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The main problem with BLUESKY is that it's the same regurgitated shit you find everywhere else. As a brand new user here's the first 10 things in my feed:
- Someone trying and failing to make a clever joke about the US Presidential election.
- A picture of black hole (which is great!)
- Semi-clever joke involving Professor X and Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Self Described "transfem lesbian" screaming about how much they love women. I mean yikes it's creepy AF.
- Boring US Political schlock about Lauren Boebert.
- Science / Astronomy content
- Video Game Post
- Self Described "#1 Gayest Lesbian" screaming about how much they love women. A copypasta of the other and still creepy AF.
- Another eye-roller "I am soooo depressed" meme.
- Boring US Political schlock defending Dr. Fauchi
So BLUESKY seems to be Twitter v2, primarily inhabited by the Pre-Elon Blue CheckMark types. Can I "fix" that with filtering? Probably but if I do then the feed will slow down so much that even checking in once per day will probably be too often.
It is exactly like that, which probably is the point. I never got on with Twitter even before the downfall. Now on Bluesky I'm being selective about what I like and follow. I'm gradually getting the kind of feed that I like to see and reply to. It takes quite a bit of work to influence the algorithms to your liking, but it offers a different social outlet than what Reddit-like sites can offer.
I registered and I felt the same as you. Not worth my time.
Subscriptionwall.
Same as in subscribe-to-download sites or create-account-to-see-link forums: Do they want dead accounts that much?