So after all this time i'd have to say that the people who left twitter/x
have caused a huge improvement.

it's a much nicer place with less bots. i'm not a fan of the format but i check in every once in a while. each time it's a huge improvement.
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So after all this time i'd have to say that the people who left twitter/x have caused a huge improvement.

it's a much nicer place with less bots. i'm not a fan of the format but i check in every once in a while. each time it's a huge improvement.
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How many people do you think left Twitter/X? Why did they leave? I made an account 10 years back and checked it after reading your message here and I have 426 followers...why? It must be bots. I have a grand total of 5 posts in 10 years. I do not understand. Shaking my head.

How are you tonight MRO?
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Re: twitter/x
By: Rixter to MRO on Fri Aug 15 2025 06:36 pm

How many people do you think left Twitter/X? Why did they
leave? I made an account 10 years back and checked it after
reading your message here and I have 426 followers...why? It
must be bots. I have a grand total of 5 posts in 10 years.
I do not understand. Shaking my head.

well twitter was a liberal echo chamber so when elon bought it he exposed their practices. the people that left and encouraged everyone else to leave didn't like elon.

i find this strange because i think we can all agree that nobody likes zuckerberg and what he's done over the years. these same people use facebook with abandonment.

the only difference is zuckerberg is an asshole who keeps a low profile.
elon is an ahole who doesnt.
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Re: twitter/x
By: MRO to Rixter on Fri Aug 15 2025 08:51 pm

well twitter was a liberal echo chamber so when elon bought it he exp their practices. the people that left and encouraged everyone else t didn't like elon.

They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace.
The problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like to be litteral twits to each other.

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Re: twitter/x
By: Utopian Galt to MRO on Fri Aug 15 2025 09:21 pm

They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace. The
problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like
to be litteral twits to each other.

i checked out bluesky. looks like total shit.
I hope they enjoy it there.

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Re: twitter/x
By: MRO to Rixter on Fri Aug 15 2025 08:51 pm

Re: twitter/x
By: Rixter to MRO on Fri Aug 15 2025 06:36 pm

How many people do you think left Twitter/X? Why did they
leave? I made an account 10 years back and checked it after
reading your message here and I have 426 followers...why? It
must be bots. I have a grand total of 5 posts in 10 years.
I do not understand. Shaking my head.

well twitter was a liberal echo chamber so when elon bought it he exposed their practices. the people that left and encouraged everyone else to leave didn't like elon.

i find this strange because i think we can all agree that nobody likes zuckerberg and what he's done over the years. these same people use faceboo with abandonment.

the only difference is zuckerberg is an asshole who keeps a low profile. elon is an ahole who doesnt.

I only noticed it was loaded with ads and a lot of political hate and it kind of bored me so I just abandoned it. I will check it out again and see how much has changed in 10 years. Have a good day MRO.
Rixter
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They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace.

I don't know about this 'SafeSpace' business, but I've certainly found BSky to have a better signal-to-noise ratio than Twitter.

Similar on Mastodon/Fediverse.

Twitter is still a vaguely useful source of commentary on general interest/current affair type discussion, The community notes feature has helped immensely with the quality of information that propagates there.

For niche interest discussions, BSky and Mastodon are less noisy, and don't try so corral you towards the algorithm-generated feed, over a chronological list of posts from people you follow.

The true cesspool is Instagram's "Threads" app, overflowing with low quality copy-pasted rage-bait/engagement-farming nonsense. Almost like its algorithm celebrates mediocrity! "Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!" is not front page material, not the first time, not the 99th time today.
Cheers,
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Re: twitter/x
By: Rixter to MRO on Sat Aug 16 2025 06:55 am

I only noticed it was loaded with ads and a lot of political hate
and it kind of bored me so I just abandoned it. I will check it out
again and see how much has changed in 10 years. Have a good day MRO.

if you're talking about x/twitter most of that political hate is from
liberals and they are on bluesky carrying on.

regarding ads, i use an adblocker. dont know why you dont use one.
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Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05 am

For niche interest discussions, BSky and Mastodon are less noisy, and
don't try so corral you towards the algorithm-generated feed, over
a chronological list of posts from people you follow.

well that's your algorithm. what it knows about you is what it shows you.

I dont use x/twitter much so i see posts from people i follow.

i rarely use bluesky so it shows me a bunch of bluesky junk.

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Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05 am

The true cesspool is Instagram's "Threads" app, overflowing with low Cheers,

I regret activating Threads.

