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Bluesky is ushering in a pick-your-own algorithm era of social media

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190 points amichail | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 12:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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PurpleBison ◴[20 Nov 24 15:24 UTC] No.42194684[source]▶
I've been using Bluesky casually for the past week and, as someone who was never a regular Twitter user, I don't see the point of using these kinds of social media websites. Sure, Bluesky is definitely less toxic than Twitter, but I still haven't found a way for it to add value to my life.
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1. rsynnott ◴[20 Nov 24 16:14 UTC] No.42195351[source]▶
> I've been using Bluesky casually for the past week and, as someone who was never a regular Twitter user, I don't see the point of using these kinds of social media websites.

Yeah, if you didn't like old/pre-Musk Twitter, you're probably not going to like Bluesky; as far as the user is concerned it's a slightly refined version of the same thing.

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2. danielbln ◴[20 Nov 24 18:12 UTC] No.42196648[source]▶
Disagreed, block lists, word filters and starter packs turn it into whatever I want it to be, and of all the things it's not X, I tell you that.