Bluesky
★ 3.4What it actually doesDecentralized social network offering Twitter-like experience with community-managed feeds, content moderation tools, and no ads, but plagued by account blocking issues, connection problems, and authentication bugs.
Actually does
- ✓Social network90% of reviews
- ✓Messaging70% of reviews
- ✓Ad-free15% of reviews
- ✓RSS / News30% of reviews
- ✓Инструменты модерации контента10% of reviews
- ✓Open source5% of reviews
- ✓File sharing(bonus)20% of reviews
- ✓Two-factor auth(bonus)10% of reviews
Common complaints
- ✗Arbitrary and unjustified account bans23% of mentions
«Created an account, scrolled through the feed for two minutes, got banned. Used it for just 1 day... turned out they blocked it for some 'violations'. And the email doesn't even specify which ones.»
- ✗Frequent freezing, crashes and loading issues20% of mentions
«the app opens sporadically, if you need to post something, you can wait who knows how many hours for it to open. For several months now I can't get into the app, nothing loads.»
- ✗Non-functional CAPTCHA and registration/login issues13% of mentions
«couldn't register for the app because of an unclickable CAPTCHA. HOW TO PASS THE CAPTCHA, I'M PASSING IT, NOTHING HAPPENS»
- ✗Privacy violation - sharing account through contacts without permission3% of mentions
«they spread my account through my contact book, literally allowing my friends to see my account even though I never gave permission»
- ✗Poor feed algorithm - duplicate posts, filters don't work10% of mentions
«disgusting feed. no matter how many times you click 'dislike' it's still the same post over and over.»
What people praise
- ★No ads and clean user experience
«cool social network... excellent social network... great app for artists and those who don't want their posts fed to X»
- ★Good Twitter alternative, especially for those who left because of Musk
«very similar to the old, warm, real Twitter. Right now in Bluesky are sitting people dear to me who left Twitter because of Musk.»
- ★Flexible feed customization and content filtering
«The feed customizes perfectly, notifications come on time, filters work great.»
- ★Active community, lots of interesting content
«overpowered for everyone, I recommend it, there's everything you need... I can't stop using it basically it'll replace Reddit and similar social networks for you»
- ★Works without VPN (accessibility)
«works even without VPN»