Bluesky is Adding Users Like Crazy

[@toddcastaldi6536]

Threads just seems like a weird, unnecessary extension of Instagram.

[@rph_redacted]

threads was too restrictive and zuck loves censorship a lot. it was not fit for twitter users, currently blusky is pretty open.

[@michaelchen2718]

it hinges on how important having an existing network of friends is to consumers.

[@kindofanmol]

Threads is actually quite good tbh. Having a platform that's not hellbent on feeding you political content is quite refreshing.

[@ruekurei88]

@@kindofanmolI’m somewhat tempted to like this post, until I remember ‘politics’ to people aren’t always ‘politics’ and could just mean anything about social issues that they aren’t interested in like LGBTQ, poc stuff etc.

[@Hoolagans]

ig backrooms

[@Gome.o]

Bluesky is adding users at 96mph

[@Norp-i7m]

In a school zone.

[@TNTkeynine]

LMAO

[@MorganTheGorgon]

At 3 times the rate twitter is

[@matthew.stevick]

ok after this week, it’s over kids

[@jmoney211]

@@matthew.stevick It's over FOR kids.

[@srhatfield]

3 days later and Bluesky is up to 22M users, so 7 million more users in just 3 days.

[@Just-Human]

That's alot of diddlers

[@Stevo.100]

Aaaaaaand they're back on twitter.

[@srhatfield]

@@Stevo.100 You mean "X".

[@Stevo.100]

@srhatfield did I stutter?

[@srhatfield]

@@Stevo.100 No, you said that wrong name. Elon demands you use his letter.

[@terrencesmith4370]

Google+ was ahead of its time

[@IvoPavlik]

Oh, I miss the circles concept where people could post different topics separately and subscribe to them according their preferences.

[@anotherelvis]

@@IvoPavlik I miss that on Bluesky. Some people cannot stay on one subject.

[@Scott93312]

@@IvoPavlik I think the concept was great, but the execution was terrible. I remember Google+ being an unorganized hot mess.

[@whophd]

So Orkut was … ?

[@Blaze6108]

@@anotherelvis I think you should be able to replicate it with some features of the protocol, but it's still in its infancy. Eventually I think people might create a BSK/AT service like that.

[@LostinaMemory]

Hopefully Blue Sky is better moderated because on X I see lots of people posting themselves committing crimes… although I’ve seen it on KZbin as well with a dude that drove 96mph in a residential area.

[@politcallycorrect5816]

can yall get a life, like honestly.

[@the_crypter]

@@politcallycorrect5816 lol naah, this is more funny

[@CoDB02]

​@politcallycorrect5816 You gotta realize most people who oppose freedom of speech and expression and want censorship are not critical thinkers and are easily led. They will always be sheep ready to be led to the slaughter. Bluesky is doomed to fail because right wingers will never follow to bluesky so it will fail just on that basis. These bluesky users will flock back to X cause the one thing people hate more than engaging with others they disagree with is not having people to disagree with.

[@ily.SUMMER]

​@@the_crypternah dawg, its getting less and less creative

[@Kenbark42]

Just because you don't see it on your social media doesn't mean its not happening. Keep hiding kid

[@Jude74]

I like Bluesky BECAUSE I can choose my own algorithm. I choose not to have anything political on it. If I want political news, I go to an app that tells me which article is neutral. I don’t want left, leaning or right leaning I want neutrality. Why? Because I wanna make up my mind on my own I don’t want somebody else’s opinion infecting my brain. So I tend to only read articles that give the who, what, where and when that’s it. I don’t want them on my feed. I want my interest on my feed. Like books, music local stuff.

[@will-vi9pk]

Neutral will just be left and you will still get bamboozeeled if you want political news you need to learn to goto congres dot gov read bills then look at the roll calls the patterns will emerge in time and you will see the truth without being told by anyone. We dont own our government anymore because nobody does this anymore.

[@WilliamSmith-pp8qp]

The problem is that most mainstream media, that is SUPPOSED to be neutral is actually far left. If you want proof of this, look at how 99% of these mainstream media programmes painted Trump as an absolutely awful person, regularly using ridiculous terms like Nazi, and mocked him continuously which they did not do to the other side. Yet the reality was he won the popular vote very clearly with the wider public despite this as they saw through the propaganda. The reason the left hate twitter so much is that Elon allows free speech and does not censor opposing views. Bluesky is a far left echo chamber where opposing viewpoints are removed.

[@cyberherbalist]

I post a few times per day on X. I tend to follow accounts that I disagree with. I don't need to hear from people whom I mostly agree with. Once in awhile some of those whom I disagree with say something I can agree with, and I "like" their posts, and I even may comment positively about it. It's possible that what they say may influence my own opinion -- but the problem is, they are mostly a bunch of inflexible twats who by their very nature can't admit that someone on the right may have a point. I joined Bluesky just to see what kind of thing would be directed my way. Like you, I elected to leave "politics" unchecked. But I still see political posts. No big deal. Surprisingly, I've seen a lot of posts with pretty pictures, and I can definitely appreciate those (of course, I checked "art" and "music" as part of my algorithm).

[@PhazonBlaxor]

​​@@cyberherbalistHave you looked into feeds at all? That's the custom algorithm part. I follow gaming and photography feeds + have muted words on top of that. Pretty much 99.99% of the content is not political at this point.

[@cyberherbalist]

@@PhazonBlaxor Thanks, I shall check that out!

