X is rolling out a new feature called “Starterpacks” to all users in the coming weeks, the company’s head of product has announced. It’s made up of compilations…
Read more X is also launching Bluesky-like starter packsICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has now become the No. 3 most-blocked account on Bluesky, after receiving its official verification on Friday, according to third-party trackers. Bluesky…
Read more ICE becomes one of the most-blocked accounts on Bluesky after its verification | TechCrunchBluesky recently suspended the account of author and liberal influencer Sarah Kendzior, leading to confusion on the left-leaning social media platform about what she did. According to Bluesky,…
Read more Bluesky Is Clearly Not a Johnny Cash FanBluesky is the social media platform that most resembles Twitter before it was taken over by Elon Musk, but it’s its own thing, and it has its own…
Read more Bluesky Will Test a ‘Dislike’ Option. It Could Help Fix a Huge ProblemBluesky is adding a dislike button as a way to signal the kind of posts you don’t want to see in your Discover feed. The experiment is part…
Read more Bluesky experiments with dislikes and ‘social proximity’ to improve conversationsSocial network Bluesky, which on Friday announced a new milestone of 40 million users, will soon start testing “dislikes” as a way to improve personalization on its main…
Read more Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces ‘dislikes’ beta | TechCrunchHave you seen a tweet from President Donald Trump saying he’ll refuse to invite whoever wins the World Series to the White House? Trump appears to say that…
Read more That Trump Tweet About the World Series Being ‘Rigged’ Is FakeBluesky is a social media platform loved by liberals, leftists, progressives, woke people, or whatever you want to call dislikers of Donald Trump. When a bunch of Donald…
Read more White House Invades Bluesky to Troll, Predictably Gets Mass BlockedThe Trump administration is taking its social media attacks on Democratic opponents to an unlikely platform, with the White House and numerous other government agencies joining Bluesky on…
Read more The White House is already one of the most blocked accounts on Bluesky | TechCrunchFor the past few days, my Bluesky feed has been increasingly filled with mysterious posts about waffles. The back-and-forth seems to have started with a tongue-in-cheek post by…
Read more Waffles eat Bluesky | TechCrunchIs the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been over two years since Elon Musk purchased Twitter,…
Read more What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the X competitor.Media pundits, journalists, and academics, including MSNBC commentator Matthew Dowd, have also been fired or targeted over their comments about Kirk. Executives from Comcast, which owns NBC Universal,…
Read more Cancel Culture Comes for Artists Who Posted About Charlie Kirk’s DeathBluesky, the funky, semi-decentralized Twitter spin-off, is rolling out age verification systems to comply with new regulations instituted in Europe and parts of the U.S. On Wednesday, the…
Read more Bluesky Launches Age Verification in Select StatesThere are times when you may want to prevent videos and GIFs from automatically playing in your social media feeds. This could be because you’re trying to conserve…
Read more How to turn off autoplay on your social media feeds | TechCrunchBluesky is expanding its features stateside. The service will require users in South Dakota and Wyoming to verify their ages in order to access direct messaging and adult…
Read more Bluesky is rolling out age verification in South Dakota in WyomingBluesky has added a built-in bookmarking feature so users finally have a way to privately save posts on the platform. The update is out now on Bluesky’s website…
Read more Bluesky finally has a private bookmarking featurePer Shiffman and Wester, an “overwhelming majority” of respondents said that Bluesky has a “vibrant and healthy online science community,” while Twitter no longer does. And many Bluesky…
Read more Scientists Are Flocking to BlueskyBounce, a new technology that adds a critical component to the open social web, launches to the public on Monday. The cross-protocol migration tool offers a service that…
Read more Bounce launches a service for moving accounts between Bluesky and Mastodon | TechCrunchSocial networking startup Bluesky has made the decision to block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with a new age assurance law.…
Read more Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law | TechCrunchUsers with Mississippi IP addresses can no longer access the Bluesky app. The decentralized social media network has explained in a post that Mississippi’s new age verification law…
Read more Bluesky blocks Mississippi due to its new age verification law