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Bluesky user activity has declined by 23% over the past three months

by uwemaurer on 5/28/25, 2:55 PM with 21 comments

• by fsflover on 5/28/25, 3:04 PM

  Perhaps users realized it's not much different from the early Twitter, with likely a similar future: https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yoursel...

• by starkparker on 5/28/25, 3:28 PM

  I'd love to know the breakdown in declines between bot/engagement accounts and organic posting, though that's likely impossible even with the labeling system. I couldn't tell if there's even a perceptual decline in the former because I've mass-blocked them through blocklists and labelers.

• by archagon on 5/28/25, 8:59 PM

  Subjectively, I have only noticed a steady increase in posting activity on Bluesky and Mastodon over the last few months, to the point where I now have a hard time keeping up with my feed.

• by zero-ground-445 on 5/28/25, 2:58 PM

  I can see it. I feel like it not taking off. Sad.

• by oldpersonintx2 on 5/28/25, 3:01 PM

  joining bsky was just a protest vote, not a legit desire to engage

  threads felt the same, its also dead

• by TimorousBestie on 5/28/25, 3:01 PM

  This is the reality of a platform that is hostile to corporations (even if it is hostile for good reasons). As far as I could tell, the company running Bluesky has limited ideas about monetization. In part, because they’re well aware their user base is hostile to X-style monetization (which, sure, probably made money, but at what cost?)

  Hopefully some other ATProto implementor will come along with a better idea.

  It is interesting to me that e.g. Adobe left Bluesky after relatively minor pushback, but they stay on X despite the much larger problems associated with that platform.

• by incomingpain on 5/28/25, 3:34 PM

  Bluesky has the same problem as Mastodon. Both of which fully understand their problem; neither of which are willing to change.

  It's ultimately their choice to make. The current choice means they can never take off and they automatically let X win.

  Who am I to tell them what to do?

  It must be about 2 years ago when they published their community guideline rules and it's trivial to see how they have no chance of success.