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Since the Threads launch, I barely used BlueSky anymore. Now with the new logo, I opened again for the first time in 4 months or so, thinking that well, there w

Since the Threads launch, I barely used BlueSky anymore. Now with the new logo, I opened again for the first time in 4 months or so, thinking that well, there was improvements? No. You still can't send videos and gifs. That's just, so basic for a social network. Let alone all the other missing things, and how awful the apps are. They are basically the worst example to show React Native. The app here on Android takes 15 seconds to open (an improvement, it took 30 seconds before). It's sluggy, no animations, etc. Feels like Alpha.

01100011 3y ago
I can understand not supporting video yet.. that's a huge amount of data. But GIFS? Wow...
- Eduard 3y ago
  Gifs require way more data than mp4 videos.
- edavis 3y ago
  Most of the "GIFs" you encounter on social media these days are actually autoplay videos without sound. So it's not that crazy. I think they're waiting until they have a robust solution figured out for video support before they land "GIF" support. One of the alternative clients (Graysky) supports GIFs through some integration tenor.com, I believe.
- mattl 3y ago
  You can post GIFs but animated GIFs don’t work. They get converted at upload.
- raincole 3y ago
  If you don't convert GIFs on server side it would take much more data than videos. I mean much, much more. GIFs are more or less a long seqeunce of 8-bit images.
- numpad0 3y ago
  Maybe they don't see reaction gifs a useful feature of a social media?
dfgfek 3y ago
Twitter was interesting when you couldn't post photos or videos. You would link to twitpic and knew that people maybe would click... or not. Reminded me of IRC in that regard.
- Affric 3y ago
  Much like any art the limitations of the original tweet were what made the medium interesting.
goles 3y ago
Is threads less... political now? Without saying if something political is even good or bad, I just don't want to see it. I blocked close to 500 people & `not interested` their posts until I just gave up and stopped using the app.
- turquoisevar 3y ago
  It seems heavily drive by algorithms My feed is almost pure politics because I engaged with some My SO’s in the other hand is all wholesome sunshine and rainbows, I’m trying to protect that by just showing the occasional thing in my screen instead of sending it to her
- vitorgrs 3y ago
  I think depends on the algorithm, but the algo is fairly broken. I know some people are complaining about "For You" full of "almost naked" persons there... Mine is mostly about tech, I believe. Which is a problem for me because I like political things, so I still use X, don't judge me. But there's a chronological-following timeline on Threads anyway. The problem is that there's no way to really control the algo timeline. You can't say you don't want these type of posts, or add topics you are interested - like Twitter. All it cares it's the posts you like. As I like my friends (tech) posts, that's all I get. Plus some cats.
  - goles 3y ago
    Maybe my approach was wrong. I should have liked more than I disliked as feedback into the algorithm. It's just odd to me because my Instagram feed is great.
- matsemann 3y ago
  No idea what you're doing to see that. Either view your feed of people you're following, or follow curated or algorithmic feeds to your liking. That's the whole point of bsky, the choice.
  - threeseed 3y ago
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edavis 3y ago
> You still can't send videos and gifs. That's just, so basic for a social network. Yeah, I'd agree if you're looking for a more polished social media client then Twitter, Threads, and even some Mastodon clients will probably better serve you. But the official client primarily exists as a means to an end (building atproto) rather than an end in itself. Those features are still on the roadmap, I believe, but just not a priority at the moment. There are alternative clients (a bunch for web, at least one for iOS) you may have better luck with. > Let alone all the other missing things, and how awful the apps are. They are basically the worst example to show React Native. Bluesky has a pretty small team, all things considered. I think they've said in the past it would have been impossible for them to do apps for iOS, Android, and web without React Native. FWIW, Dan Abramov joined them a few months ago and has been working in public on tackling some of the more tricky RN bugs.
- vitorgrs 3y ago
  To be clear, I'm not even complaining about it being React Native. For sure you can do better with React. I believe the new Discord client is RN and works fine for me.

01100011 3y ago

I can understand not supporting video yet.. that's a huge amount of data. But GIFS? Wow...

Eduard 3y ago
Gifs require way more data than mp4 videos.
edavis 3y ago
Most of the "GIFs" you encounter on social media these days are actually autoplay videos without sound. So it's not that crazy. I think they're waiting until they have a robust solution figured out for video support before they land "GIF" support. One of the alternative clients (Graysky) supports GIFs through some integration tenor.com, I believe.
mattl 3y ago
You can post GIFs but animated GIFs don’t work. They get converted at upload.
raincole 3y ago
If you don't convert GIFs on server side it would take much more data than videos. I mean much, much more. GIFs are more or less a long seqeunce of 8-bit images.
numpad0 3y ago
Maybe they don't see reaction gifs a useful feature of a social media?

dfgfek 3y ago

Twitter was interesting when you couldn't post photos or videos. You would link to twitpic and knew that people maybe would click... or not. Reminded me of IRC in that regard.

Affric 3y ago
Much like any art the limitations of the original tweet were what made the medium interesting.

goles 3y ago

Is threads less... political now? Without saying if something political is even good or bad, I just don't want to see it. I blocked close to 500 people & `not interested` their posts until I just gave up and stopped using the app.

turquoisevar 3y ago
It seems heavily drive by algorithms My feed is almost pure politics because I engaged with some My SO’s in the other hand is all wholesome sunshine and rainbows, I’m trying to protect that by just showing the occasional thing in my screen instead of sending it to her
vitorgrs 3y ago
I think depends on the algorithm, but the algo is fairly broken. I know some people are complaining about "For You" full of "almost naked" persons there... Mine is mostly about tech, I believe. Which is a problem for me because I like political things, so I still use X, don't judge me. But there's a chronological-following timeline on Threads anyway. The problem is that there's no way to really control the algo timeline. You can't say you don't want these type of posts, or add topics you are interested - like Twitter. All it cares it's the posts you like. As I like my friends (tech) posts, that's all I get. Plus some cats.
- goles 3y ago
  Maybe my approach was wrong. I should have liked more than I disliked as feedback into the algorithm. It's just odd to me because my Instagram feed is great.
matsemann 3y ago
No idea what you're doing to see that. Either view your feed of people you're following, or follow curated or algorithmic feeds to your liking. That's the whole point of bsky, the choice.
- threeseed 3y ago

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edavis 3y ago

> You still can't send videos and gifs. That's just, so basic for a social network. Yeah, I'd agree if you're looking for a more polished social media client then Twitter, Threads, and even some Mastodon clients will probably better serve you. But the official client primarily exists as a means to an end (building atproto) rather than an end in itself. Those features are still on the roadmap, I believe, but just not a priority at the moment. There are alternative clients (a bunch for web, at least one for iOS) you may have better luck with. > Let alone all the other missing things, and how awful the apps are. They are basically the worst example to show React Native. Bluesky has a pretty small team, all things considered. I think they've said in the past it would have been impossible for them to do apps for iOS, Android, and web without React Native. FWIW, Dan Abramov joined them a few months ago and has been working in public on tackling some of the more tricky RN bugs.

vitorgrs 3y ago
To be clear, I'm not even complaining about it being React Native. For sure you can do better with React. I believe the new Discord client is RN and works fine for me.