Celebrities who have left X for BlueSky, from Stephen King to Lizzo

You waited too long to close shop.

This is awesome. Let’s teach Corky all about the power of the network effect.

I am creating a mirror site on Bluesky that I didn't on Tribel.

It is interesting but Bluesky has a thread format like Datalounge.

I like it.

BlueSky is already censoring people over uncontroversial political views, i.e. sex and gender.

I'll support Jack Dorsey because he's hot!

Elon Musk is a disgusting TROLL.

How is the porn? Is it there?

Bluesky has been adding a million people a day. The exodus is real.

Blew chew, gals. Getcha blew chew…

Meh. Dorsey is a self- interested billionaire like the rest. Maybe we need to stop relying on social media so much. Look where it’s gotten us. This shitty site included.

Link, r4? I've read Threads is doing it.

[quote]This shitty site included.

Feel free to leave, asshole.

Re R4 and censorship, BlueSky gives you (the user) settings to adjust and there are various community moderation tools. Far as I know nobody on BlueSky is getting zapped altogether for saying “MAGA!” or whatever… but there are ways to block such posters from your view. And more overtly hate speech or vicious personal attacks or illegal material will get a user terminated, as it should.

[quote]Re [R4] and censorship, BlueSky gives you (the user) settings to adjust and there are various community moderation tools. Far as I know nobody on BlueSky is getting zapped altogether for saying “MAGA!” or whatever… but there are ways to block such posters from your view. And more overtly hate speech or vicious personal attacks or illegal material will get a user terminated, as it should.

"As far as you know".

Well accounts are getting censored, especially women involved in the current legal case due to be resolved this month in the UK about sex and gender.

It's all very well blocking anyone you don't want to see but coordinated groups of people are trying to censor those with views they disagree.

Not hate speech, not targeted attacks against individuals, but people discussing the clash between sex based rights and gender identity.

This is of course how Twitter operated for years which peaked with Babylon Bee being banned for its tweet about Rachel Levine.

If I don't want to see Laura Loomer on Bluesky, I block her. I don't engage. That's what's pissing off the MAGAs. We just block them, instead of engaging them. I choose who I see, rather than an algorithm choosing for me. And, with the recent study released about how X went full MAGA in July 2024, I am all for mass blocking from lists created by another user. So far, I have gained 600 followers since the election, all accounts with real people behind them. The engagement and content are far superior to X, at least since Musk took over. WaPo is over there and other big accounts are moving because they know that real people are on Bluesky and not Russian, Chinese and Iranian bots and trolls.

"WaPo is over there and other big accounts are moving because they know that real people are on Bluesky and not Russian, Chinese and Iranian bots and trolls."

Wonder if it's dawning on whatever's still sitting there trolling the libs on Xitter, that their fun has peaked and it's pretty much over.

[quote] This is of course how Twitter operated for years

Which was so, so, so much better than Musk's version. That's what people are reacting.

If users still want Musk's free speech paradise, they're welcome to it.

Of course it doesn't work that way though. Like a neighbourhood, community, school, bar, etc. You actually need good, normal people to be the large majority. It turns to shit otherwise and all you'll have left are the dregs.

That's why the right wingers are now moving over too despite mass blocking.

I’ve never had a problem on Twitter because I mostly discuss science. I have found a lot of friends on there but a lot of people are leaving. Elon has a lot of totalitarianism friends and he seems to be attracted to that sort of thing so I will leave as well. I got jobs from twitter it’s sad. I will download my data

These celebrities Re self important clowns. Didnt they get the message after the election that nobody cares what they say or do?

This is just a virtue signal. They'll come back when they realize nobody gonna follow them to bluesky or even knows or cares what the hell that even is

I wonder if the percentage of Americans leaving will make a blip on a global platform with 100s of millions of users all over the world. What do you think? I mean does he need America if he has India and most of Asia?

NoBOdY CAres wHAT cElEbritIES thINK.

