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This move was clearly designed not to foster meaningful communication but to troll the platform’s typical liberal user base. It was a calculated provocation, expected to irritate Blue Sky users who had hoped for a safe space free from right-wing harassment. And indeed, the White House’s antics did not go unnoticed; it led to a surge of mass blocking, with more accounts blocking the official government account than vice versa. Hundreds of thousands of blocks in just 24 hours show how contentious this move has been.