I've been thinking a lot on how many platforms I'm currently posting too, which got me contemplating iin dropping some in order to better focus on. Right now I'm on Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon.
With Threads I'm getting tired of the constant barrage of the For You feed. It's nothing but highly clickbaity, ragebait posts that I'm just tired of seeing everyday. I wish we could just have the Following tab be our default view of Threads. Add in the fact of Threads down ranking your posts if you include links into it. This is just some old world social networking thinking that this is still around, aren't we feed up with the silo'd feeds and how dare you direct people off platform.
Both Bluesky and Mastodon are better than Threads in the fact of being two sides of the same coin when it comes to being built off of a open source infrastructure. While Bluesky is more locked down in comparison, they are open to custom servers being created for those who are wanting to start up a Bluesky server. It's taken longer than I thought would but, the movement is there.
Mastodon is the beacon within the storm in how it is completely open. Providing the most character limit of the three, including the use of hashtags for custom feeds you can follow. While the general crowd of Mastodon users are more inline to be more nerdy (not a bad thing) there is a slight tinge of elitism that is apparent within Mastodon. Something I touched on in a previous Independent Creator podcast episode.
For myself, I'm probably going to lean in on using Bluesky and Mastodon as my main platforms. Threads is more than likely going to be ignored as it also has that Meta taint of being, well, Meta and I'm just over that feeling of being used by Zuck.
What social media platforms are you using and, are you thinking of slimming things down?
I've been thinking a lot on how many platforms I'm currently posting too, which got me contemplating iin dropping some in order to better focus on. Right now I'm on Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon.
With Threads I'm getting tired of the constant barrage of the For You feed. It's nothing but highly clickbaity, ragebait posts that I'm just tired of seeing everyday. I wish we could just have the Following tab be our default view of Threads. Add in the fact of Threads down ranking your posts if you include links into it. This is just some old world social networking thinking that this is still around, aren't we feed up with the silo'd feeds and how dare you direct people off platform.
Both Bluesky and Mastodon are better than Threads in the fact of being two sides of the same coin when it comes to being built off of a open source infrastructure. While Bluesky is more locked down in comparison, they are open to custom servers being created for those who are wanting to start up a Bluesky server. It's taken longer than I thought would but, the movement is there.
Mastodon is the beacon within the storm in how it is completely open. Providing the most character limit of the three, including the use of hashtags for custom feeds you can follow. While the general crowd of Mastodon users are more inline to be more nerdy (not a bad thing) there is a slight tinge of elitism that is apparent within Mastodon. Something I touched on in a previous Independent Creator podcast episode.
For myself, I'm probably going to lean in on using Bluesky and Mastodon as my main platforms. Threads is more than likely going to be ignored as it also has that Meta taint of being, well, Meta and I'm just over that feeling of being used by Zuck.
What social media platforms are you using and, are you thinking of slimming things down?