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This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report. The week in which this happened:

November 17 to 23, 2024

On 6 September 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Bluesky (social network) to Bluesky. The result of the discussion was moved.

Headquarters in Seattle? better source needed.

Anyone have good-quality sources that indicate where Bluesky is headquartered? A not-so-great source says Seattle, but better sources are needed. 02:11, 22 November 2024 (UTC) Noleander (talk) 02:11, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The LinkedIn page for the company does state it's headquartered in Seattle. However, I've yet to find a secondary source that has reported on this. We might have to wait for a confirmation from a secondary source on this one. Baldemoto (talk) 22:16, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've just added three new ones. One is U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, The other is Dun & Bradstreet profile, and the last if you scroll all the way down in the Apple App Store webpage (which apple vetts pretty well before places can join the app store- it also has their full contact information. Hopefully these sources are good enough? CaribDigita (talk) 21:19, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As previously discussed, it depends which BlueSky entity you're talking about. CaribDigita, DnB is just a database of public business registry information; for such primary sources I recommend https://opencorporates.com/ instead. Nemo 07:02, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Moderation Controversies

There seems to be no mention of a recent controversy on Bluesky regarding Jesse Singal, namely regarding moderation decisions on the platform, and actions of users on the platform.

Primary (?) source written by Jesse himself: "Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem" https://www.thefp.com/p/jesse-singal-bluesky-has-a-death-threat-problem - this source seems to be factual, and contains screenshots from users on the platform - not sure if this is primary/secondary.

Another independent source, seemingly factual: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/jesse-singal-bluesky-death-threats/

Another source - this seems to be written by someone seemingly with an axe to grind, but confirms notability: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/bluesky-is-at-a-crossroads-as-users-petition-to-ban-jesse-singal-over-anti-trans-views-harassment/

This seems like it should be worth adding - what would the best way of approaching this be? Quizwammer (talk) 18:45, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if the Singal controversy merits a mention in this article as it stands, but I just added a citation to an NBC News story that mentions it. Funcrunch (talk) 22:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

this did fuel a lot of anger, controversy, and distrust in the moderation team, so i'd say it possibly deserves a sentence or two in a paragraph discussing criticism by its users.

though i'd say jesse singal himself is not necessarily a good source when it comes to this, there is definitely a huge conflict of interest in him writing that, ofc. - avxktty ^(talk) 19:41, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Free our feeds

Is this relevant? Or too early?

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Free-Our-Feeds-wants-to-save-Bluesky-and-social-networks-from-billionaires-10241574.html

https://freeourfeeds.com/ Fazhbr (talk) 20:02, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say it's too early, wait a couple months to see what they do next. LemurianPatriot (talk) 21:11, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So far it's evolving into a likely cryptocurrency scam. Still vaporware though, so there is no serious article on the matter from any reliable source I can find. Nemo 06:55, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bluesky and researchers

Is this notable enough to be included? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00177-1 https://www.science.org/content/article/academic-bluesky-grows-researchers-find-strengths-and-shortcomings

Can include it in the style of "Bluesky has gained many users, including ... and researchers." ChopinChemist ^Talk? 19:15, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No. The article supports "some" researchers, but I don't see anything in it supporting "many". Nemo 06:58, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Opinion

Is it relevant? The opinion isn't about Bluesky itself but rather about perceived liberal bias. However, it doesn’t reference any specific Bluesky features or provide evidence to support the claims being made. It could be suggested to add this opinion in a new section "Controversies".

Parnell Palme McGuinness, a conservative opinion columnist of the Sydney Morning Herald, was critical of the platform, terming it: "a microblogging site for idealists, devoted to protecting them from the raging reality of divergent opinion in a democratic system", a "delicate biosphere of an alternative reality … where "reasonably mainstream opinions attract the ire of the moderators, and are soft-censored as 'intolerance'… not really information so much as a curation of comforting progressive axioms". 2A02:A03F:65F3:F501:B894:BDF9:DFA:A485 (talk) 10:49, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was out of place, too. Almost as if the whole section was written for that one quote. I wasn’t aware the opinion pieces were encyclopedic in nature, especially when quoted at such length. 2600:1700:F90:6950:6177:58E2:6C46:F97C (talk) 02:33, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of most-followed accounts

As all other social media platforms have such a page, Bluesky should too. Spectritus (talk) 11:28, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source issue in History section

A tweet is cited at the top of the history section. Aren't social media platforms considered unreliable sources? Spectritus (talk) 11:52, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is it really "owned" by Bluesky PBC?

