Bluesky is a social media app that functions similarly to X (formerly Twitter). It was a relative nonentity until Elon Musk purchased X and made it a free speech platform where conservatives actually have a voice. Bluesky also took on more notoriety after Musk announced his support of President Donald Trump.
So, what is the verdict? Is Bluesky overwhelmingly joyful with no pesky conservatives to administer common sense? Hilariously, it is not the utopia they imagined.
Slate writer Luke Winkie had some choice words to say about the social media app:
Unfortunately, but perhaps unsurprisingly, the social media service liberals came up with was even worse. Yes, I’m talking about Bluesky. …
Bluesky’s preservation of Obama-era liberalism has brought with it some of the coalition’s most unsavory tendencies: the exasperating pedantry, the god-awful reaction GIFs, the ridiculous instinct to audit the ideological purity of every one of its users. Earlier this week, the pseudonymous [user] @dril — responsible for some of the most canonical tweets of all time — showcased the baffled, scolding responses that billow up in his replies whenever he makes one of his characteristically hallucinogenic jokes on Bluesky. All humor is reflexively punished. @Dril described the experience thusly: “Blue sky is supreme because every time you post you get 100 school principals in the replies asking to see you in their office.”
The app is dominated by progressive scolds who shut down any conversations that don’t revolve around bashing Trump/Republicans/normal people who don’t agree with them. It is an exhausting experience for the more moderate Democrats who aren’t enthralled with their radical cohorts. The only positive, besides not having to deal with conservatives disagreeing with them, is that there are no ads.
Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle reported that the numbers for Bluesky are bad and getting worse:
A recent Pew Research Center analysis found that many news influencers have Bluesky accounts (I’m one of them) but that, like me, two-thirds post irregularly. By contrast, more than 80 percent still post to X on most days. Engagement on Bluesky appears to have peaked in mid-November. It’s now down about 50 percent, and the decline shows no sign of leveling out.
Humorous side note: If you listen to McArdle’s column via the audio function, the AI reads the word “Bluesky” like “Blue-ski.” This pronunciation is particularly amusing since Bluesky is where all the communists seem to be.
These leftist writers both claim that X is serving them content they don’t like, and it’s like they’ve been exiled from the public square. Leftists aren’t exiled from the public square. They literally control every other social media platform (Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, etc.). They are just upset that there is a social media platform they don’t own and don’t control anymore, ergo, they might be confronted by thoughts and opinions they don’t agree with.
Though death has not yet occurred for knock-off X, the death throws have apparently begun. Perhaps then leftists may realize they’ve gone too far.