Under magat rule, America is being compared to third world shitholes like India

If it takes off good. It should be pointed out though this is about the fifth mass exodus that is "going to kill twitter" since Musk decided to wreck the place.

He got in on legacy at Penn. So brilliant. Did it all himself.

[quote] What do you think? I mean does he need America if he has India and most of Asia?

Twitter is not really that global. Meta rules along with home market platforms. The Brazil ban didn't help either.

I didn't know how marginal Twitter is on the world market. No wonder Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cage match.

It’ll be interesting to see how much bigger BlueSky got just this weekend, when numbers become known. I bet at least 20%.

What evidence do you have for your contention, r18? How closely have you been following this?

Fun little meter for R26. Averaging over ten new users a second.

There's a huge Xodus of all sorts non-celeberities from X -- serious people involved in all aspects of politics, the sciences, policy think tanks, the media, law, and more -- and their followers are following them. Follower losses on X are mirrored by gains on Blue Sky. Even a German soccer (St. Pauli) team quit X. More will follow.

The Guardian has stopped using X altogether and NPR left over a year ago. You might think the Guarian is no big loss, but it's one of the few publications that doesn't engage in "access journalism" like so many US media outlets.

I do wonder if X will go the way of Truth Social.

The Guardian has had minimal engagement with most of its tweets promoting its stories, with the exception of the clickbait opinion pieces.

They recently had a gold standard community note with their "there is no two tier policing in Britain" article... which linked to all their previous articles about two tier policing in Britain.

And the groups of people you refer to R29 largely exist in an echo chamber.

The only person I was sad to see go was Rufus Wainwright.

I think X will either keep marching or merge with Truth Social.

I was one who moved to BS. Until I found out that it was founded by Libertarians founded it, Steve Bannon was part of that, and now as of October, he is in an investment firm that purchased a stake in BS. I deleted my account once I learned that. I swear to gawd, they’re trying to round up all the liberals in once place so they can make their master list of “public enemies” who are a threat to “national security”. And Tulsi will use the NSA for this purpose too.

I have no where left to go for news of SM. Even here, I cannot believe how RW it’s become.

What's interesting for those high profile accounts is how quickly they are rebuilding their follower base.

That's always been what locked them to Twitter, but now they're adding followers in mere hours which took years to build originally.

They're also claiming they're seeing much more real engagement because their posts aren't subject to an algorithm.

I just joined. The first person I followed was Mark Hamill.

[QUOTE]And the groups of people you refer to [R29] largely exist in an echo chamber.

Imagine that r30! Intelligent, informed people want to engage with each other and have substantive conversations about current topics without getting attacked or threatened.

If you believe they exist in an echo chamber provided by Blue Sky, what would you call Truth Social? An open forum for scintillating and civilized discourse where both sides share and learn from each other? Kumbaya!

I've never used Truth Social but I imagine it's full of people who are convinced they morally superior, right about every issue and who don't like to be challenged or hear other viewpoints.

I imagine being told what you want to hear all the time is very rewarding.

R32 I'll say the same thing here I said to you when you posted this on the other thread:

Steve Bannon was never an owner or even involved with BlueSky. A friend of his was an early investor back when Jack Dorsey was still heading up the project, but there was a giant schism a few years ago and Dorsey walked away from BS and sided with Musk and X.

It was originally planned in partnership with Twitter in 2019, but when Musk bought it in 2022, they broke away, not wanting anything to do with X or Musk, and that's when Dorsey dipped and Graber was brought in as CEO.

Stop repeating this lie despite being corrected.

Is it easy to sign up?

Fuck Twitter!!!

I hope Elon Musk gets destroyed.

I agree with Lizzo.

Leave the toxicity of 2024 behind.

That includes Twitter, MAGATS, Donald Trump, and everyone that voted for him.

Good riddance to all of them. They are out of my life.

