Stimulus Posted November 10 Posted November 10 (edited) Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump's Election Wired / Vittoria Elliott / Nov 8, 2024 Swifties say they're leaving X over Elon Musk's support of Donald Trump—and the rhetoric that has erupted on the platform following Trump's win. Quote Following the US presidential election, Swifties, the name for Taylor Swift's fans, are fleeing X for Bluesky. X's owner, billionaire Elon Musk, was one of Donald Trump's biggest backers, funneling over $100 million into the Trump-supporting America PAC; stumping for the candidate on the campaign trail; and boosting Trump's messaging on X. Musk also helped Trump tap into a distinctly right-wing male audience. Swifties, who have built a robust community on the platform formerly known as Twitter, took notice. By Thursday, less than 48 hours after Trump won the presidency, they were starting to flock from the platform for good. Quote Irene Kim, an organizer with Swifties for Kamala, says that the outpouring of misogyny following the election pushed her and many other Swift fans to abandon X and seek refuge on Bluesky. Though research has found that hate speech and disinformation increased after Musk took over the platform, the election of Trump seems to have supercharged it. A report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue found that in the 24 hours following Trump's electoral victory, phrases like "Your body, my choice," parroting the election night rhetoric of white supremacist Nick Fuentes, rose 4,600 percent on X. Quote Although Justin says he has been on Bluesky for more than a year, he mostly used X until this week. "After the election, the timeline was full of Swifties getting DMs from Trump supporters threatening rape or sexual assault and making sexually violent comments gloating because Trump won," he says. Quote "Bluesky literally feels like a social media app again, where I'm just connected with my community or like other interesting posts. I feel like people aren't as geared up to fight you," says Kim. Over the past 48 hours she has been hopping back to X to encourage people to migrate to Bluesky. "Who knows if the momentum will keep up and everything will actually move over and stay there," she says, "but right now it just feels like such a breath of fresh air." As of this writing, there are nearly 200 Swift-themed starter packs—collections of accounts that Bluesky users can invite people to follow. Nearly all of them have been created in the past 24 hours. "If I, one day, can never open [X] again because all the Swifties are here, it's a massive triumph," says Justin. Source Related Bluesky home page Bluesky mobile apps: Android, iOS How to get started on Bluesky Edited November 10 by Stimulus 2 1
Popular Post starsailor Posted November 10 Popular Post Posted November 10 It's just the right thing to everybody do, not only Taylor Swift's fans. 11 9
LovingDays Posted November 10 Posted November 10 (edited) I made an account back when Twt got banned in Brazil (not Brazilian, they're just funny) Edited November 10 by LovingDays 1 4
Fleahive Posted November 10 Posted November 10 (edited) I'll join if black Twitter joins. That is the only reason I use X at this point. I refresh my homepage and I see the most crazy, random, hot take and doom scroll the comments while laughing my ass off. Edited November 10 by Fleahive 3
Jotham Posted November 10 Posted November 10 I joined and it's mostly just gamer furries on my feed for some reason. Hopefully other people start coming in. 4
Goaty Posted November 10 Posted November 10 9 minutes ago, Fleahive said: I'll join if black Twitter joins. That is the only reason I use X at this point. I refresh my homepage and I see the most crazy, random, hot take and doom scroll the comments while laughing my ass off. falling off the bone??? 4
XDNA Posted November 10 Posted November 10 We should ALL do this. Its the only way to take power away from Elon. He will mess with every election if we don't. 3 2
Wicked Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Until the news and journalist accounts I follow on X make a switch I'm not deleting it off my phone. My TL isn't even bad, idk how people be seeing some of the **** they be seeing. Only thing is now I see all the accounts I blocked which previously aided in cleaning up my algorithm lol
Johnny Jacobs Posted November 10 Posted November 10 It will end up just like threads but hopefully someday some site truly takes over.
Gladiator Posted November 10 Posted November 10 1 hour ago, Jotham said: I joined and it's mostly just gamer furries on my feed for some reason. Hopefully other people start coming in. Reminds me of when Twitter was new. The cycle continues! 1
Suilen Posted November 10 Posted November 10 I feel like if Taylor herself or some celeb with a significant following moved there, it'd take off faster. 8
Apolonio ₃₄ Posted November 10 Posted November 10 1 hour ago, Jotham said: I joined and it's mostly just gamer furries on my feed for some reason. Hopefully other people start coming in.
Breathe On Moi Posted November 10 Posted November 10 3 minutes ago, Suilen said: I feel like if Taylor herself or some celeb with a significant following moved there, it'd take off faster. and major influencing types of pages like popcrave, chartdata, etc etc. I haven't joined but if they make a user friendly platform and (legally) stealing the basic design of X could make things work. 1
ohjulia Posted November 10 Posted November 10 (edited) Yeah, I'm going to stay on Twitter lol I can't imagine being so against independent journalism and factual not sensationalized research. Edited November 10 by ohjulia 1 4 7
Vixen Eyes Posted November 10 Posted November 10 1 hour ago, Jotham said: I joined and it's mostly just gamer furries on my feed for some reason. Hopefully other people start coming in. Maybe don't follow gamer furry accounts!
Princess Aurora Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Yes please, Let's take X or whatever that monstrosity is down 1
Mania Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Well I hope everyone actually leaves instead leaving to flop like the other 5 apps that tried to the same thing
Thuggin Posted November 10 Posted November 10 I used to still scroll, not post, on Twitter (refuse to call it X) but I can't justify still having an active account anymore so long as Elon runs it. Using Bluesky now and wow I forgot what it was like to have a version of Twitter not overrun with Nazis. Way more positive place and it also has way more engagement than I expected. 4
shyboi Posted November 10 Posted November 10 bluesky is horrible, their algo (or lackoff) makes it pointless, flat and boring, they don't even have trending topics if they really want to compete they better step their game up because right now it's useless
Smarticle Posted November 10 Posted November 10 3 hours ago, HASHTAGPOW said: We should all go back to Tumblr Only if they completely lift the porn ban
Rep2000 Posted November 10 Posted November 10 3 hours ago, Suilen said: I feel like if Taylor herself or some celeb with a significant following moved there, it'd take off faster. Yes, she should. But at the same time, she is not using her socials much anymore. She would post some big statements here or there beside the tour post. She even abandoned her Tiktok after just 1 era lol.
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