Man. Speaking as someone who’s been on Bluesky for over a year (I joined 9/29/2023), things have really heated up on the platform for the first time in . . . ever. I have been steadily, faithfully posting into what’s felt like the void for almost the entire time. There were many times when I wondered why I was even bothering. Honestly, it was mostly my OCD tendencies that kept me doing it. I was going to post there because . . . that’s what I always do, and I most definitely wasn’t going to post on Twitter.
And now, I’ve gotten a whopping 12 new followers in the past 2 days.
Yes, I realize that’s still not much in the greater scheme of things, but at the same time, that’s almost double the amount of followers I had there before. (My social media presence is mighty. Hear me roar.) I’m hopeful it’s a trend away from X and to something that might have a chance of being better.
The biggest obstacle to having new social media platforms is the fact that people use them to be social, and if they have no friends there, then what’s the point. Momentum can mean a lot.
So if you’re thinking about going over there and trying it out, feel free to follow me: brycemoore.bsky.social