I just killed off my #Bluesky account today.

[brianary@pnw.zone]

@mattwebbdev
To be fair, you can pick as many algorithms there as you want.

[angozen@social.angozi.com]

@mattwebbdev I can relate; I feel calmer using Mastodon. At the same time though, I love the ATmosphere, and the fact that AT protocol allows people to actually own and move with their data.

[angozen@social.angozi.com]

@brianary @mattwebbdev This is a very good point. If you stick to the following feed, or chronological feeds generally, its exactly like the mastodon experience, just more modern.

[sproid@bohio.icu]

@mattwebbdev@veganism.social There's a leftover on your profile page.

[mattwebbdev@veganism.social]

@gins Thanks. Technically, I made Mastodon my home in 2018. Took some breaks, came back home every time.

[mattwebbdev@veganism.social]

@marymessall Really gotta wonder if that's being amplified for "engagement". I'd be all for a return to people chilling a bit.

[mattwebbdev@veganism.social]

@Sproid Yup, I gotta update a number of places now.

[mattwebbdev@veganism.social]

@angozen It's a protocol I started looking into for a little project I occasionally mess with. At the very least, I see no harm in tinkering with it for inspiration.

[neilvandyke@mastodon.online]

@mattwebbdev @marymessall It's funny: I think a lot of people *should* be angry, and we need people to be angry (and to show up at the polls, etc.)... buuuuttt... being *constantly* angry and alarmed, for years, will wear out a person's body and mind, and anger alone will make them miserable the entire time it is happening.

I'm still trying to figure out how I can be a good fellow person, including to those most at risk right now, and also save my own skin, without unsustainable stress.

[hdunagan@mastodon.social]

@mattwebbdev I have had MUCH more success interacting with people on Bluesky than on Mastodon. (I joined both at the same time when I jumped off Twitter.) So YMMV (your mileage my vary).

[mattwebbdev@veganism.social]

@neilvandyke @marymessall Start local. Food bank or clothes donations are always needed. I used to stress about this too, fearing I wasn't doing the right thing in the moment... but then I had to get my guilt in check. I can only do what I can do. If I help one person through kindness, or an act of support when they needed something I can part ways with... well, that's a win.

[ronanmcd@mastodon.green]

@mattwebbdev love your fourth paragraph there

[clickhere@mastodon.ie]

@mattwebbdev This so so relatable, and well done to you.

I still have an account there, technically, but I haven't logged in for many a year or so, since they updated their Ts & Cs that I didn't want to agree to - haven't looked back.

It's a strange vibe over there, plus all the super-dodgy decisions by the BSky owners/mods/whoever.

[failedlyndonlarouchite@mas.to]

@mattwebbdev

this is so well put
all these smart people, colleged educated, constantly vying to see who can have the hipest coolest hot take of the moment
and it never stops

on the other hand if you want US politics or US economics, bluesky has adult convos and masto doesnt - that is particularly true about economics

[failedlyndonlarouchite@mas.to]

@mattwebbdev

this is true in some ways
but, if you want adult convos on politics, it is much much easier to find stuff like this on bsky:

https://bsky.app/profile/sahilkapur.bsky.social/post/3mwo6sy2j2c2w

[mancube@pnw.zone]

@mattwebbdev i checked my follower count there and there's no way even 1/4 of them are real

[mattwebbdev@veganism.social]

@mancube Your profile pic is one of the greatest things I've seen this month.

[mancube@pnw.zone]

@mattwebbdev thanks, it was a pretty good episode from the later seasons

1993 so maybe just after lawnmower man?

[mattwebbdev@veganism.social]

@mancube That sounds about right! I vaguely remember seeing the commercial for that episode and kinda giggling about the premise