Who are MetaFilter's BlueSky favorites?
November 15, 2024 11:56 AM   Subscribe

Like millions of others, I just signed up for BlueSky. Who are your favorite accounts to follow?
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl to Society & Culture (18 answers total) 42 users marked this as a favorite
 
George Takei
Random Restaurant Bot
Bolts
posted by funkaspuck at 12:26 PM on November 15, 2024




Best answer: MeFi's own John Scalzi
Remember the BlueSky motto: "Don't Engage, Just Block"
BlueSky's blocking is very effective. Don't let negativity and toxicity get a foothold there.
posted by indexy at 12:36 PM on November 15, 2024 [6 favorites]


Karen Attiah
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:23 PM on November 15, 2024 [1 favorite]


Virginia Heffernan
posted by Lescha at 1:30 PM on November 15, 2024




Best answer: I left out some that were already called out above. When I joined I found the best strategy to be to find someone I liked/admired and see who they followed, and re-iterate from there, but there are now feeds you can follow, or starter packs for specific areas of interest.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social
Anil Dash @anildash.com
Darth @darthbluesky.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.bsky.social
Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social
Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social
Sherilynn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social
Cherry Priest @cmpriest@bsky.social
PrisonCulture @prisonculture.bsky.social
posted by drossdragon at 2:52 PM on November 15, 2024 [1 favorite]


There's a Mefite starter pack out there somewhere - I don't know how to link to it, hopefully someone else can share it.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 4:00 PM on November 15, 2024 [2 favorites]


Metafilter starter pack.
posted by Rumple at 4:45 PM on November 15, 2024 [3 favorites]


Use the feeds. Winnie the Proust, have you tried the Blacksky feed?

There are at least two Mefite starter packs I know about. One is linked above, Wordshore put the other in his current Metatalk post.

Some good suggestions above. I would add a few more at random. Please note many Bluesky profiles can only be viewed if you are logged in:

Rahaeli

Kerim Friedman for anthropology and Taiwan

Dr. Brooke Magnanti

Josephine Reisman

Imani Gandy

Sarah Taber from Farm to Taber

Charlie Jane Anders
posted by frumiousb at 10:48 PM on November 15, 2024 [1 favorite]


Rebecca Solnit
posted by trip and a half at 5:55 AM on November 16, 2024 [1 favorite]


Here are two Covid cautious starter packs if that’s your cup of tea!
posted by ellieBOA at 6:58 AM on November 16, 2024 [1 favorite]


Some of my favorites:

John Darnielle of @themountaingoats.bsky.social
If you remember Slacktivist from the old days: @slacktivistfred.bsky.social
Extremely online lawyer @questauthority.bsky.social
The hurricane guys @drjeffmasters.bsky.social and @bhensonweather.bsky.social
Just as fun online as when creating Leverage @johnrogers.bsky.social
One of the top shitposters @faineg.bsky.social
History and cats, Mefi's own @garius.bsky.social
Agriculture facts from @sarahtaber.bsky.social
Everyone's favorite furry lawyer @boozybadger.bsky.social
posted by restless_nomad at 4:24 AM on November 17, 2024 [1 favorite]


Adam Sharp; fun with language
Cats of Yore; historic photos and art of cats

Feeds I check in on somewhat regularly include (but are not limited to) Birds, MLB+, BreadSky, DataBS; and, I would be remiss in not mentioning the Gift Links/Articles feed which scans the skyline for posts containing gift links to paywalled publications.
posted by egregious theorem at 4:35 AM on November 17, 2024


Talia Lavin


Popehat
posted by lalochezia at 5:59 AM on November 17, 2024


I just want to know who's posting humor...
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:24 AM on November 17, 2024


Mod note: [A lot of people curious about this! We've added it to the sidebar and Best Of blog!]
posted by taz (staff) at 3:31 AM on November 19, 2024 [2 favorites]




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