Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance
Source: TechCrunch
Bluesky has launched an AI assistant called Attie that allows users to design their own social media algorithms and create custom feeds within the company’s AT Protocol ecosystem. And let’s just say the response has been heated.
Attie debuted this weekend at the ATmosphere conference, which Bluesky sponsors. But Bluesky’s userbase did not embrace the new product. Instead, about 125,000 users have already blocked Attie’s Bluesky account, making it the second most blocked account on the network, according to open source data. Attie only has 1,500 followers, meaning that about 83 times more users have blocked the account than followed it.
The only account with more blocks than Bluesky’s AI agent is Vice President J.D. Vance, with about 180,000 blocks — Attie even surpassed the White House account (122,000 blocks) and the ICE account (112,460 blocks). That’s some seriously detested company for a platform that skews left politically.
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Bluesky grew much of its userbase — now sitting at 43 million accounts — as an alternative to Elon Musk’s overhaul of Twitter into X, a platform now plagued by Neo-Nazism and AI-generated CSAM. For many Bluesky users, the platform serves as a reprieve from the more mainstream social internet, where AI search, AI chatbots, and even AI-generated video feeds are omnipresent, which makes the launch of Attie feel like a betrayal.
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Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/blueskys-new-ai-tool-attie-is-already-the-most-blocked-account-other-than-j-d-vance/
Bluesky grew as a liberal alternative to X, so it isn't at all surprising to see this reaction. Just as it wasn't surprising last winter to see the head of a teachers union get hundreds of unhappy replies on Bluesky when she unthinkingly posted AI slop as "fun."
https://democraticunderground.com/100220895596
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Blocked and reported it as a bot 