Bluesky goes into high gear as users flee X

Oric

Senior member

Oct 11, 1999

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Yesterday the user base exceeded 20 million, gaining almost a million new users per day.

I am no longer using my Twitter/X account and switched to BlueSky

 

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brycejones

Lifer

Oct 18, 2005

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• Nov 20, 2024

• #2

Get ready to get sued by musk for daring to leave twitter.

 

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K1052

Elite Member

Aug 21, 2003

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• Nov 20, 2024

• #3

Basically don't even open Twitter now. Everyone I follow is either duplicating their posts or only posting on Bluesky. Not having mentions full of bots and nazi incel chuds is a refreshing experience.

 

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Indus

Lifer

May 11, 2002

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• #4

It's amazing but the people on blue sky can actually form coherent sentences with good grammer.

Not just click bait with ridiculous shit looking for "engagement"!

Edit: BTW for anyone here who wants to stay in touch on bluesky just incase something happens to this forum:

Blue Lightsaber (@bluelightsaber.bsky.social)

For AnandTech posters or users who want to reconnect (click here and follow all) If you want me to add you to the list, just comment underneath go.bsky.app/MDGhtx8 #AnandTech #Indus #TechForums #AT #ATech [contains quote post or other embedded content]

bsky.app

and click follow all:

 

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alien42

Lifer

Nov 28, 2004

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Their stock is up 2000% in the past month.

Correction, wrong company, they are still private

 

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BoomerD

No Lifer

Feb 26, 2006

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Never had a twitter account…joined bluesky just to see what it was.

 

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Indus

Lifer

May 11, 2002

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• #7

alien42 said:

Their stock is up 2000% in the past month.

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They have a stock??

 

HomerJS

Lifer

Feb 6, 2002

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Indus said:

They have a stock??

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I may have to get some. Created my BS account 2 weeks ago

 

nakedfrog

No Lifer

Apr 3, 2001

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• #9

Indus said:

They have a stock??

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As far as I can tell, no, there's a different company with a very similar name (Bluesky Digital Assets) but the Twitter-like site is not publicly traded based on what I looked up.

 

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Indus

Lifer

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nakedfrog said:

As far as I can tell, no, there's a different company with a very similar name (Bluesky Digital Assets) but the Twitter-like site is not publicly traded based on what I looked up.

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Yeah that's what I thought as well!

In a way I want it to stay private so we can avoid the Elon shit show again!

 

HomerJS

Lifer

Feb 6, 2002

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• #11

By the end of the month I will log out of my Twitter account and delete the app on my phone and feel better for it

 

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nakedfrog

No Lifer

Apr 3, 2001

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• #12

HomerJS said:

By the end of the month I will log out of my Twitter account and delete the app on my phone and feel better for it

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Plan to also delete your Twitter account entirely?

 

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Roger Wilco

Diamond Member

Mar 20, 2017

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• #13

I’ve deleted the x app. Will delete the account soon.

 

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alien42

Lifer

Nov 28, 2004

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• #14

Indus said:

Yeah that's what I thought as well!

In a way I want it to stay private so we can avoid the Elon shit show again!

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I thought BTCWF was their stock, but it might not be. Looks like that is some crypto company, which also explains their recent rise.

 

MtnMan

Diamond Member

Jul 27, 2004

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• #15

BoomerD said:

Never had a twitter account…joined bluesky just to see what it was.

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The same, but I don't get what the deal for either is.

 

Indus

Lifer

May 11, 2002

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• #16

MtnMan said:

The same, but I don't get what the deal for either is.

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Well if you're into a sports team.. it's better than subscribing to a bunch of places that want money for inside info.. you get fan accounts posting the same stuff.

Same things for politics but I try and avoid politics on it.

But I do tend to follow some science accounts.. maybe telescope accounts.. stuff that'll relax my mind etc.

It's better than reading the news page sometimes.. unless your team loses!

 

esquared

Forum Director & Omnipotent Overlord

Forum Director

Oct 8, 2000

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• #17

I signed up too.

Never had twitter so this is new to me.
I wonder if bluesky will have an influx of the magarats trying to discredit it.
Or even elmo for that matter.

 

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Indus

Lifer

May 11, 2002

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esquared said:

I signed up too.

Never had twitter so this is new to me.
I wonder if bluesky will have an influx of the magarats trying to discredit it.
Or even elmo for that matter.

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Yes and Andrew Tate got banned in 1 day!

 

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Amused

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Apr 14, 2001

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Be sure to contact every company and influencers you follow and demand they X-it.
Make X-it a thing.

 

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Amused

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amenx

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Dec 17, 2004

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• Thursday at 5:25 AM

• #21

Still a lot of businesses, journalists, government officials use X extensively. For practical purposes they may not want to leave or dont care about Musks antics or policies. And there are around 400 million X users so too early for BS to make much of an impact.

 

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linkgoron

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Mar 9, 2005

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• Thursday at 5:33 AM

• #22

Not sure if this isn't Mastodon all over again. There was huge hype, and then everything died out pretty quickly.

 

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Timorous

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Oct 27, 2008

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• Thursday at 7:03 AM

• #23

Every time I see the word Bluesky it just reminds me of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse because of that one episode where a character had 'Blue Skies' as a catchphrase.

 

Oric

Senior member

Oct 11, 1999

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• Thursday at 7:38 AM

• #24

There is a great divide and radicalization in Politics in every country. (Maybe except Japan) So what is happening in United States is/was already in discussion of Twitter being under the influence of Musk and/or Local Governments (by Trollfarms/Bots) so BlueSky has a potential of 60 - 80 Million users, whereas their departure of Twitter/X will make that forum less interactive and more of an echo chamber. So this movement is timely and has a chance to be permanent

 

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Indus

Lifer

May 11, 2002

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• Thursday at 8:50 AM

• #25

linkgoron said:

Not sure if this isn't Mastodon all over again. There was huge hype, and then everything died out pretty quickly.

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Blue Lightsaber (@bluelightsaber.bsky.social)

I think a good amount of people don't understand this.. we're not leaving X for something that's better.. we're leaving because we don't want right wing trolls. Yes it'll be lonely.. yes it'll have less engagement but that is better for us than constant right wing spam since we're not right wingers!

bsky.app

 

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