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Worth making a Bluesky account or no?

Posted by RosieUV - October 23rd, 2024


I've seen a lot of people here recently moving over to Bluesky, and I fucking hate Twitter with all my heart so I was wondering if it'll be worth it or would it just get too confusing?


For context: the only social media websites I open up daily are Newgrounds and YouTube (and I guess Discord and Snapchat if you stretch the definition, but all the servers I'm active in are Newgrounds ones and my college's unofficial one, and my college's unofficial Snapchat story), but I already have a Tumblr account which I also post art onto, and Cara which I'm currently in the process of uploading all of my old art onto to have 1 big portfolio but I don't use the website outside of that yet.


I read in a forum post here that Bluesky is good for game dev and artist stuff and if this does take off, then I was wondering if it would be worth it as a way to get my name out, or would it just end up being another website I navigate to whenever I upload a new piece of art (I always upload my art here first and then copy and paste the commentary bit to Tumblr when I upload it there and idk if 3, eventually 4 when I catch up with cara, is overkill). Also I have made Tumblr blogs on my big projects and idk how that would transfer to a site like Bluesky.


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From what I can gather, Bluesky's a pretty damn good place for artists, with the broader Newgrounds community being pretty active on there. I'd personally recommend setting up an account.

There's also a starter pack of Newgrounds users to follow, which I think you'd likely be interested in: https://go.bsky.app/7pNEoFC

woahhh i didn't know starter packs were a thing...cool!

I'd say "yes", as a stance against twitter alone it would be worth it. Also it seems Bluesky is experiencing an increase in traffic currently.
However you must also consider the effort of uploading content to and maintaining a social media account as well.

It's very customizable. I like it. I've got a Newgrounds tab, a Game Dev tab, a Mutuals tab, Mentions, Quiet Posters, and the standard Following and Popular with Friends tabs. That level of control is delicious to find like minded people.