I’m going to admit the title is a little tongue-in-cheek.

Yes, I am what liberals would describe as a conservative (although I don’t believe Donald Trump is the second coming of Jesus Christ).

Yes, I have an account on Twitter that I barely use (or X, or whatever it’s now called).

Yes, I have an account on Bluesky, which has been described as the diaspora for butt-hurt liberals who don’t like Twitter being owned by Elon Musk or Donald Trump and conservatives being let back onto the platform (although honestly I haven’t seen much of a difference).

I didn’t leave Twitter and join Bluesky because of Musk, or Trump, or being butt-hurt, but simply because of Twitter’s lack of open code. To do what I do on BlueSky (lifelog) would cost me at least $100 a month to do with Twitter. When there are so many social platforms to deal with, being able to share easily across them is what I prefer.

I’m not a fan of Facebook for the same reason I’m not a fan of Twitter (inability to automate), but I have an account there because that’s where friends and family are and they don’t want to be anywhere else. When I share information it’s a necessary extra step to post there; but the people who follow me there won’t go anywhere else.

What I want to avoid is creating an echo-chamber around myself. That’s what people who interact on a single platform—Twitter, Facebook, Bluesky, Discord, &c.—end up with. We want to be safe in our carefully curated spaces rather than be forced to think about our opinions and what we believe about faith, politics, or whether Starbucks or Joffrey’s is the better expensive coffee drink.