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> Twitter clone without the political baggage I tried out Bluesky last week in hope of finding a social network which ticked this box, but my feed was full of

> Twitter clone without the political baggage I tried out Bluesky last week in hope of finding a social network which ticked this box, but my feed was full of anti Elon Musk / Trump messages. So it was very political from my initial experience. This was after the setup wizard process where I selected tech/science/entertainment preferences. Perhaps I did something wrong or didn't give it enough chance? Either way I deleted my account.

yeahwhatever10 2y ago
What they meant to say was the "right" kind of political.
- ramon156 2y ago
  Nonetheless this is an issue that's still not fixed in bsky. I'll use myself as an example. I don't want to see America politics because I don't care about the nothingburger posts that surrounds Trump. There's a setting to blacklist certain words or topics. It does not work. I hope they fix it at some point, because I don't spend much time on there, and I'd like to.
  - mjmsmith 2y ago
    That's always going to be hard work using a US-based platform. Whatever its downsides, Mastodon is noticeably less US-centric and it shows in the content.
  - wkat4242 2y ago
    True, avoiding all posts with "Trump" or "Elon" would be amazing. I don't live in the US either and it's just too much drama for me. It was the same with Brexit. Those 2 years I got so fed up with that constantly repeating discussion about separating goods & services which they knew was impossible from the start.
  - danielbln 2y ago
    It works though?! I've got all that US political nonsense added as mute/block words and follow a couple of notorious block lists and I rarely if ever see any of that content in my feed.
- wkat4242 2y ago
  Well I can understand where they're coming from. The discussions have become so polarised and so nasty. What is happening a lot here in Holland now that the hard-right crowd are constantly spamming topics about totally unrelated issues with stuff like "There are only 2 genders". I don't mind them having an opinion (even though I strongly disagree), I just don't want it shoved in my face constantly and inappropriately. It's like they are so preoccupied with what's happening in other people's pants that they can't talk about anything else. So yeah that is something I don't want to see in social media anymore and I avoid platforms that allow it. Like Xitter.
seydor 2y ago
interesting how the political tables have turned - Open source apps like lemmy were supported by the pro-trump camp back then.
rcpt 2y ago
It's still political but the armies of anonymous blue checks that dominate every reply section on Twitter with regurgitated memes and low-effort insults are missing.
- DoodahMan 2y ago
  are they really missing, or is the shoe just on the other foot? i've been trying Bluesky for a month or so and it indeed seems to just be regurgitated memes and low-effort insults. the only difference is it's from a liberal/Democrat POV. the place comes off as an echo chamber sorely lacking in diversity of opinion tbh. if you go against the grain you'll be added to blocklists, which people seem giddy to use as to curate their echo chamber. hell, for daring to criticize the Democratic party from the left i've found myself on numerous MAGA and far-right blocklists. maybe this will change in due time? that'd be swell.
  - rcpt 2y ago
    I mean, the last comment thread I was involved with on Twitter ended with "You should lick my balls Commie". It was a discussion about congestion pricing.

yeahwhatever10 2y ago

What they meant to say was the "right" kind of political.

ramon156 2y ago
Nonetheless this is an issue that's still not fixed in bsky. I'll use myself as an example. I don't want to see America politics because I don't care about the nothingburger posts that surrounds Trump. There's a setting to blacklist certain words or topics. It does not work. I hope they fix it at some point, because I don't spend much time on there, and I'd like to.
- mjmsmith 2y ago
  That's always going to be hard work using a US-based platform. Whatever its downsides, Mastodon is noticeably less US-centric and it shows in the content.
- wkat4242 2y ago
  True, avoiding all posts with "Trump" or "Elon" would be amazing. I don't live in the US either and it's just too much drama for me. It was the same with Brexit. Those 2 years I got so fed up with that constantly repeating discussion about separating goods & services which they knew was impossible from the start.
- danielbln 2y ago
  It works though?! I've got all that US political nonsense added as mute/block words and follow a couple of notorious block lists and I rarely if ever see any of that content in my feed.
wkat4242 2y ago
Well I can understand where they're coming from. The discussions have become so polarised and so nasty. What is happening a lot here in Holland now that the hard-right crowd are constantly spamming topics about totally unrelated issues with stuff like "There are only 2 genders". I don't mind them having an opinion (even though I strongly disagree), I just don't want it shoved in my face constantly and inappropriately. It's like they are so preoccupied with what's happening in other people's pants that they can't talk about anything else. So yeah that is something I don't want to see in social media anymore and I avoid platforms that allow it. Like Xitter.

seydor 2y ago

interesting how the political tables have turned - Open source apps like lemmy were supported by the pro-trump camp back then.

rcpt 2y ago

It's still political but the armies of anonymous blue checks that dominate every reply section on Twitter with regurgitated memes and low-effort insults are missing.

DoodahMan 2y ago
are they really missing, or is the shoe just on the other foot? i've been trying Bluesky for a month or so and it indeed seems to just be regurgitated memes and low-effort insults. the only difference is it's from a liberal/Democrat POV. the place comes off as an echo chamber sorely lacking in diversity of opinion tbh. if you go against the grain you'll be added to blocklists, which people seem giddy to use as to curate their echo chamber. hell, for daring to criticize the Democratic party from the left i've found myself on numerous MAGA and far-right blocklists. maybe this will change in due time? that'd be swell.
- rcpt 2y ago
  I mean, the last comment thread I was involved with on Twitter ended with "You should lick my balls Commie". It was a discussion about congestion pricing.