Bluesky to Impose Restrictions on Users Amid Increased Traffic
X, previously known as Twitter, has experienced numerous transformations since Elon Musk assumed control. The implementation of Twitter Blue, temporary limitations, and the rebranding to X are among the significant measures initiated by the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Observing these changes, numerous users have grown weary and are migrating to alternative microblogging platforms, such as Instagram’s Threads and Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky Social. While the former is a rapidly evolving platform accessible to all, the latter remains in an exclusive invite-only stage. Nonetheless, Bluesky Social has garnered attention due to the recent addition of several celebrities and notable figures.
Seeing record traffic, Bluesky suffered network problems several times. In fact, every time Musk announced the change on Twitter, huge numbers of people left the platform. They are believed to have moved to other social media platforms and at least caused Bluesky’s servers to slow down significantly. Now, as a result, Bluesky has announced that it will impose some restrictions on users to maintain the stability of the platform.
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According to a report by TechCrunch, Bluesky Social, owned by Jack Dorsey, has announced the imposition of rate limits to maintain the stability and security of the decentralized microblogging platform. However, the platform emphasized that this change does not affect the user experience. “This update should *not* affect your experience on the Service,” Bluesky announced in a post.
The reason for this move is said to be the influx of users who seem to have flocked to the platform after Elon Musk announced that X would be ditching the blocking feature, reiterating his previous belief that “Blocking public messages doesn’t make sense. It needs to be abandoned in favor of a stronger form of muting.”
According to the report, on August 19, Bluesky saw nearly 5,616 new user registrations in the last 24 hours, which was a huge number compared to just 536 in the previous 24 hours. Due to this increase in traffic, we reported that the platform began to suffer from issues related to loading times and random errors. Bluesky later announced: “Early today, we experienced a decrease in our server performance, which caused the app to be slower for users, but this has now been resolved.”
To combat this problem, Bluesky imposes speed limits to help increase the stability of the platform. It does not affect the entire platform, but only certain actions, such as updating a user’s handle or resetting passwords.
