Forgot to say: I’ve been mostly here lately, for social media. Verymuch digging the no-gifs, no videos, and, at least less of the Nazi types? I mean, so far, Bluesky isn’t doing that Rupert Murdoch thing of “fear gets eyes,” which, man, makes for a much more pleasant experience. Don’t get me wrong, Bluesky’s still having some issues (not necessarily with architecture/functionality—more with keeping those with bad intent from smearing that around on other people), but, all in all, I’m digging it more. My only somewhat complaint? When I signed up for/on Spoutible a while back, there’s an option there to not show your follower/following numbers. I think that’s wonderful. Keeps the space from getting competitive—keeps people from gauging their worth by the number of followers, and keeps people from, I don’t know, I guess being proud that their followers SO outnumber who they have to deign to follow. But? So far, Spoutible hasn’t lit up with people, it doesn’t seem. I’m still there.
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Oh, and? First time looked at Spoutible in a while. Looks like followers/following ARE showing. So, either I’m mis-remembering that that was hideable, or things have changed (couldn’t find how to hide it in the settings. but, man, I do like the design over there).
And, with Bluesky, the only drawback for me so far is that the font-size is dynamic, which is usually great. I run my phone at 235%—which maybe makes no sense to those under 50. Works great for most apps. Fisher-Price size font is the way to go for these eyes. But? On Bluesky, man, that font-size BALLOONS, such that, to proof a skeet I’m about to post, I have to change my font-size in order to read it all. Small annoyance, and probably to be fixed at some point. Or, not; it’s not that big a deal, really.