Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on election night | TechCrunch
Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.
How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth (Published 2024)
The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.
Bluesky Opens Up
Bluesky is now open to anyone without an invite. And a bunch of other exciting things are coming soon. As many of you know, I’ve been pretty excited about where Bluesky is going as a social media o…
Bluesky And X Users Plummet Year After Trump’s Election Win—Truth Social Makes Small Gains
Bluesky, a liberal-leaning social platform that welcomed hordes of users disillusioned by Elon Musk’s X, hasn’t sustained its surge in activity after President Donald Trump won a second term.
Bluesky is my favorite Twitter clone yet
Right now, it’s really fun to hang out on Bluesky.
I Love BlueSky. Here's a Good Strategy to Get Started and Have a Great Experience.
56 votes, 21 comments. I see a ton of posts saying newcomers are basically just talking to themselves or can't build a following. I also see people…
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks
"It’s no accident that US political operatives have been singling out Bluesky as a target for political control and retribution for months." But the result puts protocol developers and the users of their networks in opposition.
How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth
<blockquote><br /><strong><em>The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.</em></strong></b...
BlueSky Trending Topics: Past & Present Conversations in One Place
Explore BlueSky's trending topics, from past to present. BlueSky is becoming the next big thing—a moderated space where people gather to discuss what's happening, free from hate speech and disruptive behavior. Stay updated on the latest trends.
Impressions from my first week at Bluesky
It’s deeply fun and energizing to be back in an operating role. The team has been very welcoming and impressive. I spent my first week meeting lots of people and soaking up information, both …
Y’all if you haven’t already you need to check out one of the coolest feeds on Bluesky. Now new and improved thanks to the amazing @fema.monster. The “Near You” feed: Resolve posts from people in the same home city as you. So incredibly proud of this project.
Near You
Feed by @atls.cityi think, end of the day, the real problem with Bluesky is that most of its users are here *because* they want to be in a bubble. and they can tell themselves that it’s just about not being around Nazis it supporting Musk, and that’s part of it, but also there’s a palpable desire to be ensconced.
Amusing how if you read X, Facebook, most of NYTimes and The Atlantic, all of The Argument, and so forth, yesterday was a huge surprise and you have to reset everything from the past two years. But if you joined BlueSky in November 2024 and clicked on any politics-related starter pack, you're good.
Jokes aside, Bluesky effectively replaced the blogosphere of 2002-2009 which drove the blue wave of 2006 and election of Barack Obama in 2008. Politically homogeneous social media is GOOD for organizing and generating enthusiasm. We need to protect it this time.
Matt Browner Hamlin
In the end, the "Joe Rogan of the Left" was the friends we made on BlueSky along the way...
