Refining my social media approach

The last two weeks has seen a surge in Bluesky usage. I’ve been on Bluesky a little since the early days. I liked the service, but I didn’t know any one there. That’s changed now and lots of friends are posting. That’s added a touch more complexity, so I figured I’d share how I’m handling my personal social media right now.

  1. I post everything to Micro.Blog. It shows up on bobwertz.com.
  2. Micro.Blog crossposts everything to Bluesky, Threads and Mastodon.
  3. I have notifications turned off on my iPhone, so I have no idea when people respond to what I post.
  4. I selectively choose when I want to engage with social media on whatever site feels right at the time.

A couple of random things I’ve noticed lately:

  1. My Instagram usage has dropped dramatically, probably because it isn’t tied in with my crossposting system. They don’t have a posting API, so no one can really add that connection....

I’m thinking about setting up an email account on a domain that I own. Last time I did this, I used Google’s free option that they phased out a while back. I don’t need a free option, but I also don’t want to spend a ton of money. What are my best options?

Bluesky and Micro.Blog make a pretty complementary social media set up. And the integration keeps getting better.

South Carolina’s offense isn’t always pretty, but they’ve got heart. Go Gamecocks! 🏈

At this point in the semester, Team Wertz is heading to study at Starbucks every weekend. (Ryan usually has some homework, but really just joins us so he can get a lemon loaf.)

One of the fun things about being a Ph.D. student married to another Ph.D. student is that you randomly discuss research methods over your morning coffee.

The number of people I actually know on Bluesky has increased significantly in the last week.