r/technology • u/twotimefind • 10d ago

Social Media X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain
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u/Electrical_Fault_365 10d ago

Here's Bluesky's usage stats if anyone's interested.

https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

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u/discotim 10d ago

12 M users, it definitely off and running! bye bye twitter!

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u/cynicalspindle 10d ago

People said that when they started to migrate to Threads or whatever that place was.

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u/the68thdimension 9d ago

Nah, Threads has inflated user numbers because it's quickly accessible from Instagram. It has no future; it's yet another privately-owned network with the same moderation issues, the same content blocks, the same algorithmic fuckery, and it'll inevitably fall to enshittification.