 07:10 UTC] No.42201877[source]▶
Whatever. The original point I was trying to make was a comparison of usability between Bluesky and Mastodon. But everything has to be about Elon Musk, so here we are.
4. MaxHoppersGhost ◴[21 Nov 24 15:37 UTC] No.42205372[source]▶
> despite unlimited levels of political hostility, abuse, and algorithmic shenanigans from the ownership

This was happening before Musk bought it but now that it’s coming from the socially unacceptable side of the political spectrum people don’t like it

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5. supplied_demand ◴[21 Nov 24 16:26 UTC] No.42205906[source]▶
It is now a private company, with an owner who openly campaigned for a particular candidate and is now expected to take a role in that candidate's administration.

You can see the difference, right?

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6. MaxHoppersGhost ◴[21 Nov 24 18:26 UTC] No.42207134{3}[source]▶
One is certainly more visibly political while the other is much harder to see. Seems like even you are confused by it.
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7. supplied_demand ◴[21 Nov 24 19:31 UTC] No.42207741{4}[source]▶
So, you do see a difference. Meanwhile, you still ignore the difference in being a public vs. private company and the necessary disclosures that come from that difference.

That said, please open my eyes. I have yet to see you provide anything to support your stance that the publicly-traded, pre-Elon version of Twitter was equally as active in pushing a political agenda as the current version.

It's ok to admit, even if the guy is on your team.

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8. ipaddr ◴[22 Nov 24 21:43 UTC] No.42217608{5}[source]▶
The recovered documents that showed communication between the whitehouse and twitter resulting in censorship around covid and other issues like the laptop from hunter biden. It was political, hidden and many will say eviler before Musk.