[@mr.xharlie]

I honestly do not care in bluesky is an echo chamber, i dont want to play a game of racist roulette every time i want to open a post on twitter.

[@jakubzneba1965]

how so? are you not able to click one time to set your feed for not algorithmic use?

[@pedrolobo9898]

4:10 edit: Brazil banned X and not “got banned”

[@phobos258]

Blue sky adding people so fast Marques can't keep up in his Ferrari.

[@Shimeih]

I heard at some point Bluesky was adding 96 000 users every 35 minutes.

[@Scott93312]

LOL.

[@bobrobin5510]

@@Scott93312 Them-orc-rats have more time for socia media nonsense.

[@karlfran0404]

Every one of those new users hurts Elon a little bit 😃

[@MoncœrCoyoteSmith]

Bluesky = former owners of Twitter. Bluesky began in 2019 as a research initiative at Twitter, becoming an independent company in 2021.

[@MagnitudeReviews]

Bluesky is now at 21.5 Million users. At the start of November they were sitting at around 13 Million users. In about a month they are getting close to doubling their entire userbase. That's absurd growth.

[@dang3304]

Bluesky's problem is people don't stick around. Look at tthe DAU chart, it pops when something happens, like Trump winning, then falls quickly afterwards as people go back to Twitter.

[@jasonplayer9047]

@@dang3304 Yes, but it falls back to a higher level. It is growing and sustaining. I think it might have gotten enough critical mass. Also, Twitter's numbers are down more than folks going into Bluesky... which means people are unhappy enough with Twitter that they are leaving social media altogether. That's pretty damning in itself. Twitter made them hate social media.

[@mayspr]

@@dang3304 Bluesky's DAU has been at all time highs all week, the platform seems to have achieved enough momentum this time to break through and maintain consistent use

[@shelleycline3542]

@@dang3304naw

[@CoconutPete]

users... easy to fake

[@TurfSurf]

Right now, it’s adding about 1 million every 2 days. I switched over about 5 days ago, not going back to X or Threads ever, Bluesky is so much cleaner and controllable.

[@Sojourner88]

Twitter is terrible, because it prioritises tweets that annoy you or make people angry to provoke a response, over tweets from people you actually follow and want to engage with. Also, no one calls it ‘X’. Stupidiest branding attempt ever.

[@CJayyTheCreative]

It’s called X not twitter. You have been community noted. Hope this helps 🤭

[@greentokyo]

@@CJayyTheCreative Still sucks tho.

[@kemalshand2082]

Surprised how they unironically calls it X. I'm guessing cause Elon is his buddy and they like Teslas, driving fast cars and criminal acts, they're on the same wavelength..

[@dang3304]

All social media promotes ragebait because ragebait creates engagement, and engagement is measurable. The algorithm can't tell when you found something intellectually stimulating.

[@Sojourner88]

@ No. I found Twitter was more and more frequently pushing be rage bait I never clicked on or even lingered on. People I engaged (I’d read entire conversations, engaged in conversations with) with all the time I saw less and less of. It got to the point where I had to MANUALLY type and search the Twitter account of accounts I already followed for years to see what they were posting because Twitter was not giving it to me anymore. This was what eventually drove me to quit Twitter because rather than have my own curated feed, I was being given shovels of shit bait, I’d scroll through for 30 seconds and close.

[@Chux01]

I like how they talked about blue sky and the technical reasons as to why the app is gaining popularity without mentioning the Trump effect and how the most used feature in the platform right now is the report button 😂

[@michaelchen2718]

2:33 THIS. The Threads algorithm is amongst the worst I have ever seen.

[@jasfx7241]

Fr Latina baddies and brunettes have summoned my thread algorithm

[@Kami84]

@@jasfx7241not a bad problem to have 😂

[@Kbxbigbro808]

They are working on fixing it, Patience is key

[@Kbxbigbro808]

@@jasfx7241 ???

[@Norp-i7m]

Bluesky is becoming popular almost as fast as MKBHD sped through that school zone.

[@enadegheeghaghe6369]

Yawn! Work on new material. This joke is tired already

[@America4933]

First, It was not a school zone.

[@CJayyTheCreative]

@@enadegheeghaghe6369 You want us to take a brake but you don’t want marques to take a brake? Priorities man

[@Sib1204]

​@CJayyTheCreative are you well in the head?

[@dontmatter4423]

@@CJayyTheCreative lol these fanboys can't help but seethe

[@dlifedt]

Literally all ecologists and evolutionary biologists moved there. Even before Musk I was sick of Twitter shoving me random irrelevant stuff

[@ContraVsGigi]

Honest question: "evolutionary biology" is compared to what othe kind of biology, "creationist"?

[@jiffonbuffo]

Pre-Elon Twitter was a DEI-h*llhole, though.

[@CJayyTheCreative]

@@dlifedt y’all don’t care about the ecology. Elon is making electric damn cars and you hate that. Stop pretending you care about the eco system 🤣🤡

[@CJayyTheCreative]

@@dlifedt wrong all the gender gender queer study people left X and we don’t care 😎

[@jzajzz]

of course people just can't wait to follow and have conversations to evolutionary biologists 🙄

[@temanor]

Bluesky's moderation settings is a blessing. It is so easy to remove all politics, and other topics you don't want to see. It is so much better than Twitter is. I hope they will continue growing :)

[@TheDreamManifester]

You basically advocate for censorship, this isn't the win you think it is. X allows for all unadulterated free speech, that's the pitch anyway.

