CaseStringer
Well-known member
If you want to know more about Bluesky there's an article about it and where it's going from WIRED. It's going to be so much more than just a social media platform from what I read.
Dungeons & Dragons Online is now available on Bluesky!
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Spoon of Khyber
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So, because someone here posted that bluesky was one side of some sort of isle, it's inherently political? My wife loves bluesky, she follows academic researchers of medieval history, Geologists, and fiction writers that she likes. For her that is it. Anything can be "political" if you wish to view it from that lens. Bluesky allows you to follow or block anyone. YOU can make it whatever environment you want it to be. It's "ok" to have a side, it's also "ok" to be on that side and not denigrate the "other side". You can simply live on your side, in peace, happiness and the comfort of liking where you are...
DDO Gaming
Well-known member
strange comment. whether or not its true, calling anything a "rightwing echo chamber" usually elicits a more...emotive response
Everbright
Member
Kudos, I'm not on Bluesky but I don't need to make an account or use workarounds to view Bluesky posts.
(Twitter posts used to be publicly viewable)
Mastodon's getting fairly big. The main server is similar to Bluesky and used by some companies. I imagine if DDO had an account on there it would be on the main server or a gaming specific server.
I'm glad Reddit still has the Old.Reddit mode, hope that doesn't get ditched the way Facebook did with Mbasic.
I'm not likely to tune into many long podcast type videos, but I am looking forward to watching the Joys of Deving a few times.
Lately I think I check on Reddit about weekly, Youtube about monthly, and Discord about bi-monthly? I have rotten luck with the Discord, seems whenever I log on it's when someone's spewing bile in the official channels :/
(Twitter posts used to be publicly viewable)
Mastodon's getting fairly big. The main server is similar to Bluesky and used by some companies. I imagine if DDO had an account on there it would be on the main server or a gaming specific server.
I'm glad Reddit still has the Old.Reddit mode, hope that doesn't get ditched the way Facebook did with Mbasic.
I'm not likely to tune into many long podcast type videos, but I am looking forward to watching the Joys of Deving a few times.
Lately I think I check on Reddit about weekly, Youtube about monthly, and Discord about bi-monthly? I have rotten luck with the Discord, seems whenever I log on it's when someone's spewing bile in the official channels :/
Xaxx
Well-known member
you guys do realize that the people who find all of the.. shall we call it political faults.... with dnd over the last few years are all gathered in that online version of mos eisley... and your game is based on the version/versions of the game these people with froth at the mouth about... this is at best a.... how do i put this softly..... hmmm..... the idea of this is kinda the same idea as a preist deciding to cast magic missle, having it not work... and wondering into thay to ask why..... the result will not be good anyway you imagine it....
have fun.....
have fun.....
Spoon of Khyber
Well-known member
Bluesky 36M users as of April and is growing quickly. Such strange times when a gaming company uses a social media platform to announce things. They are just making announcements and trying to reach as many people as they can.
EdFactor
Well-known member
Well this is a good reason not to give SSG any money if they are going to do stupid things like this.
DDO does not need to be on bluesky or twitter (I refuse to call it X) or Truthsocial or facebook or anything except the ddo forums.
Please focus and do one thing well.
Arkat
Founder & Super Hero
BlueSky is looking for numbers. Thus the expressed interest.
Cordovan
Community Manager
I understand where you are coming from, you definitely see number inflation throughout the social media landscape, but to date I have not seen indication of it with this one. In fact, the numbers track generally better with visible interactions.
Sarlona Raiding
Well-known member
And sadly opinions on such things are overly-influenced by political leanings.
droid327
Hardcore casual soloist
Cant link the images themselves from Reddit but there's a good analysis there
Basically, the registered users have climbed since Nov 24 from 20M to 33M, but the daily posts and interactions have declined and stagnated
You only see a major spike around early Nov (the election) and late Jan (the inauguration)
Bluesky is still, at its core, mostly just about Trump (and Musk, but that's also about Trump)
Cf Threads, which followed a similar trend of spike, decline, and stagnation: https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/threads-.png
Spoon of Khyber
Well-known member
Seems like the only political aspects of anything here, are the posters that are crying about politics. And those same people are the ones crying about DDO not doing enough to advertise and communicate. Of course, I get it. You want things only the way YOU want them. I don't think you are achieving very much here, but it's your dime.