A few months ago, I decided to try the social media site Bluesky. I set up an account but discovered it wasn't very useful to me as there weren't that many people I knew over there, and the people I did know mostly didn't post very often.
The social media service has been growing a lot lately, apparently as people flee X.com/Twitter out of disappointment over the election or exhaustion over Elon Musk's changes, so I decided to log in and try again.
I found that now there are enough people at Bluesky to make it seem worthwhile to spend some time there. Specifically, many of the folks I know from RAW fandom are over at Bluesky now. Not everyone has made the switch, but I see a lot of familiar names. I'm not leaving X.com/Twitter, at least right away, as I still find it useful, but I see no reason why I can't check out Bluesky.
I don't really want to spend a huge amount of time on social media, but I've given up on Mastodon, which seems unfriendly and a waste of time. I tend to think of Mastodon these days as "asocial media." So the time I spent at Mastodon can be transferred to Bluesky.
If you aren't familiar with it, Bluesky is a rather unimaginative clone of the old Twitter, with a decidedly left wing slant. It will be interesting to see if it keeps this flavor as it becomes more popular. As of now, conservatives are scarce and libertarians are underrepresented, though there are some. Moderate Democrats apparently get a lot of abuse.
If you want to try it, and you read this blog, it should not be too hard to "find the others." I am @jacksontom.bsky.social. Look for my "Illuminating" Bluesky list, then follow some of the people on the list, and look at their followers and who they are following. Or find Adam Gorightly, @agorightly.bsky.social, and look at his followers and who he is following, or RAW Semantics, @rawsemantics.bsky.social. Definitely follow the Robert Anton Wilson account at @rawilson23.bsky.social.
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