Bluesky has seen rapid growth, with over three million new users in the past week, bringing its total to 17 million as users seek alternatives to X. This growth has led to increased spam, scam, and trolling activity, and the company is expanding its moderation team in response. Meanwhile, Meta's Threads, another competitor, has gained over 15 million signups this month and is testing custom feeds, a feature Bluesky is known for. Unlike Bluesky, Meta has admitted to training its AI models on nearly all public posts since 2007.
Key takeaways:
- Social network Bluesky has stated that it does not use user content to train its generative AI tools, unlike its competitor X.
- Bluesky's robots.txt does not exclude crawlers from Google, OpenAI, or others, meaning these companies may still crawl Bluesky data.
- Bluesky uses AI for content moderation and in its algorithmic Discover feed, but not for training on user content.
- Bluesky has grown by more than three million people in the past week, crossing 17 million users, as users seek alternatives to other microblogging platforms like X and Meta's Threads.