[@TokitoTheMan]

I've noticed that too, Bluesky is kinda like a hybrid of Reddit and Twitter in the sense that it's more community based. It's better for normies who don't want drama

[@mobitecstore7344]

If you don't want the drama then stay away from social media. Bluesky will eventually go away

[@temanor]

@@mobitecstore7344 But I do use social media. I just don't want to see a bunch of political crap that doesn't even happen in my country. I like to see what some people are posting, and I am interested in certain topics. Bluesky just made it much easier to remove the stuff I don't care about.

[@cybercop3108]

​@@mobitecstore7344so use it before it goes away

[@jakesiu7773]

You can say whatever you want on X...as long as you don't talk anything negative about elon..and anything related to him. 😂

[@sihochoi]

I don't get the "twitter is bad" hype. Idk if it's because of my demographic/usage but my twitter experience hasn't changed at all and all the creators I follow still primarily use twitter. It's think not all "communities"/demographics on twitter are being affected the same by whatever is happening with twitter. I feel all so out of loop with the twitter downfall because I haven't felt the downfall at all.

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

Tribal wars creating narratives and counter narratives. I'm sure both will have their strengths and weaknesses. But it is good to have options.

[@jailinderozen9522]

I don't understand it either. I followed mostly artists and game companies before elon bought twitter, and still follow them, my usage never changed, I am not fed any politics (except once I clicked to a shitty liberal ragebaiting magazine, but it was entirely my fault and prior election time with shitty tweets from both sides). I don't even receive Elon's tweets. Maybe experience vary based on region perhaps?

[@remyd8767]

Don't get it either because I didn't use any social platform, unless you count Twitter and KZbin.

[@TwoBs]

Same. Let’s be honest: a lot of it is overdramatic pretentious adults creating the overblown hysteria of it all and building it up as this massive thing that is _totally_ popular that everyone _totally_ deeply cares about, and if we want to be even more honest about it: it all boils down to “this doesn’t align with my politics, I don’t like that I’m having my views challenged, this is all BAD” I don’t notice a big “downfall” … I don’t engage with the cesspit (which should be noted that all platforms have one - yes, even Bluesky it’s just on the opposite end of the spectrum with nonsense and extremes). Twitter/X is still the same as it was prior for me. I still see video game, space, and tech content in abundance, except now I can see the Community Notes pin of shame when someone tries to spread false information (which is great to click on a profile of someone being Noted and scroll their feed to see almost all of their posts are CN’d, making it obvious they’re a massive red flag to avoid at all costs). I like that feature as it actually lets users participate compared to some faceless entity being the arbiters on what is and isn’t “true”. If anything, I actually see more conversations happening in replies on posts. Prior to the buy, things were a bit stale - a bit _too_ sanitized and came off as extremely fake with the way everything was set up. Was *extremely* corporate-driven. No one really engaging with anyone, but now I see the opposite where replies have taken off and people venture out of their comfort zones to discuss other topics. I still see bots and certain types of content put under a spam tag (that no one is ever forced to click). The ads are the same as they were before. Can’t reply to certain replies that are flagged in the system (which is a bonus as it deprives those accounts from genuine engagement). The big plus I’ve noticed that I personally like: hashtags aren’t a focus anymore. No one really bothers with them or cares about putting them in posts or whether one is trending or not. They don’t get to define what’s and isn’t “popular” anymore as prior, bots would just spam hashtags and flood the system to make certain things trend. Now, what trends goes based on topics being discussed the most with the actual content of the posts - no more random hashtags thrown into unrelated posts to drive fake engagement and taint the algorithm. Plus, this whole push to make Bluesky happen is built entirely on not being like the _other_ site. That’s the only reason I see people clamoring to get others to use it: because it’s not Twitter. Almost all of the posts I have seen when popping on to that platform has been people complaining about Twitter/X … and that bit of hype isn’t going to last forever. See: Threads and how so many pushed to go use it as an alternative because “blue bird site BAD”, but slinked right back after so many months because the overall engagement went down after that boost. Let’s check back in 6 months to see if those millions of users actually held up and the engagement is still there. Otherwise, this is nothing more than yet _another_ alternative platform that fails as its whole schtick is not being like that other site that supposedly went though a “”downfall””.

[@chenps8792]

lets be clear. "They" hate on twitter because of Elon. Just Elon alone.

[@PjotrII]

I am one of the new Bluesky users! Welcome all!

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Imagine 😂

[@IncredibleStan]

People who call bluesky an exho chamber are never to be taken seriously

[@bobrobin5510]

It is an echo chamber. I do not care who takes me seriously or not tho.

[@Kbxbigbro808]

It is literally only blowing up because the left couldn’t accept an election outcome

[@KirkNurse-246]

​@@bobrobin5510Clearly you do because you chose to comment

[@bobrobin5510]

@@KirkNurse-246 it was my decision tho, but I am not a sore loser in the first place like Harris and the bootlikerz. No offense

[@KirkNurse-246]

@bobrobin5510 ironic you calling someone a bootlicker

[@Intercept10]

I loved Google Plus, it was sad when they cut it.

[@aj6761]

Agreed. I wish it actually became a thing

[@anotherelvis]

I wanted to love Google plus, but it was too hard to find interesting content.

