Elon is the devil, but I’m still terrified! A ton of conservatives are creating accounts and invading our liberal safe space. I’m nonbinary, hetero-gay, and three spirit, and seeing those monsters is very triggering for me. Ugh. We must rise up and defeat the fascist hordes!
Keep going. Stand shoulder to shoulder in strength and support for anyone who needs it. We are here to protect one another, our democracy, our children, our human and medical rights, to prove that a cat fight will only make good reality TV
Yes, but I’m terrified! A ton of conservatives are creating accounts and invading our liberal safe space. I’m nonbinary, hetero-gay, and three spirit, and seeing those monsters is very triggering for me. Ugh. We must rise up and defeat the fascist hordes!
— 660 million posts
— 1.12 billion total follows
— 2.87 billion total likes
— 1.2 to 1.5 million daily posters
— Top 1% of accounts have 400+ followers
I get a kick out of how all the Twitter trolls joining Bluesky just to shitpost are increasing Bluesky's user numbers, thus increasing its exposure and valuation.
Yes, but a ton of conservatives are creating accounts and invading our liberal safe space. I’m nonbinary, hetero-gay, and three spirit, and seeing those monsters is very triggering for me. Ugh. We must rise up and defeat the fascist hordes!
Ah gotcha! Appreciate the reply. Tbh that may be resultant from my own settings which are rigorous (sick of bots) though not 100% - still trying to figure out the algorithm here. Regardless, happy thanksgiving David!
Yes, but I’m truly terrified! A ton of conservatives are creating accounts and invading our liberal safe space. I’m nonbinary, hetero-gay, and three spirit, and seeing those monsters is very triggering for me. Ugh. We must rise up and defeat the fascist hordes!
23,000,000 accounts and I keep hearing stuff about twenty employees, but how do they accomplish moderation than?
Anyways, I just can't believe that the owners aren't going to sell this now that the value has risen so much.
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Good start. Hope it continues & builds & remains unfettered by right-wing takeovers & buy-out offers. To paraphrase the late, great Kurt Vonnegut, "ho-hum."
And almost half a million of us are here, subscribed to your feed, to consider and learn from your insight and experience.
Thanks for holding the light!
That’s probably all the human users that were on X. X probably been a ghost town for a while, just burner accounts and bots to make it look populated. But they can’t admit that because the paid trolls and influencers won’t pay 11 bux. But ngl, a lot of those goofy influencers are coming here too.
I think BlueSky will start seeing massive numbers after Trump’s inauguration. And they’ll try to shut us down because Marjorie Taylor Greene is in charge of that. She’s shutting down NPR and PBS. Concentration camps for liberals. Wow.
WOW! Amazing to see this platform grow by the day. I'm gonna guess Bluesky will hit 100 million users worldwide by Spring 2025. With new features coming with time, I look forward to watching this platform grow and evolve. Still don't know how to turn off reposts from people you follow though.
Help! A ton of conservatives are creating accounts and invading our liberal safe space. I’m nonbinary, hetero-gay, and three spirit, and seeing those monsters is very triggering for me. Ugh. We must rise up and defeat the fascist hordes!
I have seen more interaction here than I ever did of the years I was on Twitter. Not to mention it’s nice not seeing all the rage baiting posts for clicks and views to make money.
I think I topped out at 97 followers after 15 years on Twitter. I've reached that and a few more in a few days. Every post feels thoughtful and meaningful. And not bate like X and Threads.
I tried to back then. In fact, a Facebook memory popped up today where I declared I was leaving X all the way back in 2022.
I've only got one foot in FB now too.
right now it's 4 users every second that's 3600sx4=14,400 every hour by24H=345,600 every day x54 days til Jan,20 = 18,662,400+ add current counter 41,762,780. i hope I got that right
but sometimes it adds 9 users a second and sometimes 2.5.
58 mln short. Still not bad at all!
Thanks for sharing this! I watched the interview in awe of her open-minded and intellectual depth. I hope the users don't mess it up and proper guardrails are set up against hate and propaganda.
Happy to be on a platform with like minds… No more X madness. Bluesky does seem to be picking up momentum; it’s great to see some familiar faces popping up again.
