A New Oracle Home

People are fleeing X in droves. There’s a couple reasons for this, none of which I’ll really get into here. Google it if you’re curious and not in the know…

So where are they going? It sure seems like Bluesky is the destination. In the last couple of weeks, there have been over 1 million new accounts created there per day. Check out this site to see the specifics.

A portion of these millions of digital refugees are from the Oracle community. And form the discussions that have already happened on Bluesky, we are all overjoyed by the refreshing aura of our new home. There’s no ads, bots, trolls or anything else to get in the way of meaningful, spirited and even fun discussions. Just like Twitter used to be a long time ago.

Starter Packs

If you’re ready to make the jump, check out some of these Starter Packs. A Starter Pack is a curated list of people that you can follow with a single click. This makes it easy to populate your feed in just seconds - something that typically takes time and effort on any social platform.

Here’s a list of a few to get you started:

• Oracle APEX Starter Pack

• Oracle ACE Members

• Oracle Database Product Managers

• Oracle Folk

You can use any or all of them once you create an account. In fact, if you don’t have an account, just click any of the links and it will walk you through the process of creating one and adding that Starter Pack!

A New Hope

With better blocking and moderation tools, Bluesky seems to be the new place to be. Whether it’s for Oracle or any other interest, the tone of the conversation is refreshingly decent, and those who try to disrupt this can quickly and easily be ignored. And yes, of course Mark Hamill already has an account there!

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