# Threads or Bluesky? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176 "2024-11-12T22:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/121 "2025-01-27T11:46:54Z")
On several Discord servers I’ve seen new rules posted outright forbidding linking to Twitter anymore. Both because of Musk’s Nazi salute and because Twitter/Musk has apparently basically stopped enforcing moderation against child porn. And Bluesky is regularly suggested as an alternative to Twitter. I suspect that’s helping push more people to move to Bluesky recently. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/122 "2025-01-27T13:06:27Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Bluesky has had a big surge in number of user accounts the last week where it often grew at 2 to 3 per second. It’s now closing in on having 30M accounts. Should be there some time later today (27 Jan). I understand that last Sept, it only had 3M accounts. It’s about one user per second at the moment and 280k short of 30M so maybe in three days if my calculations are correct. A lot of sports subreddits are banning X links now including r/nfl. As the sports teams and leagues and writers move over, we will see another surge. The first one was mostly liberal news organizations and pundits. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/123 "2025-01-27T13:13:51Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It’s about one user per second at the moment and 280k short of 30M so maybe in three days if my calculations are correct. The rate varies depending on time of day. It’s lower at night than during the day and you looked at night. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/124 "2025-01-27T13:35:57Z")
I just followed you over there ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/125 "2025-01-27T15:52:26Z")
[![](https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNm85eGtzd3ZwbHc1cmFzNGtxYjh0emRwYzViYWxtNHkxemlqejE3eSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/JNKy9CJSsCmiY/giphy.gif) ](https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNm85eGtzd3ZwbHc1cmFzNGtxYjh0emRwYzViYWxtNHkxemlqejE3eSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/JNKy9CJSsCmiY/giphy.gif) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/126 "2025-01-27T16:31:13Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > The rate varies depending on time of day. It’s lower at night than during the day and you looked at night. ? I looked right before I typed it out. It’s at 1.9 now. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/127 "2025-01-27T17:39:47Z")
I’m enjoying being on Bluesky but getting overloaded on political posts. I’ve started a personal list of cat-centric accounts and will probably do another list or two for photography, archaeology and history, so I can take a break from politics when I’m there. You can dig around in settings and find ways to hunt for various interests that you can put into a list for your account. I’ve accumulated over 1.1k followers at this point, but don’t automatically follow back. I always check anyone who likes a post or follows me: hover my cursor over their avatar to check the profile that comes up; if it looks interesting, then click into their account and skim through their posts to see if they’re legit and someone I’d like to follow. I am Janicket the So-So there. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/128 "2025-01-27T19:52:33Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I looked right before I typed it out. It’s at 1.9 now. Which is almost double the rate you posted last night. As I said, it varies by time of day. OK, I was overoptimistic. It won’t reach 30M today. Maybe tomorrow or the next day. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/129 "2025-01-27T21:12:15Z")
Cool! I followed back if your initials over there are tpg. (If not, I need to look more closely at my notifications to be sure I didn’t miss you.) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/130 "2025-01-27T21:14:08Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I always check anyone who likes a post or follows me: hover my cursor over their avatar to check the profile that comes up; if it looks interesting, then click into their account and skim through their posts to see if they’re legit and someone I’d like to follow. That’s what I do, too. The Starter Packs are clearly good for Bluesky as they help it grow, but personally I prefer to deal with followers on a one-by-one basis. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/131 "2025-01-27T21:15:45Z")
That’s me! The one and only. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/132 "2025-01-27T21:22:03Z")
Oh, good. I can identify with having differing names; for many years I had a completely different screen name on every site. But this time I just…carried over. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/133 "2025-01-27T21:26:00Z")
I don’t know why I use my name (and picture) on Bluesky but not here. I guess it’s to find friends, etc., there (and twitter, Insta, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/134 "2025-01-27T21:45:55Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > cat-centric accounts and will probably do another list or two for photography, archaeology and history And this one, which I’m sure you already follow, is the intersection of all of those topics. > **[Cats of Yore (@catsofyore.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/catsofyore.bsky.social)** > > Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. > > Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/135 "2025-01-28T00:47:04Z")
Oh, yes, Cats of Yore I’ve followed since Twitter. You can also find Jorts (and Jean), Larry the Cat, Fishtopher and Friends, and others that I first came across BM (before Musk). ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/136 "2025-07-18T13:19:08Z")
Anyone on BlueSky notice a wave of questionable anime, furries and een some very hairy ugly men exposing themselves. 🤬 I blocked a bunch of accounts and reported the worst ones. Not sure what went on with the moderating. 🤔 Seems back to normal now. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/137 "2025-07-18T13:29:47Z")
Every so often there is a spate of bots who infiltrate timelines and it takes a day or so for moderation to catch up. I usually get an onslaught of cleavage displaying women of questionable virtue, then they disappear again for a few weeks. It’s a constant battle. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/138 "2025-07-18T13:40:41Z")
Bots? you mean they are not interested in me because of my rapier wit and inherent animal magnetism…? ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/139 "2025-07-18T14:07:22Z")
Thanks - was getting pretty dire. Should I report/block/less like this ?? ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-or-bluesky/1010176/140 "2025-07-18T14:54:57Z")
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