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Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05:34

"Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!"

Some people are just ass-backwards.

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Re: twitter/x
By: Utopian Galt to Retroswim on Sat Aug 16 2025 10:02 am

Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05 am

The true cesspool is Instagram's "Threads" app, overflowing
with low Cheers,

I regret activating Threads.

threads is just pure unnecessary garbage. i think you can deactivate it.
maybe not now but i did months ago.
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Re: twitter/x
By: Mortar to Retroswim on Sat Aug 16 2025 01:09 pm

Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05:34

"Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!"

Some people are just ass-backwards.

that's to prevent accidents when you back out.
it's one of the big causes of accidents.
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Re: twitter/x
By: MRO to Retroswim on Sat Aug 16 2025 11:39 am

<chuckle> Good one.
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well that's your algorithm. what it knows about you is what it shows you.

That's not what I meant. Twitter has a "for.you" feed, which uses the algorithm to (poorly) try to show you what it thinks you are interested in, that is true.

But Twitter also has a "latest" feed, which is meant to be only a chronological display of posts from people you follow.

But for a long time, if you refreshed the page while viewing the latter, it would silently switch back to the former. On the mobile app it also appends "you may also like" posts to the end of discussion threads. Both designed to show you more monetised posts, even if you are not interested.

Mastodon doesnt do this at all, and BSky respects your settings.

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Re: Your avatar
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sat Aug 16 2025 06:26 pm

Re: twitter/x
By: MRO to Retroswim on Sat Aug 16 2025 11:39 am

<chuckle> Good one.

i still think blimpy should be part of the synchronet logo
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Re: twitter/x
By: MRO to Utopian Galt on Sat Aug 16 2025 02:34 am

They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace. The problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like
to be litteral twits to each other.

i checked out bluesky. looks like total shit.
I hope they enjoy it there.

If you avoid politics, BlueSky is actually more active in science/bbs/ansi/etc. I'm on both and use both for different reasons.

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Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05 am

They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace.

I don't know about this 'SafeSpace' business, but I've certainly found BSky to have a better signal-to-noise ratio than Twitter.

Similar on Mastodon/Fediverse.

Twitter is still a vaguely useful source of commentary on general interest/current affair type discussion, The community notes feature has helped immensely with the quality of information that propagates there.

For niche interest discussions, BSky and Mastodon are less noisy, and don't try so corral you towards the algorithm-generated feed, over a chronological list of posts from people you follow.

The true cesspool is Instagram's "Threads" app, overflowing with low quality copy-pasted rage-bait/engagement-farming nonsense. Almost like its algorithm celebrates mediocrity! "Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!" is not front page material, not the first time, not the 99th time today.

Yes, this seems correct to me. X has such a high usage rate of bots or people faking as people from other countries trying get us at each other.

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Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to MRO on Sun Aug 17 2025 11:59 am

But for a long time, if you refreshed the page while viewing the
latter, it would silently switch back to the former. On the mobile
app it also appends "you may also like" posts to the end of
discussion threads. Both designed to show you more monetised
posts, even if you are not interested.

Mastodon doesnt do this at all, and BSky respects your settings.

if you say so, but i never cared enough to notice.
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Re: twitter/x
By: The Lizard Master to MRO on Sat Aug 16 2025 03:14 pm

If you avoid politics, BlueSky is actually more active in science/bbs/ansi/etc. I'm on both and use both for different reasons.

i'm not a big fan of nostalgia. the past is the past.
remember when (this)? here's a picture of a c64..etc

that's just boring to me.
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Re: twitter/x
By: The Lizard Master to Retroswim on Sat Aug 16 2025 03:18 pm

Yes, this seems correct to me. X has such a high usage rate of bots
or people faking as people from other countries trying get us at
each other.

i think it used to be like that but not anymore. i think facebook and other meta products are where these things are happening.

on twitter it used to be that i'd have a bunch of fake porno profiles trying to add me when i made a comment, but now that's not happening.
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Re: twitter/x
By: MRO to Rixter on Sat Aug 16 2025 11:35 am

Re: twitter/x
By: Rixter to MRO on Sat Aug 16 2025 06:55 am

I only noticed it was loaded with ads and a lot of political hate
and it kind of bored me so I just abandoned it. I will check it out
again and see how much has changed in 10 years. Have a good day MRO.

if you're talking about x/twitter most of that political hate is from liberals and they are on bluesky carrying on.

regarding ads, i use an adblocker. dont know why you dont use one.

