由于巴西的禁令，社交媒体平台 X 在替代网络 Bluesky 上的活动有所增加。 Bluesky 开发人员 Paul Frazee 表示，这种激增导致了性能问题。 弗雷泽解释说，他们以前从未遇到过如此高的流量，并敦促在潜在的中断中保持耐心。 该应用程序类似于 X，在 AT 协议上运行，并且由相同的开发人员创建。 截至美国东部时间下午 5 点，Bluesky 通过其中继系统（该平台的关键数据源）每秒记录 1,000 个事件，增幅显着。 过去两天，Bluesky 新增了 50 万用户。 与此同时，Mastodon 首席执行官兼创始人 Eugen Rochko 表示，另一个名为 Mastodon.social 的去中心化社交媒体平台在过去 48 小时内来自巴西的注册量和流量有所增加。 截至周六，巴西约有 3,550 名新注册用户，而 Rochko 预计，由于 Mastodon 的去中心化网络结构，第三方服务器可能会出现进一步增长。 与 Fediverse 连接的管理 Threads 的公司没有回应有关活动或用户增加的评论请求。
Due to a ban in Brazil, the social media platform X is experiencing increased activity on the alternative network Bluesky. This surge caused performance issues, according to Bluesky developer Paul Frazee. Frazey explained they've never encountered such high levels of traffic before, urging patience amid potential outages. The app resembles X, operates on the AT Protocol and was created by the same developers. As of 5 PM EST, Bluesky recorded 1,000 events per second - a significant increase - through their relay system, a key data source for the platform. Over the past two days, Bluesky gained half a million new users. Meanwhile, another decentralized social media platform called Mastodon.social experienced an increase in registrations and traffic from Brazil within the previous 48 hours, according to Mastodon CEO and founder Eugen Rochko. As of Saturday, there were around 3,550 new Brazilian sign-ups, while Rochko anticipates further growth may occur across third-party servers due to Mastodon's structure as a decentralized network. The corporation managing Threads, connected to the Fediverse, did not respond to a comment request regarding any increases in activity or users.
X is currently banned in Brazil following an order from a Supreme Court justice, and Brazilian users seem to be turning to Bluesky, an alternate social network, in droves.
“Brazil, you’re setting new all-time-highs for activity on Bluesky!” the official Bluesky account said in a post.
“There will almost certainly be some outages and performance issues,” Bluesky developer Paul Frazee said. “We’ve never seen traffic like this. Hang with us!”
The Bluesky app looks and functions a lot like X, but it’s a decentralized social media platform that’s built on the AT Protocol (which is also developed by Bluesky). In a 5:12PM ET post, Frazee said that Bluesky is seeing 1,000 events per second — a “new milestone” — on its “relay,” which essentially functions as the firehose of data for the platform. On Friday night, Bluesky said it had 500,000 new users “in the last two days.”
Mastodon.social has been seeing “an uptick in sign-ups and overall traffic” from Brazil over the last 48 hours, Mastodon CEO and founder Eugen Rochko tells The Verge. “We used to get nearly 0 sign-ups from Brazil and now it’s up to 3.55k” on Saturday, Rochko says. He also notes that there could be additional growth on third-party servers, but because Mastodon is a decentralized social network, Mastodon (the company) doesn’t have visibility into that.
Meta, the corporation that runs Threads, which has links to the fediverse, hasn’t replied to a request for comment.
Update, August 31st: Added comment from Mastodon and an additional post from Bluesky.