As it adjusts to rising account numbers and posts, Bluesky additionally seems to be going by way of some rising pains on the tech aspect.
The text-based social media web site, largely seen as a substitute for X/Twitter, has been transferring extra slowly over the previous few hours. Specifically, Downdetecter logged an enormous spike in reviews of outages round 9 a.m. PT right this moment, and it has been transferring slowly for a number of of us right here at IGN.
The workforce’s acknowledged the problems, with dev Samuel Newman posting at 5:30 a.m. PT that “web site is in read-only mode for a sec as a result of one thing fell over.” Fellow developer Paul Frazee up to date at 9 a.m. PT that the location is recovered, however warned that “right this moment will get attention-grabbing” by way of outages. He additionally gave customers a heads up that, throughout an outage, they’ll quickly count on “invalid deal with” errors, points with “liking” posts, posts not exhibiting up, and different “random errors or clean screens.”
“We’re so over / we’re so again, however for our servers right this moment,” Frazee added.
Bluesky opened registrations to most of the people this previous February, however has seen a big bounce in customers notably within the wake of the U.S. presidential election, as reported by The New York Times. The app’s official account introduced on Tuesday that 1 million folks had joined Bluesky previously week, and confirmed on Wednesday that it has handed the 15 million person mark.
That is, nevertheless, fairly a methods behind the opposite standard X/Twitter various, Meta’s Threads, which not too long ago hit 275 million month-to-month customers (by way of The Verge). Still, Bluesky is at the moment the #1 free app on the iOS retailer, adopted by Threads at #2. X/Twitter is at the moment on the #25 spot, with NBC News reporting that the app has seen its largest exodus since Elon Musk’s takeover.
As of press time, Bluesky’s newest replace on the server points got here at round 10:30 a.m. PT, with the app’s official account posting, “if Bluesky is a lil sluggish for you, grasp tight! There had been some networking points on the U.S. east coast affecting Bluesky and different apps, however seems like they’re resolving now.” We’ll control the state of affairs and replace right here when it is totally resolved.
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, you’ll find her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.
