Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social

Moving to @skibu.bsky.social . Long Covid has annihilated me. Loved starting things. Created tech behind Swiftly and NextBus. Co-founder of Walk SF.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

Pursuit of healthcare when one has long covid or ME can incredible challenge. So I thought I would live tweet my experience today…🧵1/

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@HaydenM16 I assume someone intentionally was the last person, but no one claiming so yet.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@HaydenM16 rumor has it someone was going to be last driver on Great Highway. Happened?

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@diannahaze For me it is definitely MCAS related inflammation. It is much worse when I lie on my side, especially on my left side for some strange reason. Antihistamine often helps. I don't have POTS.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@DSA_SF How can DSA SF be on Xitter but not on Bluesky? Being on Xitter (except when trying to move good accounts elsewhere) perpetuates everything Musk is trying to do. So please check out https://t.co/AbuW8afOWG and jump ship forth with.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

Testing out what happens when one quote posts something from Xitter onto Bluesky...

https://t.co/beVlzIcyJm

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

Yay! My hopefully helpful instructions on how to migrate ones community from Xitter to Bluesky are pretty much complete. Check out https://t.co/AbuW8afh78 . Even has info on cross-posting so you can still send your bodacious posts to Xitter until you want to completely cut ties.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@atranscendedman I’ve always appreciated your long COVID oriented tweets and was hoping you would bring them to Bluesky. So I looked and you are already there! For those who are still figuring out to move towards that bluer place check out https://t.co/dcMfelb8FN for tips galore.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@sf_mills I’m just focused on helping people leave Xitter and enjoying each other on Bluesky https://t.co/dcMfelb8FN

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@diannahaze Ya, kind of like being sentenced to jail. And just for having a problematic immune system!

It’s part of the reason I’m trying to get more of the long COVID/MECFS community moved over to Bluesky, a friendlier place. Tips at https://t.co/fu1xzMNiiT

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

The link is of course https://t.co/AbuW8afOWG , but I heard that if one adds a link to a tweet that it gets demoted so I wanted to test that out by only putting the link in the reply and then seeing how many impressions the main tweet gets.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

Yay! My hopefully helpful instructions on how to migrate ones community from Xitter to Bluesky are pretty much complete. Check out “helpB luesky dot me”. Even has info on cross-posting so you can still send your bodacious posts to Xitter until you want to completely cut ties.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

Yay! My hopefully helpful instructions on how to migrate ones community from Xitter to Bluesky are pretty much complete. Check out https://t.co/AbuW8afh78 . Even has info on cross-posting so you can still send your bodacious posts to Xitter until you want to completely cut ties.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

Testing sending post to Xitter, Bluesky, and Mastodon using Buffer

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

posting to Xitter and Bluesky

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

Just another reminder that Xitter is trash and you can easily move using https://t.co/AbuW8afOWG . Sooo much more civilized.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@diannahaze The grief is real, and so hard. For folks missing their old self (that’s me too!) I highly recommend the article “Existential crisis: how long COVID patients helped us understand what it’s like to lose your sense of identity and purpose in life” https://t.co/fAOZhrOui0

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@loomdoop I’m only here to encourage people to jump ship to bluesky

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

@Mtclai @SFElections Prognosis impressively wrong, naive, and misleading. Sure glad you lost.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

It’s called Xitter for a reason. Come on over to the other side.

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

And then there is this https://t.co/ZugQlKVeZ0

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

I decided to try out https://t.co/7qLwSTcvFi and I got to say - it is so much better. And moving is easy because you can use “starter pack lists” to connect with interesting folks. Odd lack of trolls. Great lack of ads!

[Michael Smith @skibu.bsky.social @skibuSmith]

And I’m not alone. Bsky reports another 1,000,000 accounts in just the last 24hrs