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Linda, tell him Bluesky is taking twitter refugees by the thousands.

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My friend told me that Blue Sky has just over 23 mil users and X has 611 mil. So, my nephew is 23, I think that is the comparison he is making. My friend is on both platforms because she is reluctant to leave X for fear of missing out. I feel like since the election she has been very testy, and I wonder if it is because she is on X so much and listening to too many negative voices. The milieu seems very unhealthy. I am not on either, but I know how milieu can have an influence. I think she should get off it.

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yep and i bet half of those 611 million if that is a correct number are bots.

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I read that after the election ended a lot of those Russian Bot accounts disappeared.

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I have grandchildren the same age. I know one uses Reddit. the other one uses Instagram and I'm not sure about the 3rd one. Yes, Bluesky probably has 23 million or so followers, but they have just started. I have registered with Bluesky, however, I am not a serious user yet. I've been on Facebook for years, but have cut my posts to less than half, since Facebook has been screening posts for what they say are biased. Recently, Zuckerberg spent a day with tRump at Maralago said one of the substack authors I follow. That says a lot if true.

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I use Substack and YouTube. During covid I attended a conference on disinformation and democracy, and what I got out of it was that Facebook uses sexist, racist, homophobic, anti atheist algorithms as do other social media. Glad that Blue Sky exists. I know that Reddit is supposed to be the number 2 site for that age. I don't know what my nephew uses.

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