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Let’s talk: Have you joined Bluesky?

Hi folks, let’s talk about Bluesky’s staggering growth over the past few days. Social platforms are constantly evolving and, while change can be good, it’s not always in the ways members want. The recent change to X’s block feature may have fueled the 1.2 million sign-ups to Bluesky in just 48 hours, bringing the total user base to 12 million.

Have you joined Bluesky, and if so, how d’you think it compares to similar platforms? If you haven’t signed up, is there a particular reason? Do you think Bluesky can keep up this rate of growth?

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Created at 4:24pm, 27th October, 2024. Page last updated at 11:17am, 30th November, 2024.

RupertStaff10/22/2024, 5:08:15 PM

It was really hard to break the habit, but glad I've finally made the leap away from X!

https://bsky.app/profile/rupertloman.bsky.social

FirestormGamingTeam 10/22/2024, 6:16:49 PM

Rupert

I followed :)

Horror and Cats 10/22/2024, 7:43:42 PM

Rupert

Will Bluesky be on the list for connected social media on JA in the future, do you think?

Lanah Tyra 10/22/2024, 7:48:55 PM

Horror and Cats

Someone asking the right question, thank you!

RupertStaff10/22/2024, 8:07:51 PM

Horror and Cats

Yep!

CMDR Henckes 10/22/2024, 5:13:54 PM

I joined the Bluesky since the X problems and ban here in Brasil (now it is working normally since the company started respecting the laws here). I would love to see the Bluesky as one of the social media platform that you can link your account.

I'm using mostly the X to do the bounties just because it is a way more piratical than the Instagram. So in any opportunity to stop using the X I'll be moving out!

Paul 10/22/2024, 5:46:21 PM

I haven't but I have been considering using a new social media.

The main issue I found with twitter is having people oppinions shoved in my face whenever I opened the app.

I dont need one group of people to tell me I should be angry at another group and im a terrible person if I dont.

I like to use social media to connect with friends, family and people of simmilar interests, you know, to be sociable.

So if Bluesky is just another twitter, il probably give in a miss.

Dave 11/7/2024, 10:34:51 AM

Paul

I joined yesterday with my blog name to join in the conversation around the niche (if there is any) to promote the blog indirectly.

In my opinion it’s exactly as you describe. It maybe wasn’t the best day to join, but this was exactly what it was on the feed it gave me.

FirestormGamingTeam 10/22/2024, 5:49:15 PM

i just joined up :)

https://bsky.app/profile/firerstormgaming.bsky.social

Anyone feel like following me please do :)

Makster 10/22/2024, 5:56:17 PM

First 1% baby!

Rixx Javix 10/22/2024, 6:43:20 PM

Artists and creatives are leaving X because of the changes to the rules regarding AI training that Elon is trying to get away with on the platform. It really was the final straw. I've followed all of you by the way, if you shared your account above. Time to rebuild another community. I can't give up my 6k+ followers on X yet, but I'm hoping to be able to say goodbye for good in the new year.

AlexGoesTheWorld 10/22/2024, 7:33:23 PM

It's there.

That mostly sums it up.

Lanah Tyra 10/22/2024, 7:55:55 PM

I joined when it was still based on invites, but haven't really been around it as I found it empty. Even the creators who I knew and had an account weren't really posting much. Now that there are more people on it, and feeds which align with my interests and what I'm doing, I'm actually really liking it.

My posts reach more people without extra effort, as simply by tagging or using keywords like FFXIV it will get put into feeds and find a relevant audience. I couldn't stream for a couple of weeks, and usually my viewer numbers drop then, but yesterday I posted on Bluesky too that I went live and I definitely got new viewers and followers from there.

Also finally my feed is actually posts from people I follow and not some random "here's some politics or paid advertisements for you"

https://bsky.app/profile/lanahtyra.bsky.social

MURRRAAAAY 10/22/2024, 11:06:30 PM

I signed up to it ages ago, and while I like it, nice and simple app, seems a good crowd on it most importantly but it has been a slow burn as it’s been pretty quiet, hopefully this changes as recently my go to has been threads. Anyone please hit me up over there if your on bluesky and into gaming and gadgets!

https://bsky.app/profile/murrraaaay.bsky.social

Horror and Cats 10/23/2024, 3:28:06 AM

https://bsky.app/profile/lylesmokey.bsky.social

Blam. Anything but Twitter!

TrialByStory 10/22/2024, 11:37:19 PM

The people that I was on Twitter for moved to Mastodon, so that's where I migrated. And honestly, I like the fediverse more than Twitter/Bluesky/Threads/etc. It took a second to wrap my head around the system being multiple interconnected servers/instances, but ultimately that doesn't matter since you can follow people who aren't on your instance with no issue anyway.
I like that the main feed is Only people you follow, in exactly chronological order. I like that the Local and Federated feeds provide ways to discover new folks to follow without getting a capital-A Algorithim involved (the first is a chronological feed of your instance, the second is a chronological feed of your instance and accounts people on your instance follow).

It's rough around the edges in some ways, like the lack of an equivalent to QuoteTweeting, but overall it's exactly what I want my Social Media to be.

Prankster101 10/23/2024, 11:43:30 AM

Have you joined Bluesky? No... Tell us why...

It's the same group of people that made Twitter a cesspit and an absolute cancer of a website before Elon Musk took over... Those same people then left to join Bluesky... Yeah, no... I'm not following them.

Also... Twitter was never profitable before Elon Musk took over... So as a "public service", I have massive doubts as to whether Bluesky is ever going to get anywhere in the "social network" landscape (going forward).

BoomerMod10/23/2024, 2:50:53 PM

I've joined but not really done anything with it yet...maybe this is the push I need! 😁

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonboomer.bsky.social

Sturmer 10/25/2024, 6:08:49 PM

Just joined today!

KEKBUR.NET (@kekbur.bsky.social) — Bluesky

Hunter 10/25/2024, 6:36:58 PM

I know little about Blue sky ,and tired of many social websites to use, but open to try it out when I have the time :)

Dave 11/7/2024, 2:44:00 PM

Really nice software functionality, very impressed with the usability and features, really shows threads up from that perspective. As mentioned on another comment ,I did join yesterday which perhaps wasn’t the best day to join to put it mildly, if you weren’t looking for political comment.

That said, I’ve used it today and I’m not seeing any politics on my suggested feed, so hopefully I’ve started the process of training the algo and it will be good from here. It’s certainly got a lot of potential. It’s a nice overall product offering , although missing commercialisation and monetisation opportunities completely which it’s gong to need if it wants to actually Get some revenue in.

Dave 11/30/2024, 11:17:12 AM

Coming back to this after using it for a while. The software and algorithms are excellent. It’s nice to see that it’s a fully featured product. The first day I joined I got nothing but politics but since then it’s really done well in tailoring the feed to show very little, if any of this.

I get my politics from a diverse range of traditional “mainstream media” (shock horror!) to get all sides of a story, to then make up my own mind on balance, I don’t want it from social media or to discuss it with anyone.

I’ve also had SOME engagement on my posts on Bluesky but zero on x, despite the much larger audience on x and having premium as well which is supposed to give you a visibility boost!

overall I’m very impressed and I think it’s going to break through to that critical mass of being widely adopted over time.