Conservatives join Bluesky, face abuse and censorship
One conservative commentator claimed they were blocked from Bluesky for posting "there are only two genders."
www.newsweek.com
...A growing number of conservatives have been joining Bluesky, the microblogging website being touted as an alternative to Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter), where several say they have either faced censorship from the platform or widespread abuse.
One prominent conservative social media user said their Bluesky account was shut down after they posted "there are only two genders," whilst another was slapped with a content warning after labelling Rachel Levine, a transgender woman in the Biden administration, as "man of the year."
Newsweek contacted Bluesky for comment via email on Wednesday outside of regular office hours.
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...Babylon Bee managing editor Joel Berry also joined Bluesky, sharing screenshots of a number of abusive messaged he received on the platform to X on Tuesday.
On X Berry wrote: "They said this competing platform to X would be a kinder, less hateful, less toxic alternative but I'm really not feeling it." He shared screenshots of Bluesky comments in which in response to him saying "Thank you all for the warm welcome!" one user said "Your mother should have aborted you" whilst another wrote: "Step into traffic."
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Billionaire Entrepreneur Mark Cuban, a noted Kamala Harris supporter during the election, has spoken out against attacks on Trump supporters on Bluesky.
"Why are Trump supporters not wanted ? You dont have to follow them. You can block them. You can filter words. Don't you want@bsky.app to have all perspectives? I certainly do. As long as it's civil. Why not welcome different viewpoints?," he posted on the platform.
"I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc," Cuban added in a later post.
On X 'End Wokeness,' a popular conservative account with 3.2 million followers, shared a video which appeared to show it posting "There are only two genders" on Bluesky, a message that was almost immediately flagged as "content blocked." The account said: "Got banned from BIuesky within the first 30 seconds for posting a biological fact."