Offsite status page

[denise]

We've been looking for an alternative to Twitter (excuse me, "X") for our offsite status announcements of the "shit's fucked enough that the site won't load; we're working on it" variety, and have finally settled on Bluesky as the correct choice for that purpose! If you are a Bluesky user, please follow https://bsky.app/profile/dreamwidth.org; if you aren't a Bluesky user, please bookmark that page.

(Side note because I know people are going to ask: yes, we'd like to add Bluesky (and Mastodon) to the username shortcuts, but the way they construct usernames and profiles is complicated enough that we have to give it some extra thought on how we're going to be able to do it!)

Comments

[kitarella_imagines]

I haven't noticed the spam, I'm on Mastodon.Social but then again I have my profile locked, maybe that's what saves me.

I keep meaning to move instance but I'm not sure which to choose. I really must get round to it. I've got friends on other instances, I suppose I should choose one of theirs...

[groovesinorbit]

Spam accounts from that instance show up daily on conversation threads that I see. Not as bad as the Nazis that show up from other infamous instances, but still, a little annoying.

I ended up going with a local instance, but other friends have gone with other instances for various reasons (hobbies, communities, etc.). For what it's worth, I hear beige.party is pretty good. And if you're a writer, wandering.shop is another good one.

[kitarella_imagines]

Oh really, I had no idea! I live in my own little world, I think locking my account keeps a lot of that spam out.

I have friends on beige.party and mstdn.social - those do seem good. One day I'll get my act together and change.

[groovesinorbit]

Locking your account definitely helps. :)

[kitarella_imagines]

It does indeed 😊

I did that on (dare I mention it) _Twitter and it helped there so I learned my lesson.