Democrat-Controlled City Moves Social Media Accounts To Far-Left Twitter/X Clone
The City of Boston has created official government accounts on Bluesky — a fledgling Twitter/X clone that is almost exclusively used by left-wing extremists — and plans to move government business to the platform and away from X.
“Hey Boston, we’re here! City teams are building accounts and making moves to make Bluesky our home. Stay tuned. In the meantime, you can follow a few of our first official accounts: @boston-streets.bsky.social, @bostonparks.bsky.social, and @healthyboston.bsky.social,”the city’s official Bluesky page reads.
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The move was met with ridicule by X users, the majority of whom indicated that they will not be missing the city’s accounts while others hoped that Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will do the same. “Let’s take a look at the sort of replies Boston and its mayor, Michelle Wu, are getting over there. MAGA has infiltrated,” posted Florida’s Voice contributor Eric Daugherty alongside screenshots of Bluesky posts criticizing the city government on the platform.
“Trying to compete with 𝕏 is like showing up to a Formula 1 race with a tricycle. 𝕏 isn’t just a platform; it’s the entire conversation, the pulse of the internet,” another X user added in response to the move.
“What public entity actually runs to an echo chamber? One that despises accountability to those it serves,” said another.
The move comes as left-wing activists, pundits, lawmakers and media outlets continue to migrate to the left-wing echo chamber. During an appearance on MSNBC over the weekend, Bluesky COO Rose Wang stated that the platform is committed to cutting down on “disinformation, misinformation” and “propaganda” through the use of lockdown moderation and less reliance on algorithms.
“I think, first of all, there’s so many women on social media platforms and most of these platforms are run by men. Bluesky is run by two women, me as the COO and Jay Graber, who’s the CEO,” Wang said in response to a question about content moderation.
“And I think fundamentally, one of the biggest differences is we’ve just put safety as a priority. And what does that look like? It means last year when we had invite codes, we didn’t open it up because we wanted to have a stronger moderation team. And we brought over Aaron Rodericks, who used to be the head of election integrity at Twitter under Jack, to Bluesky to lead trust and safety here at Bluesky,” she continued.
“And then there’s our stackable moderation approach. And it goes back to, again, user choice. There are so many things in between intolerance, hate speech, and people having a bad experience that isn’t governed on most social media platforms.”
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has routinely criticized X, the social media platform formally known as Twitter, after tech entrepreneur Elon Musk bought it as part of a commitment to free speech. Musk restored accounts that were banned under the old Twitter regime — which was rife with inconsistent application of platform terms of service — and has not engaged in the same mass banning and shadow banning that took place under former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
In 2023, the mayor announced that she will be cutting back on X usage due to the “toxicity” ushered in by Musk.“I’ve experienced this platform becoming more and more toxic over the last year, and it’s a direction that makes it a less productive use of my personal time to reach constituents about local issues,” Wu said in an interview with CommonWealth magazine.
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