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Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app: 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down 27.2% year-over-year. (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 47 points 2 months ago (6 children)

bsky is just another VC-funded corpo platform. The initial wave of Libs who moved over gave it some gas, but ultimately, it's just another toxic, bland platform like all the others.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    I agree. I initially moved over and just never really enjoyed opening the app for more than a couple minutes tops.. I only keep it cuz some of the artists that I followed on Twitter moved over to Bluesky so I'm able to continue enjoying their content without the Nazis

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I have found Bluesky to be less toxic than Twitter, but that's not exactly a huge improvement.

    I remember that on Twitter, if somebody decided to reply to you and to be a jerk, not only would you get a notification of that reply, you would get a notification if people liked that reply. Bluesky by default allows you to only view the feeds of people you follow or are mutuals with. These are all good things.

    But since there is VC funding, and because they are looking for ways to expand, at any moment that rug can basically be pulled out from under people's feet. It's technically decentralized, but in practice, it's probably 90%+ controlled by one company.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Mastodon is the same, its a cesspit. Its the microblogging format that attracts the worst people and fosters the worst interactions.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I tend to agree. I simply don't like the short form content. I never did. When twitter launched, I didn't understand it, and I still don't. It doesn't facilitate conversation whatsoever. It's just shitposting and one-liners and toxicity. We really lost something special when we moved from forums to shorter and shorter content platforms.

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    I think the worst aspect is being able to take someones very short post and then put your own post above it and boost it out to your followers. It leads to context being stripped and an influencer induced dogpile.

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