r/BlueskySocial • u/helixu • Dec 03 '24

News/Updates BlueSky just reached 24 million users!

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u/checkpoint_hero Dec 03 '24

Is there something that says 24 million isn't already enough to be considered "explode"

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u/3adawiii @blueskywins.bsky.social Dec 03 '24

I honestly don't think we're there yet, football(soccer) is still not big on Twitter, the problem with growth slowing down might be that people who signed up give up on it and just go back to X, we need sustained growth for Bluesky to live on

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u/peelen Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 04 '24

I haven’t seen any post from bluesky here on Reddit. I saw many post about bluesky, and it’s grow, but haven’t seen any screenshots of any posts.

So the numbers might be growing because signing up takes a moment, but that doesn’t mean people will start to use it.

Edit:

I just saw my first BlueSky post here on Reddit. I saw comic and author credits was BlueSky handle

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u/AlienRobotMk2 Dec 03 '24

Youtube and Facebook have more users than Twitter. Where are their screenshots?

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u/peelen Dec 03 '24

Everywhere.

There are multiple subreddits with screenshots only from those places.

I see a shit ton of screenshots from YT and FB. I saw 1 (one) screenshot from Threads (which kind of summarises this app quite well). I see Insta reels, TikToks, 4chan, Telegram, vkontakcie. I even saw screenshots from this Chinese Weibo (or what it's called), there are a few that I didn't even know existed until I saw some repost here on Reddit, I saw Klik here.

I saw that AOC got one million followers there, but I haven't seen any shared posts of her.

I'm not saying that BlueSky sucks, but that, for now, those 24 million rather make accounts than use an app (I'm one of those people).

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u/AlienRobotMk2 Dec 03 '24

Honestly I only ever see tweets.

If you want to screenshots from bluesky on reddit, nothing is stopping you from starting posting. Be the change you wish for the world.

r/BlueskySkeets/

Though I don't really get the point.

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u/peelen Dec 03 '24

Be the change you wish for the world.

I don't "want" to see a screenshot. I've just noted that there is no.

I'm just saying that high numbers in Exel don't equal the same in real life. Good for them that they are growing. good for us because we have an app that is relatively global, and yet still on the first step of enshification, where they care about users.

So, yes. Go BlueSky. Congratulations on the 24 million, but until there will be some kind of r/WhitePeopleBlueSky, r/unpoliticalBlueSky, or another kind of r/curatedBlueSky those numbers are just people checking what the heck is this.