Look at some of the comments here. If Bluesky has the reputation of being centered around US politics, it won't be the choice of those with other interests.
Seconded. I haven't more than glanced at national news since November 6. I still get a few rumblings on Bluesky ("Trump nominated who?!" or whatever) but for the most part it's sea worms, cats 'n mushrooms, comics (need more!) and local news. The sea worms were a happy accident and I'm not gonna undo it.
Trump talked continuously about weaponizing the government, how it was done to him ("They are investigating/prosecuting my crimes and I am a politician now! Disgraceful!"), and how he was going to do it good and hard to those who opposed him. Now Musk is the de facto vice president, so anyone who annoys Musk or gets in the way of his amassing more wealth and power is a potential target. You don't have to have any case. Just drown the startup in legal bills.
Musk has the president-elect in his pocket and Musk hates BlueSky. The goal is to be the only source of propaganda and let right-wing conspiracies fly unchecked on social media.
That’s a bit reductive. What says that Bluesky doesn’t have their flavor of propaganda that suits their preferences? That is, what makes the Bluesky perspective more valid other than just being on a platform that hates Twitter?
About anything that is currently legal and permitted on Twitter seems to be specifically prohibited by design (and can’t be opted out of wrt moderation) in Bluesky. If the Mastodon case is any guide, there will be a great effort to ensure that nothing wrt software can conflict with it.
> What says that Bluesky doesn’t have their flavor of propaganda that suits their preferences?
Nothing. They probably do.
> That is, what makes the Bluesky perspective more valid other than just being on a platform that hates Twitter?
Nothing. It probably isn't.
> About anything that is currently legal and permitted on Twitter seems to be specifically prohibited by design
Trump's FCC chief has signaled he would like to remove Section 230 which would make these things that are prohibited a downside for BlueSky and open them up to litigation and I doubt they have the wallet to litigate like Musk does.
Lol who told you that? X is vibrant and big ad companies are coming back. I personally created an account on Bluesky not to support it but to ensure leftists cannot create an echo chamber.
How? Aren’t there a lot more people migrating to Bluesky now in light of Musk’s antics on X?