@hrvenkatesh
Always looking for conversation. Checking for narratives re: polarisation, propaganda, disinfo at BOOM FactCheck, writing mediabuddhi.substack.com | Professional journalist, Bangalorean Delhiwala in London. A legal alien kinda like Englishman in New York.
So I made a thing. It's a word game called WordSutra. You can describe it as NYTConnections for Indians (though that would be inaccurate). Why don't you check it out?! 😊 www.wordsutra.in
Same same but slightly different here :) in that I'm trying to only follow people who have at least one of the following two:
1) a photo (which I get many ppl don't want to provide)
2) some signs that they're hooman
Is that what this is? 😊 I suppose it is!
As a start for me as well, saying hello to folks I do know exist but don't know personally @nilanjanaroy.bsky.social and @dalitdiva.bsky.social
Also saying hello to people I didn't know existed 24 hours ago such as @lucidillusions.in and @somabasu.com
Hellos all round!
As a start, I'm introducing some people I know but who may not know each other. For example, I'm pretty sure @zigzackly.bsky.social and @jackerhack.ing know each other but do you folks know @josephjohn000.bsky.social and @anuradhabhasin.bsky.social @sreenet.bsky.social?
Maybe you do!
1) I'm intrigued if those migrating here will replicate the power networks of Twitter. Will we only:
1) RT, like those we did on Twitter?
2) Speak only with those we did there?
We have a new opportunity to reboot...before here too inevitably our interaction become calcified!
Lol. Reminds me of this Frank Zappa song, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, which I suppose is unsanitary because of animal urine.
The one ordinary thing I did was rinse out the big bag garbage bin with hot soap water. Twice. It felt nice. Proof that I was being responsible! 😊
Thank you! I'm intrigued by the number of starter packs but obviously not surprised! 😊
This is a wonderful resource, thank you very much :)
It turns out that Starter Packs are quite similar to Lists. Here's one I found go.bsky.app/3Z4SHZa Add me to the starter pack? @lucidillusions.bsky.social
I'll add folks on it to the Indiagiri list. Whichever method has more utilitarian value, we could stick to it!
For those who want a non-algorithmic feed...making a list of people who like to talk about India and Indian issues. Do check if you can join it and add other people to it!
(Exploring possibilities here so if there's another way to do this, do holler!)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Lovely to read this little bit of memory! And hello back! It also seems like this is the first thread I've read on blue sky.
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Intriguing. I might give it a spin!
Telugu, which I don't understand at all, but can quite bizarrely read because it is so similar to the Kannada script.
Come say hi and one inconsequential thing you did recently and I'll say hi back with something ordinary that I did! 😊
Hello! Any recommendations for nuanced chatter related to India?
Lol.
I'm kinda shocked that I'm so comfortable with that familiar feeling about England in Limited Overs Cricket...it's as if 2019 never existed!
Hello is there such as a thing as #IndianTwitter? If there isn't, can we get started?