Jay Graber wrongly said you needed to be 18 to use Bluesky, when the actual age limit is 13.

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      29 days ago

      It is sort of important to know if you do or do not have children on your service.

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    Wtf is this shitty journalism?

    When asked directly what the age limit was on Bluesky, Ms Graber said: “When you sign up - I’ll have to check - I think it’s like 18 and above.”

    How the hell do you figure that’s “they said you need to be 18”? That’s “I think it’s 18, but I need to check.” 🙄

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    I’ve never used Twitter or Facebook or that kind of social network.
    So I can’t say if the user experience is worse or better.
    However there are a couple of functions I can’t find that puzzle me. For instance I can’t get a list of the people I subscribe to, to quickly view their content. But there’s a list for the hashtags?
    I also can’t see what the meaning is for the interests i checked off when opening the account. These keywords do not appear anywhere I can see in my account.
    This means that if my wife see something interesting, she can’t say from what subscription it came to her feed, to make a similar subskription.
    Also I couldn’t find my wife when searching for her, but she could find me?
    The FAQ doesn’t answer these questions that I can see.
    It seems a bit rough IMO, but I guess it’s nice enough. And the fact that there is zero noise from either bots or advertising is absolutely stellar.

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      a list of the people I subscribe to, to quickly view their content

      One of the left side (on a desktop browser) menu headings is ‘Lists’. Click that, create a new one called whatever you like. You can then add people to that list.

      Not quite the same thing but close - and more discerning maybe. There’s also a ‘following’ header which is literally exactly what you’re after.

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      The key concept you want to look into is feeds. They’re as, if not more important than hashtags. There’s a feed called Following which is all posts from people you subscribe to.

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        Seems to me hashtag and feed is the same thing on bluesky. There is a hashtag symbol together with the feeds option on the left side menu.
        I have no problem watching my subscribed channels collectively, what I can’t do is single them out individually.

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          Feeds are aggregators that show you posts that fulfill certain criteria, such as mentioning keywords (which can include but is not limited to hashtags). They’re a lot more versatile than just hashtags. I can’t tell you why they chose the # symbol to represent feeds ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠∵⁠ ⁠)⁠┌

          On your profile you have a following count, that’s where you’ll find a list of people you follow.

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            On your profile you have a following count, that’s where you’ll find a list of people you follow.

            Thanks, that’s what I was looking for. 👍 😀