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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 15h

like, I feel for you, Americans but I don't live there and I have my own stuff to deal with in Portugal

Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 15h

it turned out that life's not too bad when I don't start my day with social media and get exposed to whatever happens in the US through Bluesky everyday

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Emily @suika.bsky.social · 6d

Currently in Shibuya where a BIG anti-genocide demo is about to take place. Protest is set to start in 20 minutes, but there are already easily 100~200 (maybe more?) people gathered here.

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 6d

fair

Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 6d

I think everyone should read this atm: azhdarchid.com/jay-graber-c...

Jay Graber Confuses the Gas and Brake Pedals

As your new Head of Comms I advise you to please stop posting this shit.

azhdarchid.com

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 6d

per @brunodias.bsky.social: But for that 'buffet' style of social media to actually exist, there has to be a damn buffet! Right now there's a sad salad bar with maybe two or three niche options, one large bowl of soup that 99% of diners are eating from, and one smaller bowl of much more niche soup.

Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

Bluesky wasn't very good in relaying or providing news about recent protests in Indonesia despite fairly big Indonesian user base + active efforts from existing users to cross posts info from various sources

they were overshadowed with whatever happened in the US

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 6d

I joined Bluesky with invite code waiting list and distributed those to my friends because I believe(d) in its potentials. I've also seen you in the early days I got here. Right now I am sharing the same frustration with the skeptics as well 🫠

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 7d

I was Bluesky user #308, and have been a major booster of this platform since the beginning, but I'm starting to think that the skeptics were right.

It isn't too late to fix things, but I'm doubtful the team will take this excellent advice from @brunodias.bsky.social to heart:

Jay Graber Confuses the Gas and Brake Pedals

As your new Head of Comms I advise you to please stop posting this shit.

azhdarchid.com

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 6d

If you take a look at "Cakrawala Indonesia" feed, there are quite a lot of Indonesians posting there. It's still not in the same scale of Twitter or Threads, though.

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

yeah and those are also rough to watch IMO. That and excessive (understandably) angry comments from the US have started to make me feel uncomfortable being here

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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a very US-centric app and news from the Middle East or Asia either you need to specifically look for or get moderated into oblivion due to the fact that it’s considered too violent. Which I can understand but I also find ICE raids violent and those don’t get censored.

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

I've also been unable to see posts from non-Americans. My thinking is that it's a chicken and egg problem, but it has been a while since I joined (I was one of invite code users) and there hasn't been any improvement

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

Bluesky wasn't very good in relaying or providing news about recent protests in Indonesia despite fairly big Indonesian user base + active efforts from existing users to cross posts info from various sources

they were overshadowed with whatever happened in the US

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

wow I just learned about Link's ban today. This made me think that there's little to no benefits in using Bluesky

Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

uninstalled Bluesky on my phone, and I must say I don't miss it 😬

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Zappit @zappit.bsky.social · 10d

These are actions that will affect Bluesky’s future. You gained a following because this place offered a safe haven for many oppressed minorities after Twitter went to hell. You need to be more honest with your users, and yourself. You know what you are doing, and you know it’s not right. /6

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Zappit @zappit.bsky.social · 10d

We have seen in recent days that users who critiqued or even made light of the death of Charlie Kirk get suspensions or bans. You allowed people to harass your mods to take that action, including banning people who didn’t violate any of the TOS. You caved to that mob. We have seen that. /4

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Zappit @zappit.bsky.social · 10d

You have said that harassing mods to ban people has never worked, but that is demonstrably untrue. We have seen Palestinian users, some here since the first days of Bluesky, banned for sharing fundraisers. Those users were harassed and mass-reported, and you capitulated to the harassers. /3

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

One of my Portuguese teacher in the past had a great comeback, though. She'd say, "If you have issues with the Portuguese grammar, please give your complaints to Instituto Camões. I am just a teacher here." lol

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

Like, what's the point of it?

Surely the teachers won't make up rules just to mess with us. Also, since they don't make the rules, what's the point of directing the frustrations to them?

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

I get that learning a foreign language can feel frustrating, especially if it's grammatically different to your first language. I've been frustrated, too.

But debating a native speaker - especially if they're professionally trained to teach the language is so odd to me?

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

Okay, so I've been attending Portuguese class for about three years now and I noticed something peculiar: some of my male classmates tend to debate the teacher on what's grammatically correct/not even though the teachers are native speakers 🤔

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

I still lurk on computer though

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Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com · 7d

uninstalled Bluesky on my phone, and I must say I don't miss it 😬

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#MilkTeaAlliance Galleries @mtamuseum.bsky.social · 10d

#1312ACAB 的必知道。
支持 #奶茶聯盟與我們的盟友
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More: mtag.info/gal2live
Original tweet by @spicy_ramyun
Link: twitter.com/1004029917074341889/status/1961730938154680434

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 11d

Activists are on their way to block Webb Dock in Port Melbourne in solidarity with Palestine, the Sumud Flotilla, and the six Australians abducted illegally by Israel. "Block everything".

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