I had to reset my password for x it had been so long since I logged in I forgot it. The Ad Blocker was a great idea. Thank you. Nothing to see there really. Lot of my followers I picked up appear to be busty young women. I am popular again... hooray.

Rixter
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http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
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Re: twitter/x
By: Rixter to MRO on Sun Aug 17 2025 06:42 am

regarding ads, i use an adblocker. dont know why you dont use one.

I had to reset my password for x it had been so long since I logged
in I forgot it. The Ad Blocker was a great idea. Thank you. Nothing
to see there really. Lot of my followers I picked up appear to be
busty young women. I am popular again... hooray.

you can just block them. i checked and i had 2 followers i didn't know.
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Re: twitter/x
By: The Lizard Master to MRO on Sat Aug 16 2025 03:14 pm

Re: twitter/x

Was curious about the bbs/ansi people you follow on BSky. I have avoided it because of the libtards, but if there's some good content, I'll check it out. If you have any recommendations, send them my way.

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it's a much nicer place with less bots. i'm not a fan of the format but i check in every once in a while. each time it's a huge improvement.

How many people do you think left Twitter/X? Why did they leave? I made an account 10 years back and checked it after reading your message here and I hav
426 followers...why? It must be bots. I have a grand total of 5 posts in 10 years. I do not understand. Shaking my head.

Sometime after Elon took over, but before he renamed it, I joined it to see what the fuss was about. I didn't "leave" it so much as I have lost interest in it because it didn't really provide any value.

Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same reason.


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Re: Your avatar
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Aug 16 2025 09:30 pm

i still think blimpy should be part of the synchronet logo

Sure, why not. It's iconic at this point. :-)
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Re: twitter/x
By: Comet to The Lizard Master on Sun Aug 17 2025 03:32 pm

Re: twitter/x
By: The Lizard Master to MRO on Sat Aug 16 2025 03:14 pm

Re: twitter/x

Was curious about the bbs/ansi people you follow on BSky. I have
avoided it because of the libtards, but if there's some good content,
I'll check it out. If you have any recommendations, send them my

i just see people saying they used to use bbses and namedrop some modems,etc they dont really have any interest in going back.
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Re: twitter/x
By: Dumas Walker to RIXTER on Sun Aug 17 2025 10:56 am

Sometime after Elon took over, but before he renamed it, I joined
it to see what the fuss was about. I didn't "leave" it so much as
I have lost interest in it because it didn't really provide any
value.

well for a while a bunch of us were posting our user logins automatically to twitter. i also used to post system news about my sites if there were
issues. that was useful. i didnt have to be up for people to get news on my services.

i guess it's still 'microblogging'; i'm not too interested in it.
i will check twitter/x out sometimes. i'm not a big ego maniac and i dont just like to put random opinions and ideas out there on the web. i dont care enough, too.

linkedin is something i dont use other than stalking.
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Re: twitter/x
By: Dumas Walker to RIXTER on Sun Aug 17 2025 10:56 am

Sometime after Elon took over, but before he renamed it, I joined it to see what the fuss was about. I didn't "leave" it so much as I have lost interest in it because it didn't really provide any value.

Yeah, I created a Twitter account around 2010 but I never really used it. I was never really interested in seeing the posts there, especially since they're limited to being very short.

Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same reason.

I actually find value in LinkedIn for job-related networking. Over the years, I've found at least a couple jobs when recruiters found my profile there. I've also kept in touch with some people I used to work with there.



Nightfox

Re: twitter/x
By: Comet to The Lizard Master on Sun Aug 17 2025 03:32 pm

Was curious about the bbs/ansi people you follow on BSky. I have avoided it because of the libtards, but if there's some good content, I'll check it out. If you have any recommendations, send them my way.

I try to avoid politics on both sites (not easy), but on X and BlueSky stick to the following tab and set what you want. BlueSky seems a little more active on the ANSI, etc front to me.

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Comet wrote to The Lizard Master <=-

Was curious about the bbs/ansi people you follow on BSky. I have
avoided it because of the libtards,

I think you're looking for the Fidonet POLITICS echo. It's right over
there...



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Dumas Walker wrote to RIXTER <=-

Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same reason.

Oh, but LinkedIn is great for the lunatic posts -- company founders with
a majority stake in their company that expect their hires to work 20
hour days alongside them for low wages, and my personal favorite, the
people embarking on the "next phase of their journey", heralding all of
the people and experiences that made them who they are today over pages
and pages of self-congratulatory dreck.

