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Worth noting that most of the people who say Bluesky is dead or useless are journalists, not organizers. Bluesky has been OUTSTANDING for me as an organizer. I've raised THOUSANDS of dollars here, gotten HUNDREDS of people to actual events, gotten LOADS of people to DO POLITICAL THINGS.

Of course none of this happens through just posting a few links. It comes from spending frankly too much time on this site, lol, interacting and conversing and bullshitting and having fun with friends. And it comes from repeated and strategic repetition of posts and appeals in interesting ways.

In short, it takes WORK and TIME. I think folks with a lot of followers got used to old Twitter as a guaranteed slot machine of interaction. Ain't like that here. Gotta start from scratch, build your community, goof around, have fun, and work to build something with good stuff to offer.

As an activist/organizer, "good stuff to offer" means CLEAR CALLS TO ACTION about stuff you ACTUALLY DEEPLY CARE ABOUT presented in INTERESTING or even FUNNY AND/OR EMOTIONALLY COMPELLING WAYS. Give people something to DO and tell 'em why and they very often will actually do the thing!