In the tower of babel created by social media, complex thinking fell down a rabbit hole. Unhinged and threatening Twitter pile-ons ramp up extremist views. Fair-minded resolutions about not living in a comforting echo chamber of confirming views have been battered into extinction.
One commentator writes; “The future of social media looks increasingly segregated for users’ safety, like rival fans at football. X for the rightwing and the raging; centrists and policy nerds on Bluesky; people who hate politics on Threads or Instagram; Gen Z on TikTok; boomers on Facebook.”
Bluesky, the newest entrant to the game is small but expanding fast as it attracts news junkies and politicos. Twitter X and Zuckerburg’s Meta Threads still number users in gzillions but that may not last for ever.
Bluesky had its official launch after an invitation-only beta period on 4 February 2024 when blissfully Pluto had just dipped a toe into Aquarius with the Sun in Aquarius.
Twitter launched 21 March 2006 has an Aries Sun trine Saturn in Leo and square Pluto – resilient, enduring, tough-minded. There’s also Mars in argumentative Gemini square Mercury Uranus and widely opposition Pluto – for the warrior, ranting and raving tribe.
Meta Threads, 5 July 2023 7pm EDT, a Sun Cancer, also has a super-charged Mars in flamboyant Leo on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Neptune sextile Pluto.
The one to watch ahead is Twitter X which is lurching into tr Saturn Neptune assaulting and undermining its Aries Sun from mid 2025 onwards into 2026 at which point tr Pluto opposes its Saturn for a time of hardship and deprivation into 2027.
Elon Musk, 28 June 1971 7.30am (biography, Rodden B) Pretoria, South Africa, won’t appreciate tr Uranus moving into Gemini since it will oppose his Neptune and conjunct his Saturn from July 2025 into 2026, sending his highly strung nervous system into overdrive with mounting concerns. In 2025 as well the early Lunar Eclipse and later Solar Eclipse will both tug on his Pluto so will be interesting to see what happens to his influence and grip on power. 2026 will be worse with a dead-halt, trapped, scary SA Pluto square his Mars and a seriously undermining tr Neptune Saturn square his Cancer Sun.
Mark Zuckerburg, 14 May 1984 White Plains, New York, no verified birth time, will also face his challenges through the celestial transition, though not as damagingly as Musk. Zuck has his Pluto at zero Scorpio and his Neptune at zero Capricorn both of which have been under pressure recently up to the end of this year. His 2026 looks like a sinker with his SA Mars conjunct his Neptune but he’ll bounce again in 2027.
Here are the fixed star interps for BLUESKY PUBLIC:
Heliacal rising star….Acumen….”Suffering at the hands of others.”
PARANS: Capulus culminates as the Sun sets….”To be harsh with others.”
Pollux sets as Mercury rises…..”To take the contra argument.”
Maybe adding Fediverse social media like Mastodon or Pixelfed as well?
It’s telling that while I’ve had an account since 2014, I only really got into Twitter following Trump’s first victory, and I deleted the app in the morning of November 6th. I had thought of it for numerous times after Elon took over, but stayed for Ukraine content and the fact Finnish X managed to stay “normal” for quite a while when you muted the usual suspects after the acquisition. But this year, I saw all the features I loved, such as being able to get my “Breaking News” and related content from one platform deteriorate. For instance, I remember that during Hurricanes Irma and Harvey the # brought me to some pretty amazing content from people on sites. During Milton, all I got was commentary from obvious engagement farms. In addition, there were literal Nazis commenting on anything my favourite contributors in Finnish wrote.
After doomscrolling for most of the week leading to Elections, I finally reached the breaking point on November 6th. And, to be honest, it wasn’t people who celebrated Trump. It was the doom and gloom my algorithm showed me, a presumed Liberal, from accounts that seemed to be Liberal, as well.
I went essentially without any text format SoMe for a week – I do have some Facebook groups that are active this period, and as an original beauty blog addict I have many people I follow on IG – then started to look at my Bluesky account I’d neglected for a year or so. And I liked what I saw! So many of the people who I really enjoyed on Twitter but almost didn’t see on X despite following and commenting were there, or transferring.
So, right now, Bluesky seems like my “go to” text form space. But as said, since I’m a tailend Gen X (I guess about 3 months from being an official Xennial), and a 3rd house NN/Venus/Uranus just loving to connect through technology, I’ve seen the whole evolution of SoMe from the first boards, and still have several places I hang out at.
Can anyone tell me if Elon Musk’s time been confirmed ?
@Helen, I think it comes from his mother Maya. Absolutely the type of a model/socialite who would have written down the info when their babies were born back in the early 1970’s, and then consulted an astrologer or seven.
Also the Onion just bought the Alex Jones empire at a judicial auction with the help of Sandy Hook parents who have lost their children to a mass murderer and were defamed by him. The Onion will make the Alex Jones legacy anti-MAGA. The resistance lives.
No, a judge said yesterday there were transparency concerns in the bidding process and put the sale on hold.
The judge said he’s not accusing the parties of doing anything improper but noted that the backup bidders didn’t even know the winning bid and weren’t given a chance to increase their bid.
Great news about Musk. He is clearly overplaying his hand. He apparently met the Iranian ambassador at the UN. What a fool.
I would add Substack to the list of friendly and humane social networks.
@André Substack is more of a blogging platform, though? Many of my favorite OG-Twitter follows had/have Substack. I’ve read their articles there, but never really commented there.