[@Intercept10]

@@anotherelvis that’s me with Bluesky right now

[@akeem11h]

In my opinion, X is a place where people struggling with mental illness go to exacerbate their struggles. The upside to X is that it allows others to take advantage of those struggling with mental illness to generate revenue.

[@ariesaraya1822]

X is a porn site and a right wing echo chamber combined into one.

[@anonymous_5016]

Isn't that social media in general?

[@ContraVsGigi]

​@@anonymous_5016There are different levels. Twitter right now is level 99.

[@ruekurei88]

@@anonymous_5016X is more transparent in its exploitation of vulnerable people for monetary gain, more so than other social media platforms.

[@corrinpowers6389]

It's a place that weak fascists who now suddenly hate Musk because they hate free speech complain about. It's experience hasn't altered, except now we don't have govt agencies breaking the 1st Amendment and Twitter being paid to do Biden's bidding. I'd called upholding the constitution a win myself.

[@manuelmaura4453]

I got the app and created my account in advance. I imagine a year from now it will be the norm.

[@bobrobin5510]

Bluesky is basically Reddit on steroid pumpkin latte. 😅

[@MannyDer]

with a ton of soy foam

[@lyssword]

Reddit is wildly successful

[@martinogold]

Reddit is a repositiry of really useful information that helps in day-to-day life. I love it.

[@Etaoinshrdlu69]

Reddit is ChatGPT but worse.

[@Kbxbigbro808]

@@martinogold No

[@DeusExAstra]

22 Million users now. That growth is incredible.

[@Kbxbigbro808]

😂😂😂😂

[@sydguitar99]

X has become unbearable, some of the most atrocious people get boosted there by the algorithm

[@ClownCatastrophe]

Honestly I am kinda glad that they kept it invite only for as long as they did! while that means not as many people couldve joined sooner, that also means they were able to decide how many users the site hosted while working out any development kinks yknow? keep it a few (compared to now) who had to put in time to be there and understand the site is still being put together, and allowing the devs a smaller sample for improvements as opposed to MILLIONS of users who are all going to have varying issues. I dont mind something taking longer as long as i can seen the time and effort being put to good use. I feel like too many people want it NOW NOW NOW and arent willing to take a moment, take a deep breathe, and take their time for a better end result. Instead taking their projects out half baked then are surprised when those viewing are not nearly as impressed as they wanted. things made with love and pride are far more beautiful than something churned out only for the sake of attention with no actual love for your craft.

[@ds6224]

Bluesky, yet another echo chamber on the interwebs

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

Google+ was good. You don't know how good something is until it's gone.

[@ILoveGrilledCheese]

Twitter has become Truth Social 2.0

[@AlbowaSinema]

No, leftists just dont have free reign to talk nonsense without response. Cope harder.

[@dang3304]

Not really. Truth Social is near-exclusively right wingers, BlueSky is near-exclusively left wingers, Twitter still has a good dose of both.

[@totokeythecrowned]

@@AlbowaSinema Elon Musk’s own bot said that he was one of the biggest spreaders of misinformation on the site and he’s constantly getting community noted what are you talking about 💀

[@AlbowaSinema]

@totokeythecrowned this is nonsense. You people keep making nonsense up like you don't lie everyday you leftists.

[@dang3304]

@@totokeythecrowned LLMs repeat the material they are trained on. Grok criticising Musk is a good thing, because it means he's training it on all content, even that of his critics.

[@Manfred-ml1oq]

Its simple,i dont trust elon.

[@bobrobin5510]

You trust other billioners tho. Still dumb.

[@Manfred-ml1oq]

@bobrobin5510 elon IS Nr one traitor.

[@sergiosegura2024]

​@@bobrobin5510"stop making sense!!! 😡😡😡"

[@bobrobin5510]

@@sergiosegura2024 ohh, hurts huh?

[@sergiosegura2024]

@@bobrobin5510 the quotations...

[@GaboH-h7s]

It is just a matter of time before everyone at Bluesky starts to cancel each other

[@will-vi9pk]

Deathmatch without the team.

[@miguelooon3296]

So true😂

[@ariframzan8602]

I recently downloaded & signed up to blue sky, it's been around for some years . Think it's increased since the result of the USA elections 2024

[@bobrobin5510]

Them-orc-rats fled to BluntSly

[@Anon-u3i]

I am on Bluesky now and Mastodon, and for the first time in 2 years, I am enjoying social media.

[@adrianphoenix5604]

Which one is preferable so far or is there different use cases

[@Anon-u3i]

@adrianphoenix5604 Bluesky is a company that has complete control over everything, so it could end up being ruined by a billionaire in the future. Right now, it is great, works really well, and lots of people from Twitter 1.0 days are there. Mastodon is built on a protocol that nobody owns and anybody can use. You have complete control over your hosting, moderation, and everything. And you can also interact with people on Treads and Bluesky, and many wordpress blogs and flipboard and more. But it's not quite as together as Bluesky and discovery is a bit harder. But I think, long term, it's the way forward, of not perfect yet.

[@Anon-u3i]

@adrianphoenix5604 Bluesky works better, but Mastodon is part of a much bigger, open Social Web project that really puts control in the hands of users.

[@iimperator]

@@adrianphoenix5604 Bluesky is more like old twitter if that's what you're looking for

[@daudimasinde6280]

@@julian-gen In your bio, are you seriously begging for money on KZbin? That’s the saddest thing I’ve seen on here.

