[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Farticles\u002Fblue-sky-vs-twitter":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":760,"description":761,"extension":762,"head":763,"imageUrl":764,"meta":765,"navigation":766,"ogImage":763,"path":767,"robots":763,"schemaOrg":763,"seo":768,"sitemap":769,"stem":770,"__hash__":771},"articles\u002Farticles\u002F11.Blue-sky-vs-twitter.md","Why BlueSky is better than Twitter",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":739},"minimark",[9,13,39,44,47,50,56,67,70,110,113,117,128,132,141,157,165,180,188,191,195,198,202,205,276,279,283,286,297,300,303,309,313,316,321,324,327,333,337,345,348,351,354,357,360,363,367,370,373,377,381,384,387,390,394,397,408,411,415,422,425,428,431,434,442,445,449,452,455,458,462,466,469,472,475,478,482,485,489,492,495,499,502,507,510,517,521,524,527,537,540,543,547,550,553,556,560,563,572,576,580,587,603,607,610,613,617,620,624,627,639,648,654,657,677,680,683,686,689,692,695,705,709,716,724,728],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"why-bluesky-is-better-than-twitter",[14,15,16,20,23,29,36],"text-lead",{},[17,18,19],"p",{},"In the past few weeks, the popularity of BlueSky literally soared.",[17,21,22],{},"I've seen a ton of users, especially from the \"tech Twitter\" category, who announced that they were moving\nto BlueSky or even deleting their Twitter accounts. And this happened almost instantly.",[17,24,25],{},[26,27,28],"highlight",{},"Many people describe BlueSky as an example of what Twitter should have looked like.",[17,30,31,32],{},"As someone who primarily focuses on UI\u002FUX, I will review these two platforms and share my personal opinion. ",[33,34,35],"strong",{},"I'm sorry\nin advance that the post is not well-structured, BSky evolves so fast that I'll never finish otherwise.",[17,37,38],{},"If one wishes to write a book on usability or user experience, Twitter serves as an excellent example of numerous\nmistakes. Moreover, the frequent and unpredictable changes continue to be detrimental from a UI\u002FUX perspective.",[40,41,43],"h2",{"id":42},"brief-stats","Brief stats",[17,45,46],{},"I've started writing this post a couple of weeks ago, and it's simply hard to keep up with all the news that appears\ndaily about BlueSky's growth.",[17,48,49],{},"Here is the screenshot I took initially.",[51,52],"v-image",{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":54,"src":55},"true","Google trends chart comparing threads, twitter and blue sky social networks","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fgoogle-trends.png",[17,57,58,59,66],{},"According to Google Trends, BlueSky reached a peak in October, surpassing both Twitter and Threads. I'm not sure why it\nhappened, but Elon's announcement of yet another X feature — that ",[60,61,65],"a",{"href":62,"rel":63},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2024\u002F9\u002F23\u002F24252438\u002Fx-blocked-users-view-public-posts",[64],"nofollow","X will allow people you've blocked to see your\nposts"," — probably served as the catalyst.",[17,68,69],{},"In any case, what's important is that by November 15, 2024, we can definitely observe an interesting situation. Many\ntech influencers, famous Twitter users, and well-known individuals worldwide began migrating to BlueSky at that time.",[17,71,72,77,78,77,83,77,88,93,94,77,99,104,105],{},[60,73,76],{"href":74,"rel":75},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fkelseyhightower.com\u002Fpost\u002F3l6vyyvgjj72q",[64],"Some"," ",[60,79,82],{"href":80,"rel":81},"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FJoshWComeau\u002Fstatus\u002F1853923738271801665",[64],"announced",[60,84,87],{"href":85,"rel":86},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fquinnypig.bsky.social\u002Fpost\u002F3lazbqdpcgc2h",[64],"that",[60,89,92],{"href":90,"rel":91},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fme.nzen.ski\u002Fpost\u002F3lacmcajvxb2d",[64],"they","\nleft Twitter,\nwhile\n",[60,95,98],{"href":96,"rel":97},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fbell.bz\u002Fpost\u002F3l7xuvtswqj2g",[64],"others deleted",[60,100,103],{"href":101,"rel":102},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fjustinjuno.dev\u002Fpost\u002F3lac4rziouy2w",[64],"all their tweets and locked their accounts",",\nor ",[60,106,109],{"href":107,"rel":108},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fkevdog.bsky.social\u002Fpost\u002F3l6vz5uor5w2s",[64],"even completely deleted them",[17,111,112],{},"Today I checked Google trends for X and BlueSky for tha past 90 days in the US.",[51,114],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":115,"src":116},"Google trends chart comparing twitter and blue sky social networks in the past 90 