I did sign up for Bluesky...

[mistressofmuses]

...now that it's no longer invite-only. (Though I know a couple people had offered me invite codes!)

I'm mistressofmuses there, too. I think I have to give up on my desire to switch online handles: it's just not happening for me, haha.

I definitely feel like I don't know how to really use it yet, so right now it's very much a 1:1 twitter experience, lol. I followed a handful of authors and such that I like, much as I did with twitter, and... now am not sure what to do with it.

I know a few people here had mentioned their own accounts, but I of course have forgotten usernames and such. Please let me know, and I'll follow you there!

Any suggestions on other accounts you follow and enjoy? I have very little idea of anyone who jumped to there, so any big-name artists/authors/etc. that you like, any smaller creators you enjoy, etc.

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[olivermoss]

Outside of Leverage peeps, I'm following https://bsky.app/profile/crobertcargill.bsky.social ... and that is about it. I barely know what to do there except see what John Rogers is up to

[mistressofmuses]

I have no idea what to do! I guess I can treat it a bit like tumblr, and just scroll until something is interesting.

[olivermoss]

Yeah, I used my DV username so I guess I am going to do photo posting and maybe try to follow some publishing stuff?

[mistressofmuses]

It seems like bluesky has been the landing place for a lot of creative types who don't much care for what twitter has become, so lurking and seeing what they're doing seems like something worthwhile. Photo posting also seems great!

[olivermoss]

I figure I might as well. I have the content at least!

[umadoshi]

Just followed you from both of my accounts! (I mainly use the walletname one, but even that's pretty infrequent. I do enjoy reading my feed there, though.)

[mistressofmuses]

Followed back! I don't yet know what to do except scroll through my feed... but we'll see!

[ashelterofpages]

I don't do any fandom stuff on there, but my authory bluesky does exist, if you'd like to have it?

Something I'd suggest is looking through the feeds people have set up and seeing if there are any that you'd like to follow/poke through to find individuals you'd want to add. It's not a perfect way to find folks, but it might help.

[mistressofmuses]

Sure! I'll take your authory bluesky handle! :)

Looking around for that sort of second degree of separation is a good idea... what do the people I find interesting find interesting is often a good jumping off point!

[ashelterofpages]

Yeah, it's definitely a way I find things. Look at who the people I follow also follow, look at the generated feeds Bluesky has that show you the things your friends are into, anything like that.

I'm howsweetthewords! I don't use it a ton, but right now I've found that I can update it with the stories I read as I drink my tea, which is a neat way to both promote stories I like, and get through my tea stash. XD

[mistressofmuses]

That often leads to pretty good things. I am usually pretty wary of algorithm-driven feeds, but I also know that's just because so many I've encountered are so BAD. Things-liked-by-people-I-like seems more reliable, but honestly the topic-specific feeds thing seems pretty decent too.

Followed! Tea and reading stories are definitely in the "two great things that go great together" category!

[scarlipswolfwife]

Just followed you! When you see 'teascarlip', that's me. Probably not a surprise. LOL

[mistressofmuses]

Gasp, how could I guess it was you! Haha. Followed, lol!