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Two reasons for swapping:

  • Twitter/X doesn't play well with the linkchecker (I'm hoping BlueSky does)
  • BlueSky provides a better experience for non-logged in users compared to Twitter/X

@dstansby dstansby changed the title Switch twitter link to bluesky Switch Twitter link to BlueSky Aug 24, 2025
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Changing to draft until I can work out how to get the bluesky icon working.

@dstansby dstansby marked this pull request as draft August 24, 2025 10:12
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Two reasons for swapping:

  • Twitter/X doesn't play well with the linkchecker (I'm hoping BlueSky does)
  • BlueSky provides a better experience for non-logged in users compared to Twitter/X

Although it's probably also worth considering:

  • Bluesky is widely seen as having a strong Progressive bias, for which there is some evidence.
  • It appears to be tiny in terms of active daily users compared to X - maybe 1.5M daily active users compared to X's maybe 245M daily active users (see links below).
  • Bluesky activity appears to be in steady decline (links).

So perhaps, given these tradeoffs, it would be reasonable to either delete the X link, or add the Bluesky link to the X link for those who prefer Bluesky, for whatever reason.

I should say that I use neither personally, but just for background.

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