Trouble Brewing at Bluesky

[ysabetwordsmith]

A number of issues at Bluesky have many members looking for a different venue, some of whom are moving to Dreamwidth. Watch for those folks and invite them here to learn more about this platform. If you have friends who are leaving Bluesky, encourage them to consider Dreamwidth -- it's not a close match but does have good privacy and moderation tools, and you can use it for short-form posting if you wish. This post contains resources about how to use Dreamwidth. You can find your Bluesky friends here. You can also export your Bluesky content to a CAR file.

Is anyone here familiar with Bluesky? We could really use a "Dreamwidth for Bluesky Users" guide post.


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Bluesky users bash CEO for not banning journalist Jesse Singal

Bluesky rolls out massive revamp to policies and Community Guidelines

Bluesky to verify ages under Ohio pornography ID law
The law that goes into effect at the end of September 2025 requires websites to verify the ages of their Ohio customers before allowing them to view content "obscene or harmful to juveniles."

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users


Resources

ATproto Protocol
Bluesky and various other sites use this, which means you can leave Bluesky but still access your content from those other sites.

Comments

Re: Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service. I may not always be able to solve problems, but I can usually figure out at least some of the root causes. Very often people can sense a problem but not define it. You have to know the parameters before you can start trying to fix it. So when I see that, I try to map it out, in hopes that will help solve at least some portion of it.