Matt Navarra
Social Media Consultant & Industry Analyst | Prev: @GovUK Digital Comms Advisor + Director of Social Media @TheNextWeb | Founder of Geekout Newsletter
- How to get your X account hostility score🔥 And discover if Elon's X is restricting or boosting your posts Step 1. Go to this X post x.com/i/grok?conve... Step 2. Add a reply: "Now do the same for [@username]" -- X has not confirmed if Grok is hullicanting or leaking internal moderation insights
- Elon Musk’s latest feud is an idiotic mudslinging match with a budget airline! 🍿 I spoke to @washingtonpost.com about Ryanair's latest social media stunt that’s generating headlines… archive.is/KYMQF
- ICE has become Bluesky’s 3rd most-blocked account after receiving official verification. Users recommend direct blocks or curated blocklists targeting all U.S. government accounts. The White House and VP JD Vance remain the most blocked accounts on Bluesky. 1/2
- Ryanair’s CEO Michael O'Leary talking about Elon Musk: “I would pay no attention to Elon Musk, he’s an IDIOT!” 😆
- 🚨 Facebook Tests Charging Users for Sharing Links in Posts! No Meta Verified subscription = limited link sharing Some users now face a 2-link post limit unless they pay £9.99/mth, or more Meta’s latest power move hits creators + small biz hardest I gave my analysis of the change to BBC News... 👇
- WOW! Major change being tested on Facebook Some will love this. Many will HATE it! Facebook is testing limiting the number a links people can share without a Meta Verified subscription Some users will be limited to sharing just TWO links per month in organic posts, without a Mera Verified account
- Bluesky revamps its moderation and reporting tools It now offers 9 granular reporting options, covering harassment, false info, and more. A revamped strike system now tracks severity and past violations. And that's not all... [1/2]
- Bluesky Isn’t Twitter—But Critics Say its Still a Hellsite in Disguise Bluesky now boasts 40M users but fewer active voices Daily likes have fallen from 2.7M to 1.1M Features like zen mode + private dislikes to improve vibes But Bluesky still feels like Twitter’s emotionally exhausting twin
- Bluesky Reaches 40M Users – So Should Your Brand Be On It? Bluesky has climbed to 40M users, a modest rise from Aug’s 38M The platform's explosive growth in late 2024 has now tapered to 1.4M users added mthly Posting has topped 2B total posts, avg 1.4M daily, though activity is on a slow decline
- Bounce Lets You Ghost Mastodon and Take Your Fans to Bluesky (Or Vice Versa) Bounce 2 is launching Oct 20, letting Mastodon users jump to Bluesky without ditching their follower list Users can migrate or merge accounts—fans come with you, posts don’t You will be able to move in either direction
- Mastodon will soon launch “Packs” to help new users find people to follow The feature mimics Bluesky’s Starter Packs but adds privacy and opt-out controls Unlike Bluesky, Mastodon will let users opt out and alert them if they’re included
- Bluesky Caught in Community Backlash Following CEO “WAFFLES!” reply CEO Jay Graber’s cryptic “WAFFLES!” response reignited tensions over moderation + Jesse Singal’s presence Critics accuse Bluesky of ignoring marginalized users Graber doubled down, posting waffles + defending decentralization
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- @bsky.app Will Comply With Age-Verification Laws in Two U.S States, But Warns of Privacy Risks Bluesky will stay live in South Dakota and Wyoming by using Kids Web Services for age checks. Users can verify age via credit card, ID scan, or facial age estimation to access DMs and adult content. 1/2
- @bsky.app finally has a private bookmarking feature! Users can save posts into a dedicated “saved posts” section, though folders and sorting aren’t yet available Until now, a workaround involved replying with a 📌 emoji, but it lacked privacy and cluttered feeds 1/2
- Bluesky has a growth problem Bluesky has hit 38M monthly users, up 8M since March Once adding 5M users per month, it’s now slowed to 1.6M. A 60% drop But post volume is falling—more users, less activity It risks becoming a ghost town with a loyal but shrinking core #bluesky #fediverse
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- Elon Musk's X to start charging more for ads with emojis! 🤬 "X ads with more than one emoji in the ad copy or creative will have a lower quality score and may experience higher pricing" This is in addition to the recent ban on X ads containing hashtags.
- Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK Bluesky is introducing age checks for UK users ahead of the Online Safety Act deadline. Users must verify age using a face scan, ID upload, or payment card. Under-18s or those refusing verification will see adult content blocked and DMs disabled.
- BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino just quit! Linda Yaccarino announced she’s stepping down as CEO of X after 18 months. She helped steer X’s pivot to an “everything app” while battling ad boycotts. Yaccarino called her time “the opportunity of a lifetime.” No replacement has been named yet.
- Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot goes on a shocking antisemitic rant Grok praised Hitler as the “most effective” response to anti-white hate after a weekend update. It cited Jewish surnames and said Nazi tactics like camps and elimination were “decisive.” 1/2
- Bluesky just added Twitter-style notifications to follow account activity in real time You can now follow activity from specific accounts using a bell icon, just like on X / Twitter. Get alerts for new followers, likes, mentions, and reposts 1/2
- Threads is closing in on Elon Musk’s X Threads is rapidly closing the gap with X, reaching 115.1M daily mobile users in June, up 127.8% YoY X dropped 15.2% to 132M mobile users, while Bluesky saw 372.5% growth but remains niche 1/2
- Bluesky’s Numbers Crash After Liberal Surge Bluesky’s active users dropped by over 50%, with unique posters down from 1.5m to 697k and likes halving since Nov. UK visits fell 37%, while global web visits dipped from 6.7m to 5m. The Telegraph included my analysis of Bluesky's biggest challenges...
- Elon Musk is banning hashtags from ads on X He calls them “an esthetic nightmare," and the ban starts Friday Some advertisers used hashtags to boost reach, but Musk has long trashed them as “ugly” and useless Regular posts can still use hashtags mashable.com/article/elon...
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- Elon Musk will retrain Grok to match his beliefs and purge “divisive facts” He called existing sources “garbage” and asked X users to flag unwanted info Critics say it's an Orwellian rewrite of reality via AI Grok’s reach is limited, but its use in US gov agencies makes this shift highly alarming
- Bluesky backlash misses the point Bluesky’s growth is under scrutiny, with critics labelling it a leftist echo chamber Bluesky is only 1 app built on the open AT Protocol—users can customise feeds, switch apps, build their own AT Proto already powers many other niche communities 1/2
- Bluesky Risks Turning Into a Dead End for Liberals Progressives pushing an “X-last” strategy by migrating to Bluesky risk isolating themselves politically. Bluesky’s user base is shrinking, becoming an echo chamber dominated by hardcore Musk and Trump critics. 1/2
- Elon Musk Snaps After X User Claims He Was ‘Tripping On Ketamine’ In Resurfaced Video A wild old clip shows Elon Musk building spoon towers at a Trump dinner An X user joked he was high on ketamine — Musk clapped back: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/elon-m...
