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Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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Re: Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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> As the largest host of accounts and default port of entry for people joining Bluesky, we maintained 24/7 moderation operations throughout 2025, with specialized teams focused on critical areas like child safety.

so it's _not_ that hard.

Re: Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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Good they moderate. Most interesting is that they report a 60% increase user increase, up to 41M users. Considering how bad I heard "the other network" is now I wonder why so few.

I have a look at Bluesky from time to time and there is (for me ofc) as much info/interesting stuff as I was getting from the other one before the acquisition.

Re: Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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post #2

> As the largest host of accounts and default port of entry for people joining Bluesky, we maintained 24/7 moderation operations throughout 2025, with specialized teams focused on critical areas like child safety. so it's _not_ that hard.

I mean it's easy to say that. Roblox says that too. Bluesky is probably much easier though since it's not as big.

Re: Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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post #3

Good they moderate. Most interesting is that they report a 60% increase user increase, up to 41M users. Considering how bad I heard "the other network" is now I wonder why so few. I have a look at Bluesky from time to time and there is (for me ofc) as much info/interesting stuff as I was getting from the other one before the acquisition.

How many are daily active users? I can’t find that info.

Re: Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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“toxicity and inflammatory” does a lot of heavy lifting for Blueskys moderation team.

i find it’s pretty toxic, in a militant way… that doesn’t get moderated of course.

That’s “free expression” when it’s about topics blueskyers all agree on.

waits to be called a nazi

Re: Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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post #3

Good they moderate. Most interesting is that they report a 60% increase user increase, up to 41M users. Considering how bad I heard "the other network" is now I wonder why so few. I have a look at Bluesky from time to time and there is (for me ofc) as much info/interesting stuff as I was getting from the other one before the acquisition.

there actually isn’t much good content on the platform in my experience.

it’s just people raging about trump and whatever brand they’re looking to try and cancel next.

it’s so far from the greatness of the original twitter. no tech community or content.

Re: Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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post #3

Good they moderate. Most interesting is that they report a 60% increase user increase, up to 41M users. Considering how bad I heard "the other network" is now I wonder why so few. I have a look at Bluesky from time to time and there is (for me ofc) as much info/interesting stuff as I was getting from the other one before the acquisition.

How many are daily active users? I can’t find that info.

How many are bots?

Re: Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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I haven't been particularly active on any social media for a while. It wasn't an intentional decision on my part as much as finding my social community using those tools less and less.

But I remember the early days of MySpace and Facebook with a certain nostalgia, and I'm pained to see the current state of all these tools. Such a thorough report as this gives me a little hope that perhaps an acceptable middle ground can be found for Internet communities at large scales.

I don't think I'll be hopping back in any time soon, but perhaps the research and positive advancements in social media aren't over yet.

Re: Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report

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post #6

“toxicity and inflammatory” does a lot of heavy lifting for Blueskys moderation team. i find it’s pretty toxic, in a militant way… that doesn’t get moderated of course. That’s “free expression” when it’s about topics blueskyers all agree on. waits to be called a nazi

What topics cause you the most problems?
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