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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYikes.....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 didnt 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 Fortunes request for comment.
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johnnyfins
(2,226 posts)Thats what happens when you are under ATTACK.
newdeal2
(2,857 posts)Its definitely gotten worse with social media where users attack each other in the comments.
littlemissmartypants
(27,928 posts)One of the most blocked users there.
https://clearsky.app/
At the moment, he's number four.
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Basso8vb
(1,134 posts)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.
ananda
(32,097 posts)Thank you for posting this.
highplainsdem
(56,653 posts)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...
Blue Full Moon
(2,258 posts)
NCDem47
(2,848 posts)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)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.
Maru Kitteh
(30,226 posts)highplainsdem
(56,653 posts)intheflow
(29,580 posts)I mean, it wasn't a flawless system but it sure the fuck wasn't what we're going through today.
highplainsdem
(56,653 posts)BannonsLiver
(19,276 posts)A lot of that going around, apparently.
Hellbound Hellhound
(444 posts)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.