Memes

Bluesky not only IS BAD, but is EVIL itself.

Proofs:

Governance Scandals

1. Bluesky's CEO Meltdown: How Leadership Continues to Fail Its Most Marginalized Users — Details the October 2025 CEO crisis, bans of critics, and systemic leadership failures.
2. Bluesky's Growing Pains (NBC News) — Covers governance hurdles including government censorship, user revolt, and leadership decisions.
3. Inside the Trump Administration's Bluesky Invasion (WIRED) — The political controversy over the Trump admin's coordinated Bluesky launch and the platform's governance response.

Financial Transparency Scandals

1. EU Says Bluesky Is Violating Information Disclosure Rules (Reuters) — European Commission accused Bluesky of failing to disclose user counts and legal establishment.
2. Bluesky Issues Its First Transparency Report (TechCrunch) — First-ever report revealing a fivefold increase in legal requests and 54% jump in moderation reports.
3. Bluesky Under Fire as EU Demands Transparency on User Data (iPhone in Canada) — EU scrutiny over Bluesky's failure to publish DSA-mandated transparency data.

Moderation Scandals

1. Bluesky's Moderation Woes, Investor Pushback, and User Backlash (Fortune) — The 2023 N-word username crisis that triggered a poster's strike and forced a CEO apology.
2. Bluesky Suspended Various Trans Authors Over Anti-J.K. Rowling Posts (Them) — Multiple trans authors penalized for posts wishing harm on Rowling, sparking accusations of selective enforcement.
3. Controversy Brews on Bluesky Over Anti-Trans Journalist (Advocate) — The Jesse Singal saga, a 25,000+ signature petition, and Bluesky's refusal to act.

Protocol (AT Protocol) Scandals

1. Banning Controversy Reveals Bluesky's Federation Isn't There Yet (Flux Community) — A user banned across all AT Protocol apps, exposing that the federated model doesn't actually protect users.
2. We Need to Protect the Protocol That Runs Bluesky (MIT Technology Review) — Warns that no credible exit exists and the protocol is hostage to one VC-funded company.
3. Protocol Developer Explains How Decentralized Bluesky Really Is (Gigazine) — ActivityPub designer Christine Lemar Weber calls AT Protocol "a centralized system that relies on centralized authority."
4. Is Bluesky's "Decentralization" Real? (Leaflet) — Argues the architecture is "decentralization theater" structurally identical to Twitter/X.
5. Be Wary of Bluesky (Kevin Åberg Kultalahti) — "The open protocol is actually a centralization flywheel" — nearly all data sits on Bluesky's servers.
6. "Decentralization" and Erasure: Blacksky, Bluesky, and the ATmosphere (Nexus of Privacy) — Critiques the protocol's surveillance-friendly architecture and choke points that guarantee de-facto centralization.