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all social media platforms with significant financing behind them enshitify and bluesky is already there despite their promises to the contrary:
Bluesky is apparently deleting the accounts of Palestinians in Gaza under the guise of “spam.” Requests to correct this have so far gone unanswered. https://t.co/vbBfz8TFL2 pic.twitter.com/X4o7OifWlh
— Writers Against the War on Gaza (@wawog_now) November 14, 2024
The site is named after a fascist flag, so not surprising
Blue… Sky? What?
According to CNET, the actual reason for the name is:
Dorsey confirmed a Bluesky user’s speculation that the name ties in to Twitter’s bird mascot, the idea being the bird could fly even more freely in an open blue sky.
The only thing I can think of is the Ukraine flag , which I believe represents a field of wheat under a blue sky, such as in this image from Kherson Oblast:
I don’t use either site but I have seen several people I know irl posting their Bluesky handles places so it does seem like people are moving