The Trump White House joined Bluesky in October 2025, quickly becoming the platform’s second most-blocked account with over 92,000 blocks, trailing only Vice President JD Vance who has accumulated 166,000 blocks since June[1].
The White House’s debut post featured a 52-second video montage of President Trump’s “greatest hits” since returning to office, including clips mocking political opponents[2]. The administration’s arrival on Bluesky was particularly notable as the platform had become a haven for Trump critics and left-leaning users who fled X (formerly Twitter) after the 2024 election[2:1].
For comparison, Bluesky’s most followed accounts paint a different picture of the platform’s user base:
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 2.17 million followers
- Mark Cuban: 1.49 million followers
- Mark Hamill: 1.31 million followers[1:1]
I didn’t feel a single iota of rage or horror that they were on Bluesky. I didn’t notice. My social media remains blissfully maga free. Thank you, block lists.
I think I might join Bluesky so I can block them and never use it again
That top three just really does kinda sum it up. AOC is all around lovely but Mark Cuban and Mark Hamill are both rather popular among the left of center but not quite progressive Gen X-ish crowd (we on Lemmy would tend to call liberals or neolibs, which I think is fair). They hate Donald Trump but not themselves system reformists, like my dad who is left of center but still trusts “good billionaires” somehow.
I prefer our people here over that centralized nonsense but I do think it’s nice to see outside of the federation from time to time to not get too out of the loop on how other people think. They are allies, too, just sometimes a bit insufferable ones (e.g. “haha look at this AI image of Newsom body slamming Trump”).