Hey Mastodon!

[bwacton@mastodon.social]

@Plumbert @emilylowan ok thanks I’ll try that

[laurendw@mastodon.social]

@emilylowan bad move. Instead of supporting independent and Canadian-based social media, you've decided to go over to a VC- supported US social media group. This is not behaviour I expected from you.

[gemlog@friendface.kalum.ca]

@emilylowan I'm still disgusted that you/we are using the capitalist bsky instead of pure play free, open source software. I will never use it. Ever.
It makes me feel dirty, quite frankly.
Also, all the 'zoom' and stuff, when there are free - as in freedom- and free -as in beer- alternatives.
That has been the hardest thing to choke back about joining the greens - and hosting is *very* cheap these days for our needs.
It's my only problem with the party. The lack of focus on fixing capitalism and its many ills.

[mastodonmigration@mastodon.online]

@emilylowan

Terrible decision.

There are many reasons people here do not follow Bluesky accounts, so you are abandoning a good portion of your community.

[driusan@doomscroller.social]

@emilylowan@mastodon.social No.

[marcia@spore.social]

For the folks who have already decided to use Bridgy Fed to connect with people who post on Bluesky, here's a more direct link: @emilylowan.bsky.social

@emilylowan

[jmcrookston@mastodon.social]

@emilylowan thanks but nah

[elasticsoul@mastodon.social]

@emilylowan

I follow very few #Bluesky accounts because there's no possibility of interaction. The OP will never see any responses and I don't believe they can be quote-boosted.

Bye for now. Maybe you'll return when Bluesky's censorship gets too much.

[verobeeee@newwest.social]

@emilylowan I understand wanting more reach, but the fediverse is way cooler. Sorry you've subjected yourself to the Bluesky terms of service.

[kinetix@humanwords.party]

@emilylowan
Hello, media manager.

I would love to be able to follow Emily, but some of us have opted not to bridge another US venture capital and crypto funded, vibe-coded, centralised business to our instances.

It's a shame you decided not to go the other direction - fediverse account bridged over to wherever.

If you found your engagement on the fediverse wasn't what you'd hoped, it's likely a good part of it is that announcement-only accounts are pretty well sniffed out and from what I've seen, aren't likely to get terribly engaged with when there's nobody there to engage with.

[mastodonmigration@mastodon.online]

@emilylowan

On the chance you are still reading this account, perhaps it would be good to share an example of someone else who's work was much loved and valued, @GottaLaff. Several months ago she made a similar decision, although she still posts here occasionally. Not sure how much of her audience over here now follows her Bsky bridged account, but can definitely say that it was a blow for many who valued her as a member of this community when she left. A bridged account is not the same thing.

[mastodonmigration@mastodon.online]

@emilylowan

Further, where you post is not a neutral decision. By aligning yourself with a US corporate network, while abandoning public social media, you are sending a message, and this message seems in direct contravention of the ideals you and your organization espouse.

[uncoolmouse@retro.pizza]

@emilylowan echoing what a lot of folks have already pointed out. There's a good reason why a lot of us cannot and don't want to follow a bridged bluesky account.

A lot of folks here on the fediverse understand all tech being political, and our decision to not want to engage with corporate social media (despite bsky's attempts to cosplay as decentralized social media, that's what it truly is) is a political decision, and the only way for us to not get into the same situation as twitter (among other things inflicted by the tech industry) all over again is for us to use and support community owned and operated social networks.

I wish Emily and BC Greens understood this, and had instead chosen to make this account her main home (and attempted to nudge folks on bluesky and elsewhere to the fediverse instead).

[samedwards@mastodon.social]

@emilylowan I'd urge you to reconsider. Perhaps look at what Avi Lewis has to say on the subject https://mstdn.ca/@avilewis/116008221942944727