that seems like a very legit criticism! flagging for @mattnavarra.com jfyi, maybe some conflation of total users with MAUs in the article you cited?
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Thanks. Actually noticed this a while after posting. A few people have spotted the mistake by the author But that’s been over shadowed by the scale of abuse + toxicity in the comments here, + the irony of Bluesky users saying X is so toxic but not seeing how Bluesky appears no better in this thread
aug 7, 2025, 10:59 pm • 5 0 • view
So you really think the toxicity of formerly twitter is really the same? I mean, you're comparing actual Nazis, transphobia, racism, and so on to... People being rude? What's the equivalent here that makes bsky as bad?
aug 8, 2025, 6:02 pm • 3 0 • view
yeah. there’s also the frustrating thing where if you post something that accords with the CW then it gets no scrutiny even if it’s made up, but if you post anything that upsets people it will get picked apart on every possible level
aug 7, 2025, 11:05 pm • 3 0 • view
Still no nazis though.
aug 8, 2025, 3:23 am • 3 0 • view
People shouldn't be dicks, but I just can't take it seriously each time I hear "twitter's a home for actual Nazis, has a robot singing Hitler's praises and the guy who runs the site and made the robot is a fan of Nazi salutes, but some Bluesky users are rude, so it's really no better."
aug 8, 2025, 4:30 am • 14 0 • view
Also, I think a lot of folks are just generally exhausted at the shareholder mindset of "thing must constantly grow, or it's a failure."
aug 8, 2025, 4:38 am • 12 0 • view
Thank you for this. I honestly mean no disrespect to the author, and he has the right to his feelings about the responses…but to equate that thread to what happened at Twitter/X - then or now- indicates to me that he might have chosen to forget what happened to marginalized folks on there…
aug 8, 2025, 4:39 pm • 4 0 • view
Jaron Lanier: "If, when you participate in online platforms, you notice a nasty thing inside yourself, an insecurity, a sense of low self-esteem, a yearning to lash out, to swat someone down, then leave that platform." If only everyone who left X for Bluesky had that motivation.
aug 8, 2025, 1:27 am • 0 0 • view
This is valid. I went with the user count quoted by Jay Graber, which is not MAU.
aug 9, 2025, 2:31 am • 0 0 • view