days","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fgoogle-trends-2.png",[17,118,119,120,123,124,127],{},"With more than ",[33,121,122],{},"500K+ searches over the last 7 days",", BlueSky is ranked in the ",[33,125,126],{},"top 8 in the US",".",[51,129],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":130,"src":131},"The volume of Google traffic for the past 7 days (8-15th November).","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fgoogle-trends-3.png",[17,133,134,135,140],{},"News like this keeps coming in. For instance,\na ",[60,136,139],{"href":137,"rel":138},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fjburnmurdoch.bsky.social\u002Fpost\u002F3lata7c6dfs2t",[64],"recent post by John Burn-Murdoch",", a columnist\nand chief data reporter at the Financial Times, demonstrates that as BlueSky's user base grew, the number of Twitter\u002FX\naccount deactivations also increased concurrently.",[51,142,145],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":143,"src":144},"Two charts demonstrating that BlueSky daily visits  went high while X (Twitter) deactivations als went high at the same time.\n","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Ftrends-by-ft.png",[146,147,149],"template",{"v-slot:description":148},"",[17,150,151,152],{},"by ",[60,153,156],{"href":154,"rel":155},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fjburnmurdoch.bsky.social",[64],"John Burn-Murdoch",[17,158,159,160,127],{},"And now we're witnessing how it becomes #1 app in Apple app store (by November 17, 2024). Images are taken\nfrom ",[60,161,164],{"href":162,"rel":163},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fwongmjane.com\u002Fpost\u002F3lb62q5rqwc2n",[64],"Jane's post",[166,167,168,174],"two-columns",{},[146,169,170],{"v-slot:first":148},[51,171],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":172,"src":173},"The Google Play Store rankings in the US as of November 177, 2024.","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fgoogle-play.jpg",[146,175,176],{"v-slot:second":148},[51,177],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":178,"src":179},"The App Store rankings in the US as of November 17, 2024.","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fapp-store.jpg",[17,181,182,183,127],{},"And just before publishing this article, yet another post, now from the official BlueSky\naccount, ",[60,184,187],{"href":185,"rel":186},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fpost\u002F3lb3qyu64bs2z",[64],"saying that it crossed 18M+ users",[17,189,190],{},"In this article, I'll finally do what I planned to do for quite some time — roast Twitter UI and compare it to the\nBlueSky experience.",[40,192,194],{"id":193},"twitter-from-usability-point-of-view","Twitter from usability point of view",[17,196,197],{},"It's almost impossible to have enough patience to go over each nook and cranny of Twitter UI, so I'll put it bluntly.\nHere is the start screen.",[51,199],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":200,"src":201},"Twitter start screen","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Ftwitter.png",[17,203,204],{},"Let's count how many useful links we have in the navigation, including items under the \"more\" menu:",[166,206,207,241],{},[146,208,209],{"v-slot:first":148},[210,211,212,213,212,217,212,220,212,223,212,226,212,229,212,232,212,235,212,238],"ol",{},"\n  ",[214,215,216],"li",{},"Home",[214,218,219],{},"Explore",[214,221,222],{},"Notifications",[214,224,225],{},"Messages",[214,227,228],{},"Grok",[214,230,231],{},"Premium",[214,233,234],{},"Communities",[214,236,237],{},"Verified Orgs",[214,239,240],{},"Community Notes",[146,242,243],{"v-slot:second":148},[210,244,246,249,252,255,258,261,264,267,270,273],{"start":245},10,[214,247,248],{},"Profile",[214,250,251],{},"More - Lists",[214,253,254],{},"More - Bookmarks",[214,256,257],{},"More - Monetization",[214,259,260],{},"More - Ads",[214,262,263],{},"More - Jobs",[214,265,266],{},"More - Create Your Space",[214,268,269],{},"More - Settings and privacy",[214,271,272],{},"Account - Add an existing account",[214,274,275],{},"Account - Log out",[17,277,278],{},"Now, here is the menu of SalesForce CRM.",[51,280],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":281,"src":282},"SalesForce start screen","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fsales-force.png",[17,284,285],{},"I believe you can see what I'm driving at. The number of links is comparable to that of a CRM. While this isn't\nnecessarily a bad thing, a social network can indeed offer a wide range of features. However, does Twitter:",[210,287,288,291,294],{},[214,289,290],{},"Show us necessary features?",[214,292,293],{},"Organizes the navigation in a reasonable way?",[214,295,296],{},"Uses proper icons, spacing, and words?",[17,298,299],{},"As I said, I'm looking from the user point of view. Whether the business benefits from it or not doesn't matter to me.