Competitions on X :(

[Mawlzy]

The same Google AI that gave such gems of truthful information that doctors recommend smoking 2-3 cigarettes daily during pregnancy.

It was quicker than quoting one of the source articles.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/busines...-social-japan/

Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics

"Japanese social media users are quickly taking to Bluesky and other X alternatives, with data suggesting the start of a durable trend.
According to Similarweb, monthly active user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October, while figures for X were down over that time.

And daily active user numbers increased on Bluesky into the first two weeks of November.

Analysts and academics note that the U.S. presidential election and the accompanying polarization have probably had little to do with the Bluesky boom in Japan. It might have had more to do with functionality and privacy.

“Most Japanese users pay little attention to the U.S. culture war,” argues Jeffrey J. Hall, a researcher specializing in Japanese politics, nationalism and pop culture.

“Changes in terms of service regarding AI (artificial intelligence), changes in the block feature and the presence of so many bot-like ‘impression zombie’ accounts are viewed negatively by Japanese users,” he added."

And so on.

[CSX]

It was quicker than quoting one of the source articles.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/busines...-social-japan/
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I remember this, the reason BlueSky was growing during that time with Japanese users was because X:Twitter was bringing down the ban hammer on a lot of Japanese Ero Artists; L■li artists in particular were getting hit particularly the hardest. People were creating backup accounts enmasse incase their ban appeal fell through and seek refuge to enjoy their smut on the meantime. Misskey.io saw it's biggest boost during this time period as well. Most artists were told to tone it down and managed re-gain their accounts as far as I'm aware.

[Boblawblah]

I don't like fascists.

[Veritas-Ancora]

I don't like fascists.

Say it louder for the people in the back.

[Mijeme]

You can't even define it.

[Elu_Mulu]

I tried to read everything so I hope I didn’t miss something, but Square Enix DID open a Blue Sky account. There’s a post pinned, from 3 months ago, saying that it’s an official SE account. I do hope that if they have enough followers, they’ll also, at the very least, duplicate the content that’s currently on Twitter, on BlueSky. At the moment, they have 21.5K followers. With a bit of luck, they’ll have an FFXIV one soon-ish too and will include a link to it on the Lodestone… Of note, there’s an account called Final Fantasy XIV, but it’s a parody account, not affiliated to SE.