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Tony Yates
@t0nyyates.bsky.social
Economist. Ex Prof / central banker. Macro, politics, money, central banks, finance, Brexit, covid, AI, climbing, MUFC. I sometimes write things and even appear on them now and then. I have concepts of a plan.
8.8k followers1.1k following6.5k posts
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1. Why did you come to Bluesky? 2. How is it going? 3. Who are you missing and how are you going to get them to come here?

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Kkarenroberts.bsky.social

1. Twitter was broken by Musk. 2. Not great if I'm honest. Miss the "Trending" feature where we all (my bubble) talk abt the same thing for a bit. It's much more fragmented on here. I've tried some feeds but none work v well. 3.Big news accounts eg BBC/Sky.

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THtjrh.uk

1. Tired of blocking anon Blue Checks monetising their stupidity 2. This place improves every day 3. News orgs. Lots of their journos are here so they should follow

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CJcjackson.bsky.social

1. To get away from Elon and the white nationalists in all their permutations 2. Its good and getting better the feeds really helped me early on find interests places to engage with 3. Mainly culture folks, gays, and F1 commentators

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Ssolvognen.bsky.social

1. I had been on www.justthetalk.co.uk ('JTT', incl its earlier hosts) for 20 years and fancied a change 2. Fine, a bit addictive though. Attracted to politics but trying to also keep it light some, for balance 3. They've been trickling over here in their own good time, but JTT hasn't got a Musk

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1) I fundamentally disagree with supporting billionaires in their self-delusion and their attempted mass manipulation. 2) Slowly. I have 6.5k followers on there. 3) Lefty friends It's way too much work to find out individually if they are here already. Delighted when I find one though!

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COdevindoyle.bsky.social

1. Twitter refugee. 2. It's so much better here. 3. I miss Kamil Galeev. No idea if he'll ever come over.

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PHpaulharkin.bsky.social

1. Cos I really enjoy and value social media but the other place has become toxic, negative and mis-information filled. 2. Not too bad but need to rem that not fair to compare Bluesky@t=0 with X@14 years ; I need to follow more folk! 3. All the interesting people + constructive community ; How??

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HDjankypants.bsky.social

1. Insane Musk bullshit in summer 2023. 2. Much but not all of my network has moved. 3. I had a really well curated follow list (13+ year!) that was exactly what I wanted for breaking news. I don’t have that here yet. Also the languages I care most about - Arabic and Turkish - aren’t great.

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PRoldmandoc.bsky.social

1. Due to twitter becoming too toxic to be worth staying on. 2. Quite well- never really did more than lurk on twitter and finding engagement here much more pleasant. 3. A few friends who were on twitter but think they just abandoned social media- which is probably a better choice

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Rtheramblingelf.bsky.social

1. The user experience on Twitter was degrading 2. App still a bit clunky but it's good 3. I'm a huge politics geek but it's dominating my feed too much. I want more fun accounts on here. Culture content. Ordinary people talking about their lives. People I can befriend. Memes. Shitposting.

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Tony Yates
@t0nyyates.bsky.social
Economist. Ex Prof / central banker. Macro, politics, money, central banks, finance, Brexit, covid, AI, climbing, MUFC. I sometimes write things and even appear on them now and then. I have concepts of a plan.
8.8k followers1.1k following6.5k posts