I decided to open a Bluesky account -- clearly going against my resolve never to touch social media again -- and so far all I've done was go straight into my default setting of lurking and liking pretty pictures. I've yet to post anything, but then I'm also not keen on maintaining one more account online. I've already settled down nicely in this cozy little space online, and I've yet to regret doing this.
Anyone who's curious about the place can check it out, and as far as I can see, Bluesky's been enjoying a massive bump in new accounts.The only thing I'm not too keen on seeing is users marveling at engagement and boasting follower counts -- the inevitable disease that's worked into the fabric of social media -- and when I see someone post that, I automatically avoid that account (sometimes even muting it). Popularity contests are just not my thing.
I'm frankly still on the fence but am more likely to delete my account there or just abandon it for the time being. I haven't posted anything on my own timeline, so there's nothing to see save for a follower count of five, and I don't care. I prefer to follow accounts that don't follow me back (like Larry the Cat!), but as noted, I can also go without.
It's a work-in-progress if you were to call it that. I'm just happy sitting back and watching while not promising anything beyond that. Because I'm weird that way.
UPDATE: Account deleted. I gave it a week. No bueno. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the platform itself. I actually love how spartan it is and how it's like a really stripped down version of Twitter, but the desire to interact and put myself out there was nowhere to be found. If anything, I felt more and more mentally drained every time I got on and read people's posts, no matter what they were.
I'm just not cut for social media anymore, I suppose, and that's okay. The closest thing I've ever done to going back to that is logging back into my Disqus account so I could read and comment over at Joe My God, and that's about it.
At any rate, it was an eye-opening experience for me even if it only reminded me why I decided to withdraw and carve out this dusty, cobwebby corner for myself.
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