Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week

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Post by doughnutstracks » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:07 AM UTC

Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week
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Post by bhouston » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:18 AM UTC

I can attest that BlueSky is really nice right now. Feels less combative than Twitter. I started to use it 25 days ago and got 400 or so follows pretty quickly.

I am here: https://bsky.app/profile/benhouston3d.bsky.social

I used this tool to find accounts that match on both platforms:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-follower-bridge...

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Post by minimaxir » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:18 AM UTC

Unlike previous attempts for groups of people trying to leave Twitter/X post-Elon acquisition for a competitor social network but failed due to the difficulty of getting all their friends to also switch, this time it might actually stick.

Even before the election results on Tuesday, the vibes on X have been steadily been getting worse from my perspective, and the fact that Musk will get more power and influence from a Trump win may have been its Digg 2.0 moment.

I have replaced my Twitter contact information in my HN profile with my Bluesky contact info, and will be doing the same on my personal website soon.

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Post by adzm » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:20 AM UTC

bhouston wrote: post #2

I can attest that BlueSky is really nice right now. Feels less combative than Twitter. I started to use it 25 days ago and got 400 or so follows pretty quickly. I am here: https://bsky.app/profile/benhouston3d.bsky.social I used this tool to find accounts that match on both platforms: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-follower-bridge...

Agreed, it's a really fun community. I hope it lasts

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Post by andreygrehov » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:22 AM UTC

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Post by owlninja » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:23 AM UTC

adzm wrote: post #4

bhouston wrote: post #2

I can attest that BlueSky is really nice right now. Feels less combative than Twitter. I started to use it 25 days ago and got 400 or so follows pretty quickly. I am here: https://bsky.app/profile/benhouston3d.bsky.social I used this tool to find accounts that match on both platforms: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-follower-bridge...

Agreed, it's a really fun community. I hope it lasts

The only thing keeping me around as someone who never comments or tweets, is that there are some great local accounts (to me) like weather, police, news, concerts, etc... Any chance these move over? I'm not looking for some great community, I just enjoy timely posts I guess.

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Post by mlcrypto » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:24 AM UTC

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Post by bhouston » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:25 AM UTC

andreygrehov wrote: post #5

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BlueSky isn’t lying. It has had a series of bumps over time. There was the Brazil bump a month or two ago. And then this bump.

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Post by Nimitz14 » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:25 AM UTC

How does it compare to threads?

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Post by bhouston » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 3:26 AM UTC

mlcrypto wrote: post #7

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I wonder if social networks continue to bifurcate? Truth Social, Gab and X on the right and Mastadon, BlueSky on the left and Threads somewhere in between focused on celebrities?

This article suggests that there is a bifurcation happening:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/29/elon-mu...