\nOf course, every UX designer should take into account business goals, and in an ideal world, both sides (business and\nusers) should be happy.",[17,301,302],{},"But here I'm comparing two platforms to choose which one offers a better user experience. Twitter users the patterns\nthat are non-conventional, let alone the number of bugs and bots.",[17,304,305,306,127],{},"Anyway, let's simply state what is absolutely wrong in ",[26,307,308],{},"my not-so-humble opinion",[40,310,312],{"id":311},"whats-wrong-with-twitter-ui","What's wrong with Twitter UI?",[17,314,315],{},"I logged in and looked at the menu.",[317,318,320],"h3",{"id":319},"what-is-grok","What is Grok?",[17,322,323],{},"Some kind of AI assistant? With the same success, you can call the home page \"Korg.\" Why not?",[17,325,326],{},"Okay, if I understand correctly, this assistant should make tweeting easier. Instead, I have to stop writing my tweets\nand switch to Grok. It's highly likely I'll lose what I've already written. You know, in order to check my grammar or\nthink about some words, I open a new tab and ask ChatGPT instead.",[17,328,329,332],{},[26,330,331],{},"The problem is that it doesn't help me in any way when writing my posts,"," while every scheduling tool does\nthat. Look at how TypeFully helps with AI.",[51,334],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":335,"src":336},"How Typefully utilizes AI to help writing better posts","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Ftypefully.gif",[17,338,339,340,127],{},"No, it's not an ad, and TypeFully doesn't support BlueSky yet, but I already mentioned their UI solutions on Smashing\nMagazine. For example, how they\nuse ",[60,341,344],{"href":342,"rel":343},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.smashingmagazine.com\u002F2024\u002F09\u002Fhow-manage-dangerous-actions-user-interfaces\u002F",[64],"inline guards",[317,346,231],{"id":347},"premium",[17,349,350],{},"The amount and limitations and controversy regarding Twitter's tariff plans are truly outrageous. I don't remember all\nthe logic that lies behind different plans, and there is no surprise why people constantly ask whether they should buy\nPremium or maybe Premium+?",[17,352,353],{},"I'm not even sure if users who have just signed up can read more than 500 or so tweets. How do you feel about this\nlimitation on reading for the free plan? It's ironic that I'm not fact-checking this, as it could have undergone\nnumerous changes already.",[17,355,356],{},"But back to the UI. Where would you usually expect to see information about your subscription? Right in the middle of\nnavigation?! Not in account settings, not in the top-right corner, but simply right in the middle?",[317,358,234],{"id":359},"communities",[17,361,362],{},"Let's see what we have here.",[51,364],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":365,"src":366},"Twitter's communities page","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fcommunities.png",[17,368,369],{},"Although I could assume the first three are my communities, it wouldn't hurt to state this explicitly. Additionally, the\npage has a feed of posts from these communities. But at the same time, Twitter has lists, where you can add members and\nsee their posts. What's the exact difference between those feeds?",[17,371,372],{},"While communities have richer functionality, it's still not enough. Have you ever heard that someone recommended\nTwitter (not Circle, Discord, or anything else) to create a community?",[51,374],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":375,"src":376},"The home page of a list","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Flist.png",[51,378],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":379,"src":380},"The home page of accessibility community","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Faccessibility.png",[17,382,383],{},"BlueSky also offers two similar features: lists and feeds. But that's different. Custom feeds typically lack any\ncomplicated algorithm (at least I think so). There are plenty of feeds, and you can add any of them. For instance, the \"\nPopular with friends\" feed combines popular content from accounts you follow with content that your followers find\nappealing.",[17,385,386],{},"Lists are just lists; you can add members to them.",[17,388,389],{},"Okay, let's see how well my community is doing. So we open the homepage of a community and—wait a second. Where are the\nmembers? Any information? Anything a community should have? Let's accidentally scroll up.",[51,391],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":392,"src":393},"The