[@Drayonis]

I like Bluesky. I like starting fresh

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Not sure how you can 🤷‍♂️

[@Drayonis]

@Kbxbigbro808 not sure what?

[@SachinJames89]

Wait until Musk sues them for copying X's UI!! 😂😂

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

No he won't

[@meatbyproducts]

Bluesky is banning accounts almost as fast as they add them. I would stay away. Hell, Jack went back to using Twitter/ x

[@exiledfrommyself]

I might set up a Blue Sky account. It seems like it's not a cess pool.

[@Crusader1984]

it is just as bad

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Oh it is definitely a cess pool 😂😂😂

[@siavm]

I just got blue sky up and running after forgetting to see about the invite thing. I will mess around with it for a bit. I am definitely getting off twitter. Especially with Elon completely joining the government. I don’t want to be super spied on there.

[@ATM648]

A lot of scientists and science communicators have moved to Bluesky. Twitter's day are numbered

[@basireddy4678]

yep, it has become political playground.

[@njpme]

No it's not. People want entertainment not a lecture and a science lab

[@IonizedComa]

You think people go to Twitter for science???

[@ContraVsGigi]

​@@IonizedComaPleople surely did not go to Twitter for 101% of the existing paranoid conspiracies.

[@emanueldolo]

If by science you mean "ThErE aRe MoRe ThAn 2 GeNdeRs" guys, then yeah.

[@Stevo.100]

Adding users but not keeping them, they go back to twitter because nobody wants to be in a ghost town.

[@genzod-i6e]

Bluesky feels really smooth when using it compared to X.

[@Kbxbigbro808]

lol twitter is better than bluesky

[@genzod-i6e]

@@Kbxbigbro808 Based on what?? Twitter web stops working like every 30 minutes of usage.

[@dalekrenegade2596]

I can actually check out BlueSky without needing a account. That's already a HUGE plus fir me.

[@sauwercraud]

over 22 Million on Bsky currently, the gain was 1 Million Users per Day

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Still tiny compared to threads roughly 300 million, it better start running fast

[@noorlancer]

Let's hope bluesky keeps growing at 96MPH

[@abisheks5272]

😂😂

[@Kbxbigbro808]

@@abisheks5272 😂😂

[@drewbymusic]

Bluesky is great. X has become toxic.

[@watson1212]

bluesky is also toxic bcz all users are X users who use it now no difference 😂

[@juliarangelr]

@@watson1212But the blocking and muting functionalities are great. And reporting actually does something.

[@dang3304]

Bluesky is just as toxic, only it's left-on-left violence, rather than left-on-right.

[@AureusApps]

I'm not from US. But it feels like Bluesky is toxic than X.

[@DaisyDee5610]

@@watson1212poor MAGA comes to Blue Sky to pick on the Libs but reporting works. 😂

[@vedanshchn]

I left Twitter because everyone argues there, and Threads because it felt unnecessary. I'm a Taylor fan. I didn't leave Twitter for that reason, but I would've done it with no second thoughts if I knew. I tried BlueSky, but never opened the app again.

[@EKsUrbanTracks]

@03:40 Super high frequency echo-chamber creator, I believe people who moved to BlueSky actually left the echo-chamber.

[@VibeJaron]

Elon Musk : How much for Blue Sky?

[@bobrobin5510]

Imagine the meltdown of Them-orc-rats if that actually happens. LOOOL

[@martinogold]

The CEO of Bluesky has addressed this already in an interview. Basically, it can't happen. The video is out there if you google it.

[@bobrobin5510]

@@martinogold Wait.

[@complexity5545]

@@bobrobin5510 It'll happen just like twitter, when 60% of the users are bots and their staff are fill with people who don't do anywork and when they're bleeding money. He'll sell. He had to sell twitter because he didn't have the ballz to trim out the waste. Twitter, bluesky, and all these sites literally need about 40 or less people running it. But when you get the govt involved it requires more for the data scraping. BlueSky is where the propagandist are moving toward.

[@sweetpea7490]

​@@bobrobin5510 have you watched it yet

[@BorrietheBlade]

Whoa. Marques with the G+ reference. I agree with you MK. G+ was stellar. The communities was second to none. Damn it Google! You had THE network to be different that other network and you killed it....😑 😩

[@namuzed]

A lot of the people leaving seem to be from the Tumblr crowd that flooded Twitter years ago.

[@asdfxcvbn746]

good riddance.

[@BlackfangDragon]

A lot of those people were also artists as well since it was the porn ban that made them leave.

[@deejnutz2068]

​@@BlackfangDragonand let's not talk about the spike in CSAM content on the platform...

[@dread69420]

I totally agree that Google Plus was way ahead of its time. It had all the features that is required now, with way more unnecessary UI and naming decisions. A debloated Google Plus experience with federation would totally work out IMHO.

[@patsplat]

A lot of social media sites where everyone starts an account to secure their username and then forgets about it.

[@diskgrinder]

And your pointless anecdote is?

[@dang3304]

@@diskgrinder Bluesky's DAU numbers match what they are saying. People sign up but don't stick around.

