Comment by angoragoats
8 hours ago
“Well it self selected for left wing ones” didn’t answer my question in the least, so I’ll just assume your claim is false.
8 hours ago
“Well it self selected for left wing ones” didn’t answer my question in the least, so I’ll just assume your claim is false.
Early BlueSky was seeded by furries, the trans community, socialist Democrats, and left-wing folks fleeing an overly Republican/MAGA Twitter.
The system was invite-based, meaning these people invited their friends. And those people invited their friends of friends.
The community was seeded by a very political base at its inception. The general feed the average user saw when opening the app was activist-political, furry art, dildos, and outrage. This continued for a year, I think?
This is not very welcoming to a general audience, and it severely knee-capped Bluesky's growth trajectory.
Here's the front page of Bluesky for a new user today:
https://imgur.com/a/QzBdust