Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'

In April, NBC News found that on X, at least 150 pro-Nazi accounts were able to purchase verification on the app and boost pro-Nazi content that was viewed millions of times on the app.

“If I’m not able to drive any consistent views to my newsletter from Twitter, why am I here?” Lavin said about her decision to move to Bluesky. “All the replies were AI bots and Nazis, and none of the earnestly engaged readers are seeing my content. So what was the point of subjecting myself to psychic damage?

I don’t think many of us on lemmy are that surprised to see this is happening. It’s just a shame it’s happening after the US Presidential election.

When Elon Musk bought Twitter, it was never about “Free Speech,” so much as it was a means to drive right-wing propaganda to masses on a platform that had been largely used by the mainstream media, politicians, celebrities, sports media, etc. Twitter was basically the place where all of this could be found.

As a side note, I haven’t used Bluesky so I cannot personally speak to its merits. I do wonder how it compares with Mastodon though, which I have used.