In January 2011 I created a second account. Why two? Well one was my “professional persona”, where I tried to keep myself nice. When I was in real estate I didn’t want to mix in all my personal and political opinions on that account, so that’s why I created a second. Until I left real estate I kept the second one fairly anonymous, so as not to out myself.

I enjoyed the interactions I had with people on Twitter. I made loads of friends who I interacted with online, and then began to meet in real life! What a great place it was.

Then in 2022 Elon Musk acquired it. And it turned to shit. Right wing bot accounts became the norm, and it just wasn’t what it had been. I was eager for something different.

Bluesky began in 2019 as a research initiative at Twitter, becoming an independent company in 2021. Development for the social app accelerated in 2022 after Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter and subsequent severing of ties between the companies. Bluesky launched as an invite-only service in February 2023 and opened registrations in February 2024.

Sometime during the invite-only period I managed to get an invite code, and i joined. I was member number 138,752.

Since then I have stopped posting on Twitter, though I have maintained my accounts for archival use. Bluesky has been my choice of social media app, and many of my old Twitter friends have joined, which is awesome. Many haven’t however, and that’s a bit of a shame, but I understand their reasoning so I don’t hassle them about it.

Anyway, if you want to find me on Bluesky, here’s my profile.

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