Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts

Re:Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts by yewey on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:47PM (#42190077)

oh . perfect.

hey technical bluesky. i have a challenge for you.

tail the firehose on bluesky and calculate how many posts per second there are.

its 90-130 today. my observation is that its trending downward by 15-30 posts a second per day despite the upward alleged user growth.

and is that number going up or DOWN despite allegedly being 20x bigger than ever and a million new accounts a day?

#!/bin/bash

./websocat4.x86_64-unknown-linux-musl wss://jetstream.atproto.tools/subscribe\?wantedCollections=app.bsky.feed.post |pv --line-mode --rate > /dev/null

so what are these millions of new accounts if they dont post anything?

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Re:Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts by duxup on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:52PM (#42190107)

I can’t answer or even evaluate your interpretation.

But let’s assume that the people are there and there’s a lot less posting and more reading.

Maybe that’s ok, or even better?

Not saying it is, but maybe?

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Re:Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts by maxwell on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @09:10PM (#42190211)

They're just dippin their toes in!

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Re:Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts by jaimex2 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:57PM (#42190150)

Tantrums about X can only last so long.

On the upside we all got the opportunity to just block any accounts announcing their departure from X.

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Re:Ask HN: Bluesky Accounts Worth Following for HN Enthusiasts by rsynnott on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @05:28AM (#42192532)

Might be a time-of-day thing? Activity generally looks fairly stable with a small down-trend, but nothing on the scale you're suggesting: https://bskycharts.edavis.dev/bluesky-week.html

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