top of the accessibility community page","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Faccessibility-top.png",[17,395,396],{},"Ah, here it is. Now, look at the red area I highlighted. I bet you won't guess what each icon means and does.",[210,398,399,402,405],{},[214,400,401],{},"The sparkle icon is (of course...) not related to AI.",[214,403,404],{},"The upload (or download, or export) will not prompt you with anything like that.",[214,406,407],{},"Turning on notifications will trigger a modal that will ask you a few questions. You cannot opt to receive\nnotifications\nwhen someone posts. Maybe it's okay, since you'll get a lot of notifications, but I have a strange feeling that some\ncommunities are made for this. For instance, I receive notifications when someone sends a message in Telegram chat\ngroups. I can turn it off, but it's up to me.",[17,409,410],{},"And finally, the \"Joined\" button. I'm going to take a photo of how I see it, right in my room.",[51,412],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":413,"src":414},"A photo taken from my home with a sticker on a switcher saying 'joined'","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fjoined.png",[17,416,417,418],{},"What will happen if I flick the switch on? Right, my cat will ask me to feed her; ",[419,420,421],"em",{},"I'll be right back.",[17,423,424],{},"Okay, I understand; sometimes people use this trick: when you hover over the button, or, for example, a table row, a\ndelete button appears. But for the community home page?!",[26,426,427],{},"A button saying \"Joined\" that is used to leave the community!?",[317,429,237],{"id":430},"verified-orgs",[17,432,433],{},"I'll go over the icon choices later. But what are verified orgs? A list of organizations that are verified on Twitter,\nright?",[435,436,437],"v-alert",{},[146,438,439],{"v-slot:content":148},[17,440,441],{},"By the way, my IDE says \"orgs\" is a typo. I swear it is possible to find some extra pixels to fit \"organizations,\" or,\nbetter, \"companies.\".",[17,443,444],{},"Like, those special organizations that are verified, and I can check them. BBC, CNN, Apple, whichever. Let's subscribe\nto cool guys then!",[51,446],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":447,"src":448},"A modal asking whether I would like to subscribe to one of tariff plans","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fverified-organizations.png",[17,450,451],{},"Ah, they ask for money. I should have guessed. Again, I'll get increased reach and four options. Let alone that the\nPremium that we already had.",[17,453,454],{},"In the middle of the menu, while lists, bookmarks, and spaces are hidden under the more icon.",[17,456,457],{},"Soon it will be like this:",[51,459],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":460,"src":461},"An irony showing twitter's fake page","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fhow-i-see-twitter.png",[317,463,465],{"id":464},"starter-packs","Starter Packs!",[17,467,468],{},"Here is when things become different. Both Twitter and BlueSky have lists. On Twitter, lists are hidden under the \"more\"\nicon, even though it's more important than \"Verified Orgs,\" in my opinion. But you can follow the list, not the\nfollowers, unless you do it manually (or I don't know how to follow them all).",[17,470,471],{},"The BlueSky team came up with a brilliant idea—starter packs. They function as a list of recommended followers for both\nnew and existing users. With one click, you can follow them all, or you can choose exactly whom to follow.",[17,473,474],{},"Imagine you sign up for a new social network and see a familiar face who created a curated list of developers. It's\nsuper tempting to follow them all and have a lovely feed to read. Plus, the design of the starter packs is right spot\non. It shows avatars of people you could already know. It just",[26,476,477],{},"It feels like this is a special list of special people you need to follow, recommended by a trusted person.",[51,479],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":480,"src":481},"Comparison of BlueSky starter pack and Twitter list","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Flists.png",[17,483,484],{},"This is how the starter pack page looks. It's not mandatory to follow everyone; it's up to you to choose who to follow.",[51,486],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":487,"src":488},"BlueSky starter pack page","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fstarter-pack.png",[17,490,491],{},"What we had on Twitter for ages? When someone wants to share a list of accounts, they just tag all of them, either in\none post or in a thread. The post will eventually go down in the timeline, and that's it (unless you bookmarked