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a kennedy

(33,728 posts)
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:02 AM 20 hrs ago

Yikes.....I love BLUESKY..... Billionaire Mark Cuban, who has been an active Bluesky user and supporter for several

months now, said this week he thinks the social media platform has gotten “ruder and more hateful.” Its liberal-heavy user base makes it challenging to raise questions or have debates with other users, even if their political ideologies align, he said.

…………… One such figure was billionaire Mark Cuban, who supported former Vice President Kamala Harris during her presidential run in 2024, although he didn’t give her a penny for her campaign, he said in October. Cuban became a regular Bluesky user, having posted nearly 2,000 times since November 2024. When he first joined the platform, he famously posted: “Hello Less Hateful World.”

But Cuban has changed his tune. In a series of posts this week, Cuban argued Bluesky has become too much of an echo chamber, and is sending more users back to X.

“Engagement went from great convos on many topics, to agree with me or you are a nazi fascist,” Cuban wrote. “We are forcing posts to X.”

The former Shark Tank star and Dallas Mavericks owner also said he thinks Bluesky users have “grown ruder and more hateful.”

“Even if you agree with 95% of what a person is saying on a topic, if there is one point that you might call out as being more of a gray area, they will call you a fascist etc.,” said Cuban, whose current net worth is about $8.33 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Bluesky did not respond to Fortune’s request for comment.

https://l.smartnews.com/p-lK7FPo4/gUkKqo

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Yikes.....I love BLUESKY..... Billionaire Mark Cuban, who has been an active Bluesky user and supporter for several (Original Post) a kennedy 20 hrs ago OP
Ruder and More Hateful johnnyfins 20 hrs ago #1
It's been like this ever since comment sections opened up on news sites newdeal2 20 hrs ago #2
He happens to be... littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #3
This message was self-deleted by its author a kennedy 20 hrs ago #8
I have NEVER liked this guy. Basso8vb 20 hrs ago #4
I was wondering why X was still so popular. ananda 20 hrs ago #5
Mark Cuban is whining because he's been raving about how wonderful AI is, and he rightly highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #6
Bluesky took down ICE tip line. Blue Full Moon 20 hrs ago #7
Left, right or center... NCDem47 20 hrs ago #9
I agree Bluesky is getting ruder. intheflow 19 hrs ago #10
Reality is not real popular at either end of either aisle, now more than ever. nt Maru Kitteh 19 hrs ago #11
What reality-based stance did you take that got attacked there? highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #13
Immigrants under Biden weren't terrified of being abducted. intheflow 16 hrs ago #16
People flamed you for pointing that out? How ridiculous of them. highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #17
. "makes it challenging to raise questions or have debates with other users, even if their political ideologies align" BannonsLiver 19 hrs ago #12
Agree. Political dialogue is essentially "If you disagree you're a Nazi". Hellbound Hellhound 18 hrs ago #14
I didn't see anyone call Cuban a Nazi. I did see him say Dems lost because they didn't back crypto enough. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #15

newdeal2

(2,857 posts)
2. It's been like this ever since comment sections opened up on news sites
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:11 AM
20 hrs ago

It’s definitely gotten worse with social media where users attack each other in the comments.

Response to littlemissmartypants (Reply #3)

Basso8vb

(1,134 posts)
4. I have NEVER liked this guy.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:15 AM
20 hrs ago

He was the one of the first "tech bros."

An opportunistic bully with no technical skills of his own.

As you can clearly see, he's an empty soul who stands for nothing.

highplainsdem

(56,653 posts)
6. Mark Cuban is whining because he's been raving about how wonderful AI is, and he rightly
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:18 AM
20 hrs ago

got called out on that. Anyway, that's what happened immediately before he started complaining that Bluesky was rude and hate-filled.

Oh, and he's a fan of crypto, too...

NCDem47

(2,848 posts)
9. Left, right or center...
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:29 AM
20 hrs ago

Everthing in this modern age eventually becomes corrupted, overtaken or moneitized. I dislike being this cynical, but we just can't have nice things anymore.

intheflow

(29,580 posts)
10. I agree Bluesky is getting ruder.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:25 AM
19 hrs ago

The number of people who try to "out" me as some kind of troll for taking a reality-based stance on any given subject is getting annoying AF. On the upside, it's brought me back to spend more time on DU again.

intheflow

(29,580 posts)
16. Immigrants under Biden weren't terrified of being abducted.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 01:50 PM
16 hrs ago

I mean, it wasn't a flawless system but it sure the fuck wasn't what we're going through today.

BannonsLiver

(19,276 posts)
12. . "makes it challenging to raise questions or have debates with other users, even if their political ideologies align"
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:36 AM
19 hrs ago

A lot of that going around, apparently.

14. Agree. Political dialogue is essentially "If you disagree you're a Nazi".
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:39 AM
18 hrs ago

I've seen this from both sides of the social media aisle, even here on DU. It's tiresome at best and at worst, it's enough to turn someone off from politics entirely. When both sides are calling anyone and everyone a Nazi, then the word loses its meaning entirely.

highplainsdem

(56,653 posts)
15. I didn't see anyone call Cuban a Nazi. I did see him say Dems lost because they didn't back crypto enough.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:45 AM
18 hrs ago
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