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Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.

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]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/5a71d3f4-c063-4bce-9706-f2db10ae3ece/bluesky-s-active-user-base-is-shrinking-as-its-focus-expands-beyond-the-appRSS for NodeTue, 18 Aug 2026 10:16:48 GMTFri, 14 Aug 2026 14:16:26 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:57:02 GMT]]>It's a completely different dynamic from commercial services. It needs enough users to continue developing the software, to operate servers, and to create content on the platform. There is more than enough users on the platform to ensure that it can operate indefinitely at this point. Meanwhile, most people on Mastodon, just as the case is with Lemmy, are on it because they want an open source platform. So, they're not going to jump on another proprietary garbage platform BlueSky or W. And if a better open source platform comes along that's a win for everyone.

And I'd argue that chasing growth for the sake of growth can itself be harmful. When you have a slow trickle of new users then they adapt to the existing culture of the platform. But if you have a huge influx of people all at once they can erase the existing communities in the process.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27265894https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27265894Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:57:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:07:29 GMT]]>No Problem, if you was a dumbfuck using X, but being a Double Dumbfuck jumping into the next corporate tool is epic.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27262912https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27262912Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:07:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:48:57 GMT]]>I does need users though and from the stats, it doesn't look like it's gaining. If something else comes along that convinces people to leave, it could die.

But, I'll stay optimistic that the EU and other countries will want to get rid of their US tech addiction and slowly move over to federated alternatives. Not crap like "W".

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://programming.dev/comment/25449201https://citiverse.it/post/https://programming.dev/comment/25449201Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:48:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:20:21 GMT]]>Mastodon is fine, it'll outlive every commercial social media platform because it doesn't need a funding runway or to show profit to shareholders.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27259195https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27259195Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:20:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app on Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:44:45 GMT]]>Still, 46 million people jumped out of a cesspool into another privately owned swimming pool that can become another cesspool at any time.

How's mastodon doing?

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://programming.dev/comment/25446070https://citiverse.it/post/https://programming.dev/comment/25446070Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:44:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:30:50 GMT]]>It does feel frankenstAIned together from hoovered stack exchange posts. It breaks quite often. Feeds just die. It is bad.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25298600https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/25298600Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:30:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:44:00 GMT]]>You mean the vibecoded site made by and for cryptobros that were upset it didn't get the audience it wanted is already fading out? Shocker.

Legitimately don't get why this one "won out" after musk took over twitter, especially when Mastodon is right there. ATProto is a dogshit excuse for a federated protocol, the only thing the site has going for it is the blocklist feature which is easily abused, and the team behind the entire site are a bunch of AI-shill neocons.

Honestly ever since they dropped the invite system it fell off so hard, but it was doomed from the start anyway

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27249709https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27249709Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:44:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app on Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:28:18 GMT]]>Good. Fuck Bluesky.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/8573750https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/8573750Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:28:18 GMT