R37, and I’ll say the same thing I said to you — *regardless* of which version of the Bannon story is correct, Bannon is at a minimum “loosely” tied to BlueSky! He was friends with people who founded it, IF your version is accurate. He supposedly has money in Bankcorp LLC which invested $15 mil this October 2024, THAT is what I read. Perhaps the writer was wrong. But stop calling me a liar. Maybe I made a mistake, but calling people a liar does not help.

Do you deny how dangerous Steve Bannon is to this country? Even if my story (which I DID read from a journalist, maybe their source was wrong?!??) is incorrect, he has multiple strings tied to it, however loosely. He’s a Traitor, and people should just know he may be affiliated and make their own choice.

In my opinion, ALL the Tech Bros have proven they are a threat to America now. Which one isn’t a Traitor on some level? I’ll wait. I trust not one of them. People should know that what happened at X could happen again — and make their own choice.

R37, here is a version aligned (I believe) with what you read. I’d have to dig to find where I read it. If I screwed it up, I apologize. That’s all I can say. I still think it’s terrifying that ANY of these freaks are tied to that platform (and I misremembered the LLC name, my bad again).

Does Bluesky rhyme with brewski?

I deactivated my Twitter account today. I want nothing to do with Leon.

It was disgusting anyway.

Didn’t all the bleeding heart liberals all do this, again then typically like one herd of lemmings, 1-2 years ago to some different new platform around the time Twitter became X? Does anybody have an individual mind of their own anymore out there??

R44, not sure who you’re talking to. But I was never on X, had an account in 2018 just to read articles that came up here. Then I started going on there in July. Had COVID for weeks and weeks, wanted to canvas but couldn’t. So instead I tried to do some activist work on SM, particularly X. I had many conversations (and arguments) with MAGATS where I genuinely heard them out and listened, and I told them what we needed them to help America meet this moment.

And for that? I was literally stalked by multiple Schnatzis, one of whom managed to actually hack me and get all my personal ID. I had to call my bank, call all credit bureaus, install fraud alerts, and I filed two types of reports with the FBI.

So I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. People are trying to talk democracy, and they literally come for you on a criminal level. But then you blame the victim? Okay. All I see is that ALL sm is for the RW, and they get made that the left leave and so they follow them. Because they enjoy stalking and terrorizing, *especially* minorities.

Is r44 doxable? When will the manna of heaven deliver the deserved hand/head slap?

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has made an effort to dump that awful site.

Threads doesn’t allow porn, not sure what blueskys policy is. Twitter/X had the “pussy in bio” porn bots that would turn up on random accounts.

Shouldn't this bookend this thread, closing it?

R40 Well then you're going to have trouble using most of the internet because it was ALL created by tech bros. Hell, even our beloved Muriel is a technically a tech bro (a tech bro in a caftan is still a tech bro).

Does anyone important use BlueSky?

Can I leave Twitter for BlueSky even if I never had a Twitter account to begin with?

R37, some troll repeats these same lies about Bannon owning or being involved with BS on multiple TikTok threads too. They get called out on it, asked to show proof, and they never do.

Here is one story which describes Bannon’s ties, though you’ll need to read each post, its multiples.

The journalist who broke the story on Cambridge Analytica is posting about Bluesky issues, Carole Cadwalladr.

Typo at r54, it’s with a fucking apostrophe!

[QUOTE]some troll repeats these same lies about Bannon owning or being involved with BS on multiple TikTok

Why does the idiot upthread think he might be a good guy?

Isn't Bannon a remarkably wonderful individual who hugely avows Leninist philosophy and the destruction of world order repeatedly on his podcasts?

Why?

Plus, he adds to the anarchy by personally disavowing hygiene, as Bannon always has by not bathing or cleaning his nether regions. He stinks from a distance plus.

[quote] The journalist who broke the story on Cambridge Analytica is posting about Bluesky issues, Carole Cadwalladr.

The Cambridge Analytica story is one of the most overhyped conspiracy theories in recent years.

And Cadwalladr has descended into complete crank mode.

BlueSky is winning me over already!