Just an update of what happened to me today...
I had to make a decision today....and trust me, I think it saved my life.
Let me be accurate. I had a major Blue Sky account under the Rob Palmer IRL tag from November, until this morning. Let me explain. Yes this is timely with the CR battle, and when news broke that Schumer wanted to let the cloture pass, but let the CR be passed with Republican votes…the anger was there. However, the anger was beyond palpable from even 36 hours ago. Now, for those of you who don’t know, Bluesky has no algorithm, meaning whatever you see…is hat you get.
There is a beauty to it, because things cannot be manipulated like on let’s say, Facebook, or Twitter. It’s also a curse because when news breaks…it breaks fast. Also Bluesky is actually a lot bigger than let’s say Spoutible, which has been out since 2023. However these major sizes actually makes a difference in how the flow of information is flooded in.
Yes, I know feelings do be raw when something major happens. However, There’s a lot of people on the Cloture vote for the CR, and the CR vote itself (that’s happening as of this writing) that’s something that actually accelerated the rage within a week. No I do not doubt, or second guess the advocacy. However…and this is a huge however…I did have to step back from my major Bluesky account.
Trust me, there’s some of us who see both sides of the coin, but have been drowned out by straight anger. In fact, I did have an article planned for this scenario, but I chose not to go further with it. If I had published it, then I knew all kinds of hell would break loose. Also considering Bluesky was having more and more people coming in from twitter…the bad habits would come to roost.
Yes, I had actually to close down the Bluesky account because I know there’s going to be that much anger, and that much vitriol. As for my advocacy, I’m not going to cease it. in fact I’m going to continue to advocate. Yes, I had to take care of my own mental health and dropping the bigger Bluesky account actually has saved me from the cycle of the cynical, and the cycle of angler. If anything I think leaving just saved my life.
A shame really. I really enjoyed your posts on BlueSky for the perspective they gave me and how they helped keep my sanity.
On the CR I think what's is getting lost in all the rage is that Senate Dems had no good options here. Either bite the bullet and look weak or risk a prolonged shutdown which would be hugely devastating for millions of people on top of giving Trump and Elon even more power to burn things down. What Schumer was attempting to do was go with what he considered the least worst option but the problem is he did an absolutely abysmal job of communicating on it.
As for me I will try to lay off the politics for the weekend. I can only imagine how much worse BlueSky would be if it had an algorithm like Twitter
I appreciate you. I follow you on Spoutible and now here. Thanks for sharing and I am so glad you put yourself and your mental health first. It is so important because without taking the time needed, we can’t move forward effectively. I am in this fight. We need to take our country back and move it forward for ALL. It is disgusting how people are being treated.