or\npinned it).",[17,493,494],{},"But gosh, just compare these two approaches:",[51,496],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":497,"src":498},"Comparison of two different approaches for handling lists of people","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fcomparison.png",[17,500,501],{},"There are so many sections, pages, and modals that it may end up being a book of wrong usability decisions.",[17,503,504],{},[26,505,506],{},"While X is trying to be \"the everything app\" it becomes \"the nothing app\".",[17,508,509],{},"It's challenging to quickly develop a quality job board, streaming, posting, and community app while simultaneously\nlaying off a significant number of engineers.",[17,511,512,513,516],{},"Does anyone use Twitter for looking for jobs? I mean, in the jobs page. Or if I ask you, what platform would you\nrecommend to me for making a community, will Twitter be your first choice? ",[419,514,515],{},"Will you at least think of it","? While it has\na\njob board and communities.",[317,518,520],{"id":519},"back-to-ui","Back to UI",[17,522,523],{},"My favorite game is to try to guess the meanings of icons without labels. Yes, context matters. Yes, you can get used to\nthem. But why not choose icons that suit better?",[17,525,526],{},"Yes, it might be hard to find a suitable icon for some menu items, but this sometimes happens because the whole menu is\na total mess.",[435,528,529],{},[146,530,531,534],{"v-slot:content":148},[17,532,533],{},"If your navigation items are complex and have difficult-to-find icons, it may be better to avoid them altogether. As\nlong as your clickable area is large enough, the links are accessible, and the text is familiar to your target audience,\nit won't be too bad.",[17,535,536],{},"However, if you have labels with wrong icons, I wouldn't say it makes the UI better.",[17,538,539],{},"Anyway, here are three pictures. The first one without labels. The second one is what I would think these icons mean.\nThe third one is hidden. Click the button to reveal the answer.",[541,542],"icons-guess",{},[40,544,546],{"id":545},"lets-talk-about-bluesky","Let's talk about BlueSky",[17,548,549],{},"I wouldn't say that it's a perfect application that doesn't have any flaws. Although it is still in its early stages, I\nfind it much more enjoyable to use.",[17,551,552],{},"One of the reasons is that the quality of the feed is better since many tech experts (I really mean it) migrated to\nBlueSky.",[17,554,555],{},"But let's take a look at its UI, since even though it's better than Twitter''s', it yet has some room to improve.",[317,557,559],{"id":558},"home-page","Home page",[17,561,562],{},"The home page resembles Twitter very much. The key difference is that it looks pretty clean. There aren't many links,\nsubscriptions (premium, premium+, verified orgs, and so on), or other distracting elements.",[17,564,565,566,571],{},"What I want to draw your attention to is that Twitter is a mess. It's a mess of colors, icons, and information\narchitecture. Look at this\n",[60,567,570],{"href":568,"rel":569},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fvpon.me\u002Fpost\u002F3latui2zlpk2x",[64],"post, which compares the search input on two different platforms",",\nto understand what I mean.",[51,573],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":574,"src":575},"BlueSky home page","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fblue-sky.png",[317,577,579],{"id":578},"navigation","Navigation",[17,581,582,583,586],{},"The navigation ",[419,584,585],{},"definitely"," seems way cleaner and does not contain a lot of weird things. The only thing that is\nsomewhat\ncontroversial is the feeds icon. To me, it seems like it's a hashtag. But it's not that easy to find a proper icon...\nProbably it should be something related to a list or a timeline, not sure.",[166,588,591,597],{"className":589},[590],"place-items-center",[146,592,593],{"v-slot:first":148},[51,594],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":595,"src":596,":centered":53},"BlueSky Navigation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fblue-sky-navigation.png",[146,598,599],{"v-slot:second":148},[51,600],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":601,"src":602,":centered":53},"Twitter Navigation","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Ficons-revealed.png",[317,604,606],{"id":605},"new-post","New post",[17,608,609],{},"While at first glance these two forms look similar, the devil is in the details.",[17,611,612],{},"Here is the Twitter form.",[51,614],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":615,"src":616,":centered":53},"Twitter post form","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Ftwitter-new-post.png",[17,618,619],{},"And