[@senayylmao]

I swear there was another twitter alternative a year or 2 ago that I saw people post about (not threads or mastodon) but no one kept using it

[@complexity5545]

And bots. I just created 20 accounts for future use. Its going to be like old twitter where 50%+ were bots. I expect to only use it to create a history over the years. Its like facebook. I have about 15 accounts with them and only use them when I need to find information. I had to create phony backgrounds through the years just to keep from being purged. Many organizations and stupid groups end up requiring accounts with facebook, google, twitter/x, bluesky, reddit, instagram -- just to join. There are literally government sites that require facebook to bid on auctions. So yep, I secure at least 20 accounts on sites just to gain access to these overreaching government sites and entertainment domains. It gets silly with the anti-privacy data scraping the govt does especially when the leaders are corrupt (and don't like freedom). I have atleast 50 accounts just because every tv or device I own wants to crawl up my bum-hole and profile me. Amazon TV and apple require so much personal data, that I feel its my duty to create aliases just to fight the anti-privacy monopolies.

[@angryitalian3430]

It's wild how far ahead of its time G+ was.

[@Pixelarter]

G+ was trash. Orkut was the real innovator.

[@pauljazzman408]

The owner of Xitter is also big reason to move to Bluesky. Musk has destroyed Twitter and doesn't seem to care. Threads seemed less attractive to me, it's like a place for writers to post 'writting' or stories or essays. Bluesky seems exactly like twitter was, before it became a right wing cesspit.

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Clearly you haven’t used threads much because that simply is not the case 😂

[@falkens_maze]

Bluesky is so very different. It isn't a toxic danger to the mental health of teens or anyone else, like Instagram or Facebook. It isn't yet a cesspool of disinformation, trolls, or nazis like many other places. It gives the user a lot of power on filtering out what they don't want to see or hear. I think it's very cool and a REAL social media alternative that isn't just trying to be a copy of all the others. While all that's true the amount of fluff posts on it is pretty crazy, it's like the early days of the internet. My Mastodon account is much more active as the people who use it seem to post much heavier and substantial things. My three gripes with Bluesky is the fluff posts, the fact that it isn't actually decentralized despite everyone throwing that around when talking about it, and the character count is super small.

[@YazhShah]

Blue sky is going to be another threads. X is never going to die.

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Threads is gonna be the next ‘’X’’ Because thankfully it is powered by a monopoly

[@xaionik]

Marquees don't want to be too far from daddy Elon.

[@watson1212]

u from daddy gay kamala? 🤡

[@vinny7114]

To those who can’t stop obsessing over Marques speeding, it was amusing for a day or two, but now you’re just attention-seeking, trying to latch onto someone else’s fame. Yes, Marques was speeding at over 90 MPH in a Lamborghini, but let’s be real-you’re probably doing the same in your Hyundai Elantra ‘supercar'.

[@geslisond]

Bluesky is a Democrat echo chamber

[@Antimonious]

Yeah, its their version of truth social

[@MegaMarlon0123]

Sweet!!

[@geslisond]

@@MegaMarlon0123 it's a poor way to live an intellectual and informed life

[@geslisond]

@@Antimonious except truth social doesn't block people on the left

[@WeavingMocha]

​@@Antimonious To be fair, Truth Social was created because Trump got banned from Twitter. Democrats are mad because Twitter doesn't function purely as an echo chamber anymore.

[@bobbyrutz9402]

There's a particular type of content people seem to be enjoying anywhere Jack goes. Interesting.

[@christoffer1125]

It is so nice to use, feels way more modern than Twitter

[@cyberherbalist]

Really? To me it looks like they copied X.

[@MrMoo272]

lol its exactly the same except its full of people who are pissed off because their twitter echo chamber no longer exists so most posts on there are just people telling other people not to use twitter and to distance themselves from anyone who didn't vote for Kamala.

[@christoffer1125]

@ I meant different in terms of design, speed, accessibility. It legit feels like a native app - way ahead of Twitters dated design

[@dalekrenegade2596]

​@@MrMoo272 We get it right wingers are never happy unless they ruin everything they touch.

[@lakshmanatluri5820]

don't troll him, just give him a brake

[@philthy941]

Lol Bluesky will censor even vaguely controversial content, so whats the point?

[@ivanleo7522]

You mean content that allows you to say bigoted things yes?

[@erasmogm]

@@ivanleo7522 bigoted things = things you dont agree with

[@Kenxstudios]

@@ivanleo7522 Twitter files.

[@ivanleo7522]

@@erasmogm if you call Nazi stuff, homophobia, and racism things I don't agree with. You're very spot on

[@James-p1t7p]

But we all know it won't be that stuff, though, but you guys will spin anything you dont agree with as that stuff. Litterally observed yall do it in the last election. Bunch of snowflakes @ivanleo7522

[@Techridr]

3-days later and at about 22,500,000

[@Dk-qf8dd]

Yawn. Blue sky is adding fore the moment. Sustainable? Maybe. Let’s see where it is in 6 months.

[@npcimknot958]

Just ike the old twitter. People seem to forget.. elon litearlly saved twitter.. twitter was going bankrupt.. was most likely going to shutdown later that year. ‘Blue sky isn’t goign to last

[@Kbxbigbro808]

@@npcimknot958lol Elon musk fanboy 😂

[@MattSheedy]

@@Kbxbigbro808 i will be sure to remind you of this comment in six months😂

[@JamesRocks920]

Bluesky has 20 million users 😁

[@jasonplayer9047]

As of this posting 21.4 million.

[@mosesmathias7708]

Enjoy it while it lasts. We all know how this will end

[@watson1212]

remember threads have 100M users in week 😂 nobody uses it now same with bluesky i can 100% guarantee

[@dang3304]

20 million total registrations, but if look at their DAU numbers, there's only about 0.5 million daily active users, which means 98% of it's users sign up then leave.