In the intro, it states that Bluesky is owned by Bluesky PBC, but only the default website, default app, and default PDS are owned by Bluesky PBC. The actual Bluesky network (Bluesky lexicon as they exist on ATproto) is completely open. Is it really fair to say that Bluesky, as a whole, is owned by this one company? Knotbin (talk) 01:40, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd refer to here in regards to Lexicon ownership, which says that the authority that manages a lexicon's schema is whoever has DNS control over the Namespace ID (the app.bsky part). Third-parties can add additional fields, but it isn't recommended and implementations of ATproto are advised to drop unrecognized fields if it doesn't match the proper schema. So in my opinion, I would say that Bluesky as a whole is owned by one company. LemurianPatriot (talk) 02:52, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bluesky PBC has total control on what goes on, has not waived any potential patents and is the only possible beneficiary of potential revenues, so yes, it's definitely "owned" by Bluesky PBC. Nemo 06:57, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is completely untrue. Yes, Bluesky has control of what goes on inside their Appview, but anyone can create different Bluesky AppViews (and people already have) that can interact with the Bluesky network the same as Bluesky does, completely independent from Bluesky infrastructure, where Bluesky cannot control what goes on.

Bluesky has control of their app but they have no control over the network.

Bluesky has no control of the network that others cannot have.

”and is the only possible beneficiary of potential revenues”

Also completely untrue. One Bluesky client, Skeets, already makes revenue from a subscription fee. Knotbin (talk) 11:26, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please educate yourself on the AT Protocol. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knotbin (talk • contribs) 11:30, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please avoid ad hominem in your talk page messages.

You are entitled to your opinion. As for the article, remember to cite reliable sources. Nemo 16:10, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All arguments I made were specifically about your claims, where do you see an ad hominem attack?

Given all your original claims were completely unsourced and you didn't respond to any of mine it seems a bit dishonest to expect this, but sure.

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342799/free-our-feeds-social-media-ecosystem-at-protocol-bluesky

Article about Free Our Feeds, a project setting up independent infrastructure for AT Protocol, making it possible for everything necessary for a user to use the Bluesky network can be hosted completely independently of Bluesky.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/26/whats-next-for-atproto-the-protocol-powering-bluesky-and-other-apps/

Article on the future of the protocol, goes more in depth into how it actually works.

If you are actually interested in learning about the network, I would start on the AT Protocol Wikipedia article as many good sources and details can be found there.

Knotbin (talk) 17:34, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am fairly certain usercounter is broken

So https://www.blueskyusercount.com/ has stayed at "33,124,280" for over 8 days, literally has not changed by a single user. I created an account and it didn't change the number, so I think I can confidently say the usercounter is currently broken. Des Vallee (talk) 10:04, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also am pretty certain about this because user traffic has increased to the site over those 8 days (using backlinko.com) with new vists, so unless like as many accounts are being disabled as being created the usercounter should be going up. Des Vallee (talk) 10:33, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Des Vallee It works now. Spectritus (talk) 15:35, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It has changed by 10 users, despite from what I can tell have millions of more userpage views. the bcounter states it down. Des Vallee (talk) 19:20, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok so major news the current numbers is confirmed to be down. Des Vallee (talk) 19:20, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like it has been fixed. Des Vallee (talk) 14:02, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably it has to consume some source data to produce that number, so it could be just delayed in consuming the data. That's not the same as being broken (especially as we don't need to update such menial statistics every day or even every month).

Such sources should not be used anyway. They are not reliable sources, so interpreting their meaning (as we're doing right here) is primary research, and the total number of users doesn't matter all that much anyway. Nemo 06:14, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]