the BlueSky form.",[51,621],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":622,"src":623,":centered":53},"BlueSky post form","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fbluesky-new-post.png",[17,625,626],{},"In my opinion, both forms violate the general rule of element placement. A very general, typical modal with all the\nbuttons usually looks like this.",[51,628,631],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":629,"src":630,":centered":53},"General modal","\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fmodal.png",[146,632,633],{"v-slot:description":148},[17,634,635],{},[60,636,638],{"href":637},"https:\u002F\u002Fframesxdesign.com\u002Ffigma-components\u002Fmodals","A sample modal from FramesX",[17,640,641,642,647],{},"The thing is, there is the ",[60,643,646],{"href":644,"rel":645},"https:\u002F\u002Flawsofux.com\u002Fjakobs-law\u002F",[64],"Jakob's law",", whhich states that:",[649,650,651],"blockquote",{},[17,652,653],{},"Users spend most of their time on other sites. This means that users\nprefer your site to work the same way as all the\nother sites they already know.",[17,655,656],{},"So most of the time a modal has",[210,658,659,665,671],{},[214,660,661,662],{},"A title in the header at the ",[26,663,664],{},"left-top corner",[214,666,667,668],{},"The close icon is located in the ",[26,669,670],{},"right-top corner",[214,672,673,674],{},"The CTA button or several buttons are located in the ",[26,675,676],{},"bottom-right corner",[17,678,679],{},"While for each rule there is an exception, I still believe that both Twitter and BlueSky could make the modals more\ntraditional-styled. Especially Twitter, since it has a lot of other issues (e.g. showing me a disabled location icon,\nwithout any hint why it's disabled, even on hover).",[17,681,682],{},"For some reason both social networks laced the close icon to the left-top corner and there is no title or the modal. The\nCTA buttons placement is also different (on BlueSky).",[17,684,685],{},"But it seems to me that it becomes an acceptable solution, since it looks like people use it without any complains\n(until you get to the scheduling form on Twitter 😅).",[17,687,688],{},"But look at how BlueSky treat their UI compared to Twitter.",[51,690],{":hasBorder":53,":rounded":53,"alt":622,"src":691,":centered":53},"\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fbluesky-vs-twitter.png",[17,693,694],{},"This is what happens when you select who can interact with your post. Let's call things by their proper names.",[17,696,697,698,701,702,127],{},"On the left side we can see a ",[33,699,700],{},"messy UI",", on the right side we can see a ",[33,703,704],{},"clean UI",[40,706,708],{"id":707},"bonus-feature-that-i-adore-about-bluesky","Bonus feature that I adore about BlueSky",[17,710,711,712,715],{},"Instead of thinking about username, you can use your use ",[26,713,714],{},"your own domain"," as a handle! Literally, it means\nthat everyone who sees the link to your profile, who sees your avatar in a feed, and in many other places, can\nunderstand that your handle is your site.",[26,717,718,719,723],{},"Here is mine ",[60,720,721],{"href":721,"rel":722},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fvpon.me",[64],". I'm happy to connect! 🙌",[40,725,727],{"id":726},"my-thoughts-about-social-networks","My thoughts about social networks",[210,729,730,733,736],{},[214,731,732],{},"X becomes TikTok.",[214,734,735],{},"Threads works in a strange way, huge affected by algorithm. Some posts get 0 likes, some 500 likes, and both brings\nyou zero followers - what's going on here?",[214,737,738],{},"LinkedIn - overloaded with unnecessary things, but more or less decent to be here",{"title":148,"searchDepth":740,"depth":740,"links":741},2,[742,743,744,753,758,759],{"id":42,"depth":740,"text":43},{"id":193,"depth":740,"text":194},{"id":311,"depth":740,"text":312,"children":745},[746,748,749,750,751,752],{"id":319,"depth":747,"text":320},3,{"id":347,"depth":747,"text":231},{"id":359,"depth":747,"text":234},{"id":430,"depth":747,"text":237},{"id":464,"depth":747,"text":465},{"id":519,"depth":747,"text":520},{"id":545,"depth":740,"text":546,"children":754},[755,756,757],{"id":558,"depth":747,"text":559},{"id":578,"depth":747,"text":579},{"id":605,"depth":747,"text":606},{"id":707,"depth":740,"text":708},{"id":726,"depth":740,"text":727},"2024-11-06T21:11:54+04:00","Bluesky has recently broke through 30M users and doesn't want to stop. In this article I'll compare  Bluesky and X in terms of UI\u002FUX.g\n","md",null,"\u002Fimg\u002Fblue-sky\u002Fsocial.png",{},true,"\u002Farticles\u002Fblue-sky-vs-twitter",{"title":5,"description":761},{"loc":767},"articles\u002F11.Blue-sky-vs-twitter","uIrIBQOWh5-gPc3XMxqto3rRlQaMbicuQoHpxUSd0a0"]