Expecting the ~1m new users a day to persist is a tad optimistic. I’m still thrilled to see this level of growth and even if it continues to slow, I think BlueSky will continue to be one of the better microblogging platforms
In order for those waves to continue, there has to be something to pull the tide (to continue the euphemism). What is going to keep pushing people from X here.
One thing that I've noticed is that engagement here is much higher and the feed is certainly more unique each time I refresh.
Social media platforms grow in spurts. Wait for the holidays to set in for the next explosion. Word of mouth will be strong as ppl realize how familiar the app feels for newcomers. Nostalgia will take over and more ppl will join. You rather have 1000 active fans than 10k casuals.
That’s to be expected after the election. I’d love it to overtake X but half of America, at least, doesn’t object to its ideology or its contempt for users. Political journos will stay there to watch the Trumpers but if other journalists would move, like The Guardian, I’d feel less need to check in.
I would think that there would be more sign ups as time goes on and people tell their friends about it, right? Does X really have an ideology implicitly? Seems like the narrative on X has been taken over, to be sure, but isn't it just a marketplace of idea only needing opposing ideas to post more?
That seems like a stretch to say that about Musk. He seems rather pragmatic and not ideological in any way. Disagreeing with supporting the war in Ukraine isn't the same thing as being pro-Putin and hating democracy. He's a weird dude, but he's an American with a right to his differing opinions.
It not just how many we get, but how many active X users they lose. Elon is desperate to add those Infowars users, if hasn’t already gotten them. His platform is dying.
Just start finding things you're interested in. Put comments on them and following them so that you will get more things that you're interested in, in your feed.
I’m truly terrified. A ton of conservatives are creating accounts and invading our liberal safe space. I’m nonbinary, hetero-gay, and three spirit, and seeing those monsters is very triggering for me. Ugh. We must rise up and defeat the fascist hordes!
but bluesky needs to be more than just the same large accounts preaching to the choir. it will fail like threads, et al, unless we make it more, right erie?
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— 660 million posts
— 1.12 billion total follows
— 2.87 billion total likes
— 1.2 to 1.5 million daily posters
— Top 1% of accounts have 400+ followers
Second, I'm already lower on this platform's chances based on a "reply" you got.
Not sure what you mean Lowe on the this platforms chances - like sentiment of confidence it’ll compete / continue to grow?
Joined about a week or two ago.
why I feel freedom here and feel so much to write and create here
Anyways, I just can't believe that the owners aren't going to sell this now that the value has risen so much.
just joined today 😅
Thanks for holding the light!
Approximately 2 new users are joining per second
In the last hour 8,213 users have joined with a total of 257,662 in the last 24 hours
Yeah I saw that one too
I've only got one foot in FB now too.
but sometimes it adds 9 users a second and sometimes 2.5.
58 mln short. Still not bad at all!
Say the ultimate FU to Musk & spread the word on a song to represent the mass exodus from Twitter Hate.
ELO’s BlueSky at # 1 would be the ultimate stamp on it!
Follow and spread the word #MrBluSky #MrBlueSkyXmas
#Xmas#1
https://bsky.app/profile/mrblueskyno1.bsky.social/post/3lbid7wg4pc2c
I'm tired of these Tech Bros and their fragile egos. They might elect another idiot just for lunch!
A song to represent the mass exodus from Twitter Hate.
ELO’s BlueSky at # 1
Follow and spread the word #MrBluSky #MrBlueSkyXmas
#Xmas#1
https://bsky.app/profile/mrblueskyno1.bsky.social/post/3lbid7wg4pc2c
One thing that I've noticed is that engagement here is much higher and the feed is certainly more unique each time I refresh.
I was never on Twitter much because of the character limit. But I'll give this a try.
For example, pro-Ukraine posters are shadowbanned. Many pro-Ukraine accounts say this & I also experienced it.
Elon Musk is a pro-Putin fascist who hates democracy.
https://bsky.app/profile/pamaqua2017.bsky.social/post/3lbxegfdtus2l
Part of one of my threads on X
https://x.com/PamAqua2017/status/1763016809102410011
Just enjoy it bluesky 🥳
It helped get him and his rich buddies get the White House, so what happens to it now is probably irrelevant now.
Right now, Bsky is gaining about 3.25 users every second
Say they just avg 2.5 users/sec over the next 365 days
That would put Bsky at 101M this time next year. And I fully expect there will be large influxes again once trump takes office
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