Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-23 04:02:19 | Updated at 2024-12-23 08:39:27 5 hours ago

Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots
AP ^ | 12 22 2024 | ALI SWENSON and BARARA ORTUTAY

Posted on 12/22/2024 7:37:42 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner’s support of President-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms.

The platform grew out of the company then known as Twitter, championed by its former CEO Jack Dorsey. Its decentralized approach to social networking was eventually intended to replace Twitter’s core mechanic. That’s unlikely now that the two companies have parted ways. But Bluesky’s growth trajectory — with a user base that has more than doubled since October — could make it a serious competitor to other social platforms.

But with growth comes growing pains. It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bluesky; bots; internet; socialmedia

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To: yesthatjallen

Wait, they’re telling that bots direct users to junk websites? Get outa town!

2 posted on 12/22/2024 7:39:16 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)

To: Jeff Chandler

I’m sure we can rely on AP to tell us what is happening at blue cesspool.

3 posted on 12/22/2024 7:45:20 PM PST by iamgalt

To: yesthatjallen

“These are not the Bots you should be looking for!”

4 posted on 12/22/2024 7:45:24 PM PST by lee martell

To: lee martell

5 posted on 12/22/2024 7:48:55 PM PST by mairdie (GreenwichVillage ArmyPoet: https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/oldsoldiersdrums/frontcover.htm)

To: yesthatjallen

Twitter 335.7 million users. Twitter has 251 million daily users as of Dec 2024

Bluesky (The Alt Left echo chamber site) any where from 1 to 10 million daily users out of 25 million registered users as of Dec 2024.

6 posted on 12/22/2024 8:01:33 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)

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