X announced they would change the way the Block Button works on X. X will continue to push content from blocked accts and you can no longer hide your profile from other users via Block.
The announcement was met with Furious pushback from users who begin to see content from accts they had previously blocked in the past and Elon said the Block Feature made no sense and it was long due for it to be removed.
X Competitor BlueSky made a post announcing they had over 100,000 new subscribers in the last 12 hours since the announcement and apparently at some point had so many new folks headed over their way, the site has now crashed.
BlueSky appears to be suffering technical problems after an exodus of users from X, formerly known as Twitter.
The issues come after Elon Musk, X’s owner, announced that the site would be changing how its “block” button works. That option previously allowed users to hide their profile from certain accounts – but will no longer do so.
In the wake of that change, X competitor BlueSky announced that it had seen more than 100,000 new signups. But it appears to be struggling to cope with all of those new users, with many reporting issues getting online and logging in.
”welcome to the 100k+ people who have joined Bluesky in the last 12 hours!!!” the site’s official BlueSky account had posted earlier on Thursday. But, hours later, hundreds of people reported problems getting online at tracking website Down Detector.
After the changes on X went into effect, BlueSky had used its official account there to highlight the function of its block button.
“At Bluesky, we take online safety seriously,” it wrote. “If you want to block someone, you can! It’s your experience to customize.”
Elon Musk has claimed the current behavior of the block button “makes no sense”. He has argued that the change is long overdue and has previously suggested that it could be removed entirely.
But critics have said that the change could put the site’s more vulnerable users at risk. The block button can be used to hide posts from abusers, for instance, and stop them from replying.
The announcement was met with Furious pushback from users who begin to see content from accts they had previously blocked in the past and Elon said the Block Feature made no sense and it was long due for it to be removed.
X Competitor BlueSky made a post announcing they had over 100,000 new subscribers in the last 12 hours since the announcement and apparently at some point had so many new folks headed over their way, the site has now crashed.
BlueSky down: X/Twitter competitor knocked offline after mass exodus from Elon Musk’s site
BlueSky appears to be suffering technical problems after an exodus of users from X, formerly known as Twitter.
The issues come after Elon Musk, X’s owner, announced that the site would be changing how its “block” button works. That option previously allowed users to hide their profile from certain accounts – but will no longer do so.
In the wake of that change, X competitor BlueSky announced that it had seen more than 100,000 new signups. But it appears to be struggling to cope with all of those new users, with many reporting issues getting online and logging in.
”welcome to the 100k+ people who have joined Bluesky in the last 12 hours!!!” the site’s official BlueSky account had posted earlier on Thursday. But, hours later, hundreds of people reported problems getting online at tracking website Down Detector.
After the changes on X went into effect, BlueSky had used its official account there to highlight the function of its block button.
“At Bluesky, we take online safety seriously,” it wrote. “If you want to block someone, you can! It’s your experience to customize.”
Elon Musk has claimed the current behavior of the block button “makes no sense”. He has argued that the change is long overdue and has previously suggested that it could be removed entirely.
But critics have said that the change could put the site’s more vulnerable users at risk. The block button can be used to hide posts from abusers, for instance, and stop them from replying.