One of them was a multi-page missive about the people and experiences
that built their character as a person, a leader, and a technical
professional.

He didn't mention my boss, who, sometime after I'd left, fired him for
cause. Details withheld, but it was pretty heinous.



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Nightfox wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

Yeah, I created a Twitter account around 2010 but I never really used
it. I was never really interested in seeing the posts there,
especially since they're limited to being very short.

Back then, Twitter was your friends posting from a bar or on vacation.
I don't think it was very algorithmic at the time, but just starting to
see companies moving onto it.

I remember a couple of people from the BBS scene starting identi.ca, an
open source, federated microblog site, and feeling that it felt more
like old twitter, where it was all friends and no companies.


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twitter. i also used to post system news about my sites if there were issues. that was useful. i didnt have to be up for people to get news on my services.

That isn't a bad idea.


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Re: Re: twitter/x
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Mon Aug 18 2025 10:08 am

Yeah, I created a Twitter account around 2010 but I never really used it.

Back then, Twitter was your friends posting from a bar or on vacation. I don't think it was very algorithmic at the time, but just starting to see companies moving onto it.

Yeah, at the time, I was working at a company where the COO had mentioned following people on Twitter for industry information.

Nightfox

Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05 am

I don't know about this 'SafeSpace' business, but I've certainly found BSky to have a better signal-to-noise ratio than Twitter.

Similar on Mastodon/Fediverse.

I used Twitter from the beginning, and I lament the cesspool it has become. I still have an account there, but very seldom post anything now.

Bluesky is more political than I'd like, but I enjoy it far more than Twitter. And Mastodon is quite good, especially for retrocomputing stuff. A lot of good tech/BBS communities there.

I'm @kirkman.bsky.social, @kirkman@digipres.club, and @kirkman@mastodon.social for anyone who's looking to connect there.

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Re: Re: twitter/x
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Comet on Mon Aug 18 2025 10:08 am

Comet wrote to The Lizard Master <=-

Was curious about the bbs/ansi people you follow on BSky. I have avoided it because of the libtards,

I think you're looking for the Fidonet POLITICS echo. It's right
over there...

well i think he found the king libtard.
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Re: twitter/x
By: Mortar to Retroswim on Sat Aug 16 2025 01:09 pm

Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05:34

"Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!"

Some people are just ass-backwards.

I once visited a gov't facility where they manufacture 'something'. Anyone who drives a car there is required to back into their parking space... I guess to allow quick getaways.

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Re: twitter/x
By: Utopian Galt to MRO on Fri Aug 15 2025 21:21:11

Re: twitter/x

They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace. The problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like to be litteral twits to each other.

And lately, nothing can be closer to the truth. I tire of it sometimes myself.

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Re: twitter/x
By: Retroswim to Utopian Galt on Sun Aug 17 2025 01:05:34

They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace.

The true cesspool is Instagram's "Threads" app, overflowing with low quality copy-pasted rage-bait/engagement-farming nonsense. Almost like its algorithm celebrates mediocrity! "Someone explain to me why people reverse in to parking spots!" is not front page material, not the first time, not

I agree. Threads is garbage. It's an Instagram mirror.
What's with the idiot in parking lots that throws garbage at people that leave their shopping carts in the lot.

One of these days, I hope to finally see someone punch them in the face.

TEMPER, Mick

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Re: twitter/x
By: Kirkman to Retroswim on Mon Aug 18 2025 03:27 pm

I used Twitter from the beginning, and I lament the cesspool it has
become. I still have an account there, but very seldom post anything
now.

you don't like it because it's not a liberal echo chamber now.
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Re: twitter/x
By: Bf2k+ to Mortar on Mon Aug 18 2025 06:13 pm

I once visited a gov't facility where they manufacture 'something'.
Anyone who drives a car there is required to back into their
parking space... I guess to allow quick getaways.

it's to reduce the chance of car accidents.
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Re: twitter/x
By: Mickey to Utopian Galt on Mon Aug 18 2025 07:15 pm

Re: twitter/x
By: Utopian Galt to MRO on Fri Aug 15 2025 21:21:11

Re: twitter/x

They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace.
The problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like to be litteral twits to each other.

And lately, nothing can be closer to the truth. I tire of it
sometimes myself.

that's how people are, though.
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