[@jasonplayer9047]

@@watson1212 Well that is b/c people realize it's just IG for text. You are at the whims of the algorithm.

[@ikerluz2220]

I think it's just objectively better

[@jrpowers667]

I hear you get a years supply of Blue Kool-aid if you leave X for Bluesky. 😂 Kool-aid provided by porta potty vendors. 😂😂😂

[@steviegbcool]

bored of twitter , bored of elon.

[@AF2277S]

I love how people genuinely think the old version of twitter was a good platform. Twitter has always been a hell hole. No one has actually liked using the platform unless you were arguing with someone. Nothing good ever came from the platform. All the people going to bluesky are simply a load of people who want to have a whole platform that'll just be an eco chamber and fail. It's like Threads, it was the platform where it felt all good and nice and no one argued for a month and then bam it's all the same stuff. You have the same issue with literally every single twitch and youtube competitor. These platforms do nothing more than create eco chambers for people.

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

Lets be honest, most people aren't interested in shedding tribal skins, in-group good guys vs. bad guys out-group, so it's just providing what is demanded in reality.

[@PhazonBlaxor]

Bluesky is NOTHING like the old Twitter was. The fact I can choose my own algorithm alone makes the experience totally different. The platform just oozes positivity, been using it for a year now and it's better than ever now that there are more people around.

[@kotgc7987]

Mastadon's invite only is too difficult to use, but the decentralised non corporate ownership seems like a long term platform.

[@Graeaeae]

Oh twitter is done. Hello Bluesky

[@njpme]

That's what they said when Threads came about. It didn't materialize. X is like the KZbin of micro blogging. Nobody is replacing them. People are just reactive to a recent event

[@CJayyTheCreative]

Twitter is done, it’s called X now Hope this helps 🤭 Do you need a wheelchair too for your disability?

[@greentokyo]

@@njpme X is the Scott Baio of has-been websites long past their prime.

[@njpme]

@@greentokyo it has the most users so, obviously not past it's prime

[@temanor]

@@njpme Bluesky doesn't need to replace Twitter though. As long as it has users that use the platform, they are fine. Almost all the people I would like to follow already moved to Bluesky.

[@oalbb]

Imagine move on to another social media for a president...

[@Matkatamiba]

The community on Bluesky is still pretty ass, but the mass exodus has meant a couple funny people moved over at least. The rest of the site is cringy tumblr-esque echo chamber shit, and that's coming from someone who mostly agrees with their politics.

[@asdfxcvbn746]

imagine agreeing with liberal politics smh

[@Wolflink789]

@@asdfxcvbn746 I don’t agree with liberal views, I understand people who do, but I don’t understand people who vote for Biden or Kamala over Trump

[@asdfxcvbn746]

@@Wolflink789 im confused by what you just said lol

[@knkknk-wy8ff]

I don’t use twitter and blue sky but did go on blue sky to check it out, and you stand corrected. It’s an echo chamber, but hey that’s sorta to be expected when the people that’s making the switch over are all politically aligned. You gotta understand that conflict on twitter and clashing insults is what carries twitter. Sure conflict of ideas or harassment ain’t what the new users of blue sky want, but it sure is for everyone else when wants to entertain themselves. Threads failed and I don’t see blue sky succeeding either when there’s basically only one demographic on there either.

[@ayeeeitskev]

let’s not pretend that twitter isn’t a right wing echo chamber lmao 😂

[@ferocyter]

Idea: Bluesky should change its name to 'Twitter' With more and more people not wanting anything to do with Elon and yearning for the "old' Twitter -Bluesky should rename to Twitter -that way we could all have old Twitter back and cut Elon out of his 44 Billion Dollar Deal!...

[@tavellcoops]

Its so much better

[@CJayyTheCreative]

Better than what the devil? Pretty low bar

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Spelt worse wrong

[@KarlSkorger]

"bluesky" who comes up with these names?? 😂😂

[@bobrobin5510]

Blue MAGA. It`s should called BlueCry.

[@Kbxbigbro808]

They think a platform with that name can ever replace Twitter 😂

[@bobrobin5510]

@@Kbxbigbro808 Why? BlueCry is a great name for the Blue MAGA echo chamber.

[@martinogold]

@@Kbxbigbro808 You mean X right? 🙄 It's not been called twitter since July 23, 2023.

[@Etaoinshrdlu69]

Microsoft found in the 90s that light blue is the most relaxing color so the Illuminati uses it now in all their products

[@anon3118]

Maybe they were just bots

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Can confirm they are

[@ThatLife4U]

Competition is good for the market. Blue Sky can be a solid #2

[@cyberherbalist]

I must be living in a cave, because I wasn't aware of BlueSky until a few days ago. So just for fun I signed up for it. Haven't posted anything. I know if I dare to post anything even remotely political they will delete my account. I am trying to figure out what is the most innocuous thing I could post about politics, in order to see what the threshhold is.

[@Wstarlights]

The KZbin community page should be expanded to be a more 'general and consistent' social media platform. Long before G+ closed, before there was a community tab, I reccomended to Google just migrate it's best features into KZbin. I mean there's already long-form video, shorts, why not expand the community tab, rename it "Social" and allow for more traditional social media posting options. Minus the insane and innane menus of Meta platform apps.

