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Given the current state, many commentators believe Blue Sky may face imminent decline. The platform’s inability to moderate effectively, combined with the mass exodus of both left and right-leaning users, suggests that it’s rapidly losing its original appeal. Smaller social media alternatives like Threads, integrated with Instagram, are already gaining traction, offering larger user bases and less toxicity.
The pattern is clear: users tend to migrate when they feel unwelcome or censored, then leave when moderation becomes too strict or when the environment shifts to chaos. Blue Sky’s current trajectory resembles that of Twitter in 2017, characterized by chaos, partisan battles, and superficial moderation.