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Hi, my name is Jeffrey Thrash. You may know me from my YouTube channel. I enjoy video games and cartoons and I like to create my own animations. Enjoy!

Jeffrey @jthrash

Age 30, Male

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Finasty 2024-10-19 18:52:20

Bluesky is another version of twitter, everything look the same except there's no micro transaction (well it was made by Twitter Ex-Employee) so no need to be worry about learning the social media again

Yatsufusa 2024-10-19 20:58:29

(The following is more of my personal 'color-commentary' on the matter.)

Spoken from the perspective who didn't even create a Twitter account in the first place because I didn't think it was particularly useful, I'd say this is "just another RSS-feed combined with a popularity contest".

People who like that kind of stuff will try to replace their Twitter/"X"/"Xwitter" account with it - which has been "dead" for quite a while, but people love their inertia. ...and if they "had to" switch it would be like having to admit to making a "mistake", so they feel that they need to have an excuse. Like a mass-exodus. Basically every misstep from "Chairman Musk" would have cause this...

Personally, I view this as an opportunity to interview people for feedback, so I know if I should switch to recommending 'Bluesky' over 'Mastodon' ( https://mastodon.social/about )

Also: I think Elon Musk will just _buy_ Bluesky next and forcefully merge the services, if "X" becomes too unpopular. The man isn't exactly known for his originality. (It's imaginable that 'Bluesky Social, PBC'[?] was banking on such an outcome from the very start.)

jthrash 2024-10-19 20:58:29

Interesting...well, if I have lived without Twitter just fine for the past 3 years, then I could probably live without Twitter-likes such as BlueSky or Mastodon, as well.

Yatsufusa 2024-10-19 21:58:56

@jthrash Sounds like a reasonable prediction to me. :)

DeadSM 2024-10-20 14:09:34

My biggest assumption is that you will get many more non-artist eyes on your work. That seems like the biggest draw to me. NG is better in so many ways, but there aren’t as many international people coming here to spend time. It could be an excellent way to filter people elsewhere while being something you engage with others on. So it seems good for boosting visibility, I guess?

jthrash 2024-10-20 14:09:34

That's actually an excellent point. That's sort of the point of my YouTube channel, but YouTube's algorithm really isn't all that useful for animation channels. No wonder OneyNG eventually decided to do Let's Plays instead, he can put out videos more frequently that way than with inherently time-consuming animation.

For a similar reason, I would probably only post quick illustrations and 3D renders onto BlueSky if I decide to get an account. I can get those out more quickly, plus animation is an art where I should take as much time as I need to make it the best it can be (even if it means only posting like one or two Movie Portal submissions a year at best). That, and I heard BlueSky's video streaming capabilities aren't the best right now...

DeadSM 2024-10-21 00:46:22

@jthrash that seems like pretty good content. I think I would only go just to interact with other artists outside of NG. Being able to respond to someone with a sketch seems pretty fun.

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