Someplace where they promise to wear slippers to kick you to death with so it doesn’t hurt so much
These days, I spread my social media attention between Mastodon, Bluesky, and LinkedIn. I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing on either of the latter two, if I’m perfectly honest.
LinkedIn is a horrible place that makes me feel bad. But it’s the only real connection I’ve got to some semblance of a ‘professional’ network. Bluesky, on the other hand, just seems like a pale imitation of what Twitter used to be. I’m spending less time there recently.
As Warren Ellis suggests in the following, if you’re going to jump ship from somewhere to somewhere else, it’s probably a good idea that you’re going to be treated well, long-term.
Seeing a lot of people in my RSS announcing they’ve deleted various social media products. Usually to announce they’re on BlueSky or Substack Notes or whatever today’s one is. I am not on any of the new ones and just left the old ones by the side of the road. Some say these accounts should be deleted so you’re not part of the overall user count, but I honestly don’t care that much. And doing all that just to state you’re signing up someplace where they promise to wear slippers to kick you to death with so it doesn’t hurt so much… well, good luck.
Source: Warren Ellis
Image: Sven Brandsma