[@Marcmoody1990]

The issue with this podcast is the assumed expectation that it would feature more of Marques' opinions on current tech news; instead, we get the opposite. He seems more vocal in his paid advertisements and meticulously scripted reviews or previews on MKBHD, likely to avoid offending sponsors. However, in a setting where one would anticipate him to speak more freely, he appears quite reserved.

[@enadegheeghaghe6369]

You must be new to the WFRM podcast. It has never centered on Marques particularly

[@Matkatamiba]

He's never really talked that much on these podcasts ever since they expanded it to 5 people.

[@CaramelCraft]

I would like to hear more about his opinions

[@enadegheeghaghe6369]

@@CaramelCraft why? Are his opinions more important, relevant or meaningful thank the 4 other hosts? There is a reason it's called the WVFRM Podcast not the Marques podcast

[@mrtransistor6173]

I can't see Bluesky sticking around all that long. It started to chip after Jack Dorsey left, and now the platform is just, meh. I just don't get a lot of value from it and ended up deleting my account. I did the same with Twitter. The way these platforms work, I find it annoying. I wish there was a more modern take on the old internet forums from back in the day. That's just me.

[@michaelchen2718]

4:10 Brazil banned X* not "got banned"

[@Poosaycvm]

who gaf

[@soulchorea]

The people of Brazil got banned from X (by Brazil). Means the same thing 😂

[@shawnschoonmaker]

I was just about to join it when i stumbled upon this video.

[@yannick7049]

Bluesky is adding users faster than Marcus drives through a school zone.

[@D4RKCOMETPLAYS]

Never heard that one before

[@ily.SUMMER]

Wow this one is new, never heard of it b4

[@BG-jg4pt]

im not going to lie I find it odd that the same people that made fun of rumble and truth social now feel the need to go to blue sky. All for competition but the hypocrisy is hilarious.

[@Josephptmk]

Bluesky will not beat or bring serious competition to X

[@ContraVsGigi]

Well, when Twitter will be an even bigger shi,thole, everybody over Twitter can enjoy it, the others will be gone.

[@CJayyTheCreative]

@@ContraVsGigiit’s called x. Like you lost, liberals lost Lmaoo we don’t care if you go to bluesky we also don’t care about your opinions anymore lmaooo 4 years of shutting up is all you’re good for now. Hope this helps 🤭

[@MrHaydnSir]

Final Cut Pro 11 can now isolate the subject from the back ground better than photoshop 👀 and thumbnails are now, maybe, easier to make in FCP 11 bare in mind, FCP 11 is doing 60fps in real time as it does this, whereas photoshop takes a second with a single photo

[@niklasgs1470]

Bluesky = woke

[@multikillerpro1]

Sure

[@cuentaeliminada7176]

What does that even mean lol

[@babaawawu3156]

Tell us what woke means?

[@erasmogm]

apparently you are banned for saying biological truths there

[@geekworthy7938]

EVERYTHING is on Twitter, so, I guess you mean there are smart people on Bluesky since it is getting hard to find those people on Twitter.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Moved to Mastodon and BS... A social platform calling itself BS is at least honest, and has a sense of humour.. Look me up if you like Sidewalk Astronomy :)

[@_Super_Hans_]

Threads boomed at one point and now nobody uses it. Nobody actually wants a platform when you get banned for upsetting someone.

[@lawbinson]

What do people like more about Bluesky than Threads? Just that it’s not owned by Meta?

[@exiledfrommyself]

Yes.

[@Kbxbigbro808]

@@exiledfrommyself absolutely horrible reason to like one platform over the other

[@exiledfrommyself]

@@Kbxbigbro808 You believe it's a horrible reason but obviously others disagree.

[@PhazonBlaxor]

No single algorithm, you can choose your own. That's the biggest thing for me personally, it makes the whole platform feel so much nicer when I'm in control.

[@BuIldogProd]

Blue sky is exactly like truth social. It’s an echo chamber for one side of the political spectrum

[@ILoveGrilledCheese]

The difference is, the algorithm is not directly controlled by a right wing CEO

[@flybriur]

No, it's not like Truth Social at all. Truth Social is a place where conspiracy theories thrive.

[@anotherelvis]

I block all political posters on Bluesky (left and right). And now i have social media without American politics.That works for me.

[@DaisyDee5610]

And the other side of the political spectrum (Right Wing Media) dominates everywhere because the billionaires own the cable and SM and now the government.

[@Malaki420]

I'm James McGilley living in Kansas City, Missouri. What is Bluesky and what's the difference between X and Bluesky?

[@anotherelvis]

Bluesky lets you read posts without logging in to the site. This is great. Bluesky makes it easier to ignore certain people. I personally ignore all people that post politics (left and right) Otherwise it is mostly the same..

[@tenoclock-hc9jd]

Enjoy your echo chamber. Lol

[@the_crypter]

Yeah, I agree with you. Leaving the echo chamber of twitter was the best thing ever

[@CJayyTheCreative]

@@the_crypterwe all know you’re wrong lmao. Like clearly libs and conservatives were on X so it wasn’t an echo chamber, you libs are the ones leaving to create your echo chamber because you know damn well bluesky is all lefty whiners.

[@gnarpow]

i caught one of your videos discussing bluesky and x. youtube recommended this video. i would highly recommend getting rid of your red border on your images because i thought i had already seen it. i had to backtrack to make sure. your red border matches youtube's red progress border