pull down to refresh

Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta - TechCrunch posttechcrunch.com/2025/10/31/bluesky-hits-40-million-users-introduces-dislikes-beta/
308 sats \ 14 comments \ @Car 1 Nov tech
Social 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 Discover feed and others.
seems flat from last years numbers that were reported
With the “dislikes” beta rolling out soon, Bluesky will take into account the new signal to improve user personalization. As users “dislike” posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.
hate fuels discussion 🫠
The company also said its latest model does a better job at detecting replies that are “toxic, spammy, off-topic, or posted in bad faith,” and downranks these in threads, search results, and notifications.
_social is just not enough anymore to drive growth, these social apps need to evolve, should really consider going hard on the M's (messaging, media, money) one thing Elon has done exceptionally well all things considering, he is just missing the money
write
preview
related posts
160 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 1 Nov
Absolute number of registered accounts is a forever go up metric. When someone gives "user" counts or "active user" counts without saying what they mean, be suspicious.
reply
152 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 2 Nov
basically the passive-aggressive responses will become the norm, the score of the unfavorable user will drop, and the living man or woman behind the user will feel like shit;
Black Mirror [Season 3 Episode 1] - Nosedive narrates this exact scenario: people rating each other (i cannot remember whether dislikes were present); here is a youtube review of that episode and how it relates to modern life;
the end of the episode is very refreshing!
reply
21 sats \ 10 replies \ @optimism 1 Nov
these social apps need to evolve, should really consider going hard on the M's (messaging, media, money)
Can you explain the why?
reply
219 sats \ 9 replies \ @Car OP 1 Nov
gen z isn’t using social the way we did growing up, i believe millennials were the exception during a social bubble period others have said because of the "open web," the current "public feed & clout game" is dying, people are far more important to their own niches that do not require a big following anymore
afaict everything is small private loops, group chat, sharing media, and moving money between each other, lightning falls right inline with this thinking
thats why i should have said lean in on the M’s...messaging, media, money
to me this feels like the new surface area because of its coziness
reply
53 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 1 Nov
gen z isn’t using social
Anecdotally I think this is true. My kids and their friends (all zoomers) are not active on X / Facebook. They occasionally browse those sources but rarely ever post.
I think it has to do with "whats the new thing when you are 18" - for millennials that was social media. It makes a lot of sense to why social media was the first to go "woke", because its user base was all 16-20 yr olds who were all set on changing the world one post at a time.
I see some similarities between Gen X (my gen) and Gen Z. Both of our generations had very politically active older generations we followed. In Gen X's case, I think we felt some degree of suspicion to the Boomers political advocacy. Not that we necessarily disagreed from an ideological standpoint - just that it wasn't our thing and thus retreated from advocacy a bit.
reply
78 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 1 Nov
We also knew Boomers were virtue signaling hypocrites and sell outs. Any boomer can be bought. The most venal generation.
reply
0 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 1 Nov
I understand the first M. Just not the last 2. Media: you mean like images and videos? Money, for what?
reply
116 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 1 Nov
I think Money = in app payments....like WeChat did....
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 1 Nov
EverythingApp? Is cool though, don't forget to make the USG get a stake otherwise you shall be EverythingDisrupted.
reply
105 sats \ 3 replies \ @Car OP 1 Nov
yes rich media
when money lives inside the social layer, every interaction can result in instant payment
reply
5 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 1 Nov
Sounds kinda dystopian.
reply
113 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car OP 1 Nov
it depends who is building it, why its important to look at the founders closely
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 2 Nov
True. How do you feel about nostr, where everything is protocol?
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @magnolia_mayhem 2 Nov
If only there were better places that didn't incentivize echo chambers and extreme positions.
reply