r/BlueskySocial • u/litenji • 1d ago

Look who signed up! Joined Bluesky a month ago

It feels like I keep getting the same things in my feed, all the time. I talk embroidery once and then I drown in embroidery. I like a comic, and then it's only comics. And some times it's the same picture reposted or taken by many people that keeps coming back.

I'm very happy to switch from Twitter but I feel it's a bit unbalanced for now.

Any tips ? (@jiminou.bsky.social - I like dark humour, board/video games, men and politics, in this particular order)

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u/Stormfeathery 1d ago

I’d say search out some starter packs/lists and follow them, then lean into your Following feed more. Maybe after a while it’s even fill out the more algorithmic feeds for you a bit better if you still wanna use them.

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u/litenji 1d ago

Heya, thank you for the advice, I struggle tho to find starter packs I'm really interested in, found one and followed like 15 people from there, yet I don't see them much in my TL

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u/Stormfeathery 1d ago

Well you’s wanna read your Following feed to see the posts of whoever you’re following.

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u/yuusharo 1d ago

Are you using the Discover feed here? I’ve never found that thing to be useful.

I’d suggest defaulting to Following to show posts in reverse chronological order, then subscribe to feeds tailored to your interests. I leave the option to have posts from feeds show up in my following timeline, gives a nice variety of posts that I specified I’d like to see rather than allowing some nebulous algorithm to choose for me.

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u/litenji 1d ago

Okay, thanks for the insight, I indeed use the Discover feed way more but I guess it makes sense

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u/Former-Wish-8228 1d ago

Following also feeds you stuff from people you are following (the stuff they like or repost)…I believe…don’t does cast a net slightly larger than just the posts of those you follow.

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u/Traditional_Bat6055 1d ago

haha, thats how social media works. When I started instagram and didn't give them any info to work with they just gave me pics of Madonna, Michael Jackson and Nirvana.

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u/bmanjayhawk 1d ago

"in this particular order" lol!

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u/birdhorse69 1d ago

I’ve been getting book posts non stop for a couple days now, makes me not want to read another one ever again

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u/litenji 1d ago

Oops countereffect 😂

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u/sellcracktakids 1d ago

I do try “show more” button on feeds

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u/JackLondonJets 23h ago

Just hard to avoid the fact that it's growing communities. I had to revert back to coming here more. My Bluesky feed is pretty underwhelming

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u/Countmardy 1d ago

Yeah, totally different experience than this sub. Totally boring and underwhelming for me, but hey not everything is ment for everyone. Glad you guys like it

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u/burgermind 1d ago

It was boring until i realized there's very tight communities there. For random scrolling and time killing it's not as entertaining. I joined the chronic illness community and it's very supportive, with so much less disinformation and negativity than Twitter.

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u/olcoil 1d ago

Its echo chambers amped up. Not sustainable

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u/DonaldKGBtrump 1d ago

It's X without hate.