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[Native]

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Canetoad and I put this list together in November, and we now have 159 individuals on it. My list is in chronological order. You can either search for your fellow DUers on my list by using your browser's search function, or you can scroll down to post #5 by Canetoad and view the list alphabetically.

If you would like to be added to this list, please respond to this post or send me a request through DU mail.

We will try to repost this list on a monthly basis for new members and those who may have missed it.

TIP: If you want other DU members to easily find you on Bluesky, simply include the hashtag #DemocraticUnderground in your Bluesky profile. This will allow them to quickly find you. Entering that hashtag in the Bluesky search box and then choosing "People" from the header will bring up all those who have included it in their profiles.

Here's the link to the list: https://democraticunderground.com/100219767403#post65

Update: to keep the replies manageable, I will send you confirmation via DU mail once you've been added to the list. I will also follow you on Bluesky prior to adding you to make sure your handle there is accurate. You will see me as @raycing.bsky.social on that platform.

[livetohike]

1. Thank you Native and Canetoad! n/t

[NewHendoLib]

2. Bookmarking. Thx!

[hlthe2b]

3. Also bookmarking. I have not yet signed up for Blue Sky but I believe I will eventually...

Work is keeping me limited to DU right now in terms of my time for real active participation.

[OneGrassRoot]

4. That's awesome! Thank you both. n/t

[MayReasonRule]

5. I Just Added #DemocraticUnderground To My Profile On Blue Sky

I'm We Are Stardust We Are Golden over at Blue Sky.

See y'all there...

[SheilaAnn]

6. That's a lot of work, congrats to you both to undertake this task. I've not yet signed up but will bookmark this. Thanks

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Were you able to use anything from my list?

It was just thrown together but it was early days.

I tried but didn't finesse it like y'all. Great job!

I wish EarlG would consider a group for us.

Thanks for your efforts!

❤️

[Native]

8. If you send me a link to your list, I'll add them if they want to be added.

Thanks for letting us know!

[littlemissmartypants]

13. 🦋❤️🦋

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19762011

❤️

[Native]

17. We have all but 5.....

Vicky Gee
E. A. Blair
gordianknot
Daniel Cole, and
Bert Matheson

are not on our list.

If you would provide me with their DU handles, I'll write to them and ask if they want to be included on our list.

Thank you!

[dawn5651]

9. thank you native and canetoad

please add me to the list

[pioche4]

10. Great idea

Thank you!

[liberalla]

11. Bookmarking - bluesky list

Haven't joined yet... but plan to!

[Alliepoo]

12. Wow!!

Great job you guys!! Thanks SO much for doing this!!

[samnsara]

14. add mine...

@samnsara.bsky.social

[fshrink]

15. Mastodon

Thank you. Might want to do the same for Mastodon. Independent, federated, not owned by bros. Should be less work as there are likely way fewer of us there. I am.

[Native]

20. I will leave that to another DUer who has the time. LOL.

[CaptainTruth]

16. Has anyone created a DU Starter Pack on Bluesky?

With a Starter Pack you can just click the "Follow all" button to follow everyone on the list.

[Native]

18. This was discussed. See my post (#33) at this link:

https://democraticunderground.com/100219767403#post33

I haven't looked into it recently, but do you know if the starter packs can be made private yet?

Also, we came up with a work around....see post #44

[CaptainTruth]

25. I totally understand your point.

As far as I know everything on Bluesky is public. It seems to be part of their philosophy, it's all open source & everything is visible to everyone, unless you block someone.

One nice thing about that is you can use apps like ClearSky to see what lists you're on & who is blocking you.

I look at my profile in ClearSky a few times a week because there are MAGAts who put me on lists with names like "Dumbass Libtards" & I can then block them. I also block back everyone who is blocking me.

I consider it good housekeeping.

[demmiblue]

30. Personally, I like lists better than starter packs. n/t

[CaptainTruth]

31. Is that because you want to look at each profile to vet them? I do that with most Starter Packs.

There are a few people/Starter Packs I trust enough to click "Follow all." For example I would trust a DU member starter pack.

For most, I look at the profiles in the Pack, right-click on each one, "open in new tab", then look at the profile to vet it. Basically the same process I would use for a list.

But wait... you can "Pin to home" a list, is that why you like them better? I don't think you can do that with a Starter Pack, but you can "Copy link to list" on a List & "Share link" on a Starter Pack. 🤔

[demmiblue]

35. No.

I like lists because they don't add content to my main feed. They are more topic/content oriented. For example, I follow a news list and a list of local journalists. I don't necessarily want everyone on those lists to be in my main feed (although, I am following several of them). It neatly keeps everything, content-wise, in one place.

[CaptainTruth]

37. Ok, so you can "follow" a list but you're not following the members of the list, right?

I think I get that. You're following someone else's list, not just creating your own list where you add accounts to your own list but don't follow them?

[ms liberty]

19. I'm msliberty-2112 over there. Not too active right now, but when

I break up with fb I will be. After Girl Scout cookie season.

[lindalou65]

21. please add my Bluesky handle

Thank you for all your hard work on this. Would you please add mine to the list?

@gatomicro.bsky.social

Thank you!!

[Trust_Reality]

22. I am sometimes a little out-of-the-box paranoid, but I would be careful about too many electronic links.

I prefer being more diversified, as with investments, more than one bank account, etc.

[Native]

24. Previously discussed on prior posts of ours, and to respect concerns like yours, we decided against creating a

DU Starter Pack on Bluesky. The capability to make those starter packs private was not available on their platform the last time I checked.

With our list, members have the option to participate or not, and they can also ask me or Canetoad to remove them from the list at any time.

I personally don't have an issue with transparently being tied to both platforms. The way I look at it, if they want to find me, they're going to do so, regardless of what handle I use on any platform. And I am now of the opinion that the current powers that be could find fault with just about everything I have posted or will post on DU and Bluesky. I mean, Secret Service agents went to a middle school to harass a student who posted unflattering comments about Trump on social media. Is anyone safe now? Their idea of breaking their laws is anything they choose it to be.

When it comes to my money? Well, that's a different scenario. LOL.

Respectfully,

Native

[NH Ethylene]

23. Here's mine

ethylmethyl.bsky.social

[Native]

26. Kicking for evening views.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. I am also on BlueSky

letmypeoplevote.bsky.social

[Native]

28. Just added you!

[canetoad]

29. Kick

Just when I thought our work here was done. Great job Native.

[peggysue2]

32. I'm on Bluesky as well

Just haven't been active in a number of months.

Writer4ever

[Native]

33. I've added you to the list!

[peggysue2]

34. Thank you, Native

[Violet_Crumble]

36. Here I am on bluesky!

https://bsky.app/profile/snottygrubble.bsky.social

[Native]

38. You are now on the list!

[Violet_Crumble]

39. Thanks, Native!