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Since my last post<\/a> in September I\u2019ve grown ever more fond of Bluesky. I look at ex-Twitter less and less. When I do go to Ex-Twitter I still see things of interest, and I retweet a few things, but I\u2019ve not posted any original tweets there for a while.<\/p>\n

Growth<\/h2>\n

Bluesky has grown both in the range of interesting people and posts there and in overall numbers (see this counter<\/a> – it’s approaching 23mn users at the time of writing).\u00a0 It feels like it\u2019s the platform of choice for academics who want to leave Muskville. Bluesky is still developing new features, and I’m learning more about how it works.<\/p>\n

Mainstream media have noticed its progress, and articles<\/a> about Bluesky\u2019s growth<\/a> keep popping up.<\/a><\/p>\n

Guides<\/h2>\n

Guides to migrating from Twitter and to using Bluesky are proliferating. I liked what Andy Tattersall said<\/a> in this thread – he’s trying to encourage people to try Bluesky, but without badgering or guilt-tripping.<\/p>\n

There is a guide for academics<\/a> produced by Ned Potter, a librarian at York university and a couple of guides specifically for scientists, one made by Jonny Coates<\/a>, preprint and research integrity advocate, and another made by academics Steve Haroz and Mark Rubin<\/a><\/p>\n

Who to follow?<\/h2>\n

Starter packs are a feature of Bluesky that has helped its growth. These are curated lists of people\/accounts. There is a starter pack for librarians that I found helpful and many more covering a wide range of topics. I also liked the Science Snark and Shitposters<\/em> starter pack, highlighting posters with attitude. Most of the packs have a disciplinary focus – you can search this starter pack directory<\/a> to see if there are any in your field. If you really trust the person who has curated the list then you can just blanket follow everyone on the list, otherwise go through and pick accounts you want to follow.\u00a0Another useful tool<\/a> created by Theo Sanderson allows you to find \u2018people followed by lots of the people you follow\u2019.<\/p>\n

As well as following accounts you can try adding some feeds on topics to your profile. This spreadsheet, curated by Brian Krueger, tracks active science-based feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The publishing world is slowly moving towards Bluesky. Some time ago Biorxiv created Bluesky accounts<\/a> for medRxiv and each of the 24 bioRxiv subject categories. Nature Portfolio created a starter pack with all their editors<\/a>. EMBO Press is there too while some others (Cell Press, Science, PLOS) have accounts but have not posted yet.<\/p>\n

Tech tips<\/h2>\n