jon_chaisson | new platform, new outlook (Reply)

Thanks to an online friend I now have access to Bluesky, and yes, it really does feel like Twitter before all those pesky intrusive ads and venture capitalists with too much money and not enough sense took over. It's still in beta form so there's still going to be a lot of tweaking and adjusting and occasional crashing going on, but I'm fine with that. I'm enjoying it so far!

So with that I've decided what I *don't* want to do with it:

--I'd rather not have it as yet another "can you believe this idiot I've just retweeted" dunking outlet when one is too many. I've been trying to grow out of that reactionary setting for years now.
--I'd rather not use it for kvetching or 'everything sucks' outlet either. It's not the best side of me.
--I don't want to talk politics there. I've gone off it in general all around as it is, and I was never good at it.
--I don't want it to be a mental and emotional timesuck like Twitter can be. If your feed is mainly reposts of the above, then chances are I will either mute you or not follow. No offense, but I don't need nor want that in my life right now.

But what *do* I want to do with it?

--I'd like to be an adult with it. Y'know, say and share normal things. And abnormal things. Things that interest and fascinate me. The 'hey this is cool, check this out.' I want it to be a platform where I can share things I think are awesome.
--I'd like to use it as at least one of my Professional Writer platforms, so just a slight bit of decorum. Not much, but enough!
--I will most definitely talk music on there. Have you met me??
--It will also be my repository of daily/weekly links to my blogs, including this one.

So in short: it's what I'd started doing with Twitter until that site and its moods and ambience got the best of me. A fresh start, I suppose! Either way, it's been a bit of a slow start as I've only posted maybe three or so things there, but it's a start. And I'm really hoping that this one survives and expands to the point where anyone can join without an invite!