Even before the U.S. election sped up an exodus from the Elon Musk-owned site, X had reportedly lost one-fifth of its active users in the U.S. and one-third in the U.K.. Bluesky seems to have the juice to win over some of those fleeing users — especially journalists and others interested in news …
Hashtag follows were a game changer for my experience. The people that remember to use them usually care about what they’re saying, too, and seem to be more invested in the Fedi way of doing things.
I also recommend https://fedi.tips/ for getting started.