Before I started to use it, I had heard some really nice things about it. The most common thing was that it was like Twitter when it started, that is easy use and that the people using it were generally nice and polite.
So what is BlueSky? It is very similar to X or whatever Mr Musk calls it now, in being a social media site where people interact with each other and you follow and have followers. You can post pictures and videos, what I like about this, you can hide the content if you mark it as being "adult" so people can choose to see them or not. Be warned explicit content is not allowed and posting can mean a ban from the site. There are quite a few things which you need to be aware of all of which are explained in the terms and conditions,
I have posted this link from Wikipedia which gives a comprehensive explanation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky It is worth reading this if you are unsure about using it. One of the most important things that it has is age verification which is a legal requirement it many places in the world. I have no problem with this or any other legal requirement that Bluesky has put in place as these seem to be protections rather than restrictions. We have recently seen what Mr Musk has done in the name of freedom !
Okay, I do not use it Bluesky to its full capacity and discover the many other timelines with different interest and views so I really can not give an opinion on them. You can also restrict who views your post and others can restrict you from seeing their posts. It is worth the time setting things up the way you want them and you can change them as and when you want to do so. My not having many restrictions means I have had a better experience as I have learnt a lot of different views and from many different countries in the world. I hope that others have the same experience, because it would be a shame not to do so.
Honestly, yes there is the politicking, yet from what I see there is little of the nastiness that seems to be an increasing part of the DNA of X. People seem to be really interested in saying this is wrong, not we are totally right and everyone else is wrong. It is easy to spot those who try to do so and to block them. If you do not spot them, others will do so and ask the community to see what is happening and block the persons concerned.
What I really love about Bluesky is that people generally post nice stuff on it and I do look forward to seeing posts from people that I follow and interact with. It is as if everyone has collectively decided, ye we will have our differences, but in a nice adult way and we post news and other things from where we live, not to create divisions, just to inform.
I did see a complaint from someone who said Bluesky was like the old twitter from years ago, yes it is like twitter back then, because people WANT it to be. We want a nice safe place to be social on, to share things we love and to learn from others about what they love and by doing so we all grow and unite with the things we love and are not divided by our differences.
I called this blog Bluesky, the nice Social media choice, because quite simply Bluesky is that, the nice Social media place.
