Overview
- Mark Cuban wrote that Bluesky’s environment has grown “ruder and more hateful” and that nuanced views are often met with extremist labels.
- Cuban warned that the platform’s lack of diversity of thought is pushing users to return to Elon Musk’s X.
- Bluesky’s user base expanded from 10 million to 30 million between November 2024 and May 2025 as liberals left X after Musk endorsed President Trump.
- Bluesky CEO Jay Graber told Vox Media that users joined to explore a new community and to escape changes on X.
- Analysts say Bluesky’s decentralized structure and advanced moderation tools have unintentionally created a political silo that discourages debate.