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I know it's a minority opinion with this crowd, but sports has such a large presence on X and I don't know why it's lagging moving to BlueSky. I like the catego

I know it's a minority opinion with this crowd, but sports has such a large presence on X and I don't know why it's lagging moving to BlueSky. I like the categories on this site but "sports" doesn't even make the cut while "eSports" does.

stackghost 2y ago
There was a thread on Reddit recently about how NFL corporate has demanded teams delete their BSky accounts, because of a contractual relationship with X.
- threeseed 2y ago
  Will be interesting to see how that fairs with /r/nfl banning links to X.
  - huhkerrf 2y ago
    I doubt the NFL is worrying too much. Reddit activism rarely (never?) moves the needle. If anything, it will push more people to X to get NFL news.
- MattSayar 2y ago
  Well that's highly disappointing
- wsatb 2y ago
  I don't think it's a contractual agreement with X. The NFL has lots of weird rules, apparently one of them is teams can only create accounts at "approved" social media sites. Probably only a matter of time before it's "approved".
laimingj 2y ago
Thank you for your feedback! We’re working on improving the category system and appreciate your input.
mhh__ 2y ago
In Britain at least I find that Bluesky is mainly populated by the kind of people who really want you to know that they don't like football
- aloisdg 2y ago
  pedantic classists I guess
- pityJuke 2y ago
  With that being said, during game time, I find matches & teams are beginning to appear on trending.
cmxch 2y ago
> sports moving to BlueSky Reddit communities are (all of a sudden and by odd coincidence) trying to will that into happening by delisting anything from X.
- smt88 2y ago
  I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but it's not an odd coincidence. It's an explicit response to Musk's Nazi salute.
  - jimbob45 2y ago
    [flagged]
    - tdb7893 2y ago
      A full day seems like a pretty reasonable timeframe for something big to spread on social media (I'm not even gonna touch however you're trying to connect this to BLM). Reddit mods are probably literally some of the most "online" people imaginable so once something is on the front page in one or two major subreddit they are gonna be aware within a couple hours, idk why anyone would think this would need even 24 hours to spread
    - mft_ 2y ago
      I think you’re looking for a conspiracy that’s just not there. It’s just people seeing an idea and jumping on the bandwagon. Plus, if you look at lots of the threads, there are already a pent-up dissatisfaction with the user experience of links to X, so the door was partly open.
vaughnegut 2y ago
I've found a lot of NHL content on Bluesky, to find people I went to a subreddit and searched for Bluesky to get recs on who to follow
- laimingj 2y ago
  Thanks for your feed back I will update the category system and Search function asap
serial_dev 2y ago
My experience is that the majority of the BlueSky users are there because they do not find X acceptable since Elon took over. It's a slightly broader Mastodon crowd. They tend to be liberal, quite often techies, some celebrity obsessed people (swifties, etc) and some hustlers who thought it's their big opportunity to establish themselves on a new and growing platform. I assume this crowd likes real sports less (or at the very least, watching and reading about professional sports), yet they are still okay watching eSports. Some sports are also more popular outside of US/EU, and they care less about the whole resistance and culture war, therefore less likely to end up on Bsky. But I'm just speculating and building imaginary stereotypes based on the people I saw going there, being there. And with all that said, I see plenty of sports accounts there, even in the feed linked here, NBA, NFL, so I may be full of sh it. I tried to search for MMA on bsky, but the search is cooked, and I don't see a single result.

stackghost 2y ago

There was a thread on Reddit recently about how NFL corporate has demanded teams delete their BSky accounts, because of a contractual relationship with X.

threeseed 2y ago
Will be interesting to see how that fairs with /r/nfl banning links to X.
- huhkerrf 2y ago
  I doubt the NFL is worrying too much. Reddit activism rarely (never?) moves the needle. If anything, it will push more people to X to get NFL news.
MattSayar 2y ago
Well that's highly disappointing
wsatb 2y ago
I don't think it's a contractual agreement with X. The NFL has lots of weird rules, apparently one of them is teams can only create accounts at "approved" social media sites. Probably only a matter of time before it's "approved".

laimingj 2y ago

Thank you for your feedback! We’re working on improving the category system and appreciate your input.

mhh__ 2y ago

In Britain at least I find that Bluesky is mainly populated by the kind of people who really want you to know that they don't like football

aloisdg 2y ago
pedantic classists I guess
pityJuke 2y ago
With that being said, during game time, I find matches & teams are beginning to appear on trending.

cmxch 2y ago

> sports moving to BlueSky Reddit communities are (all of a sudden and by odd coincidence) trying to will that into happening by delisting anything from X.

smt88 2y ago
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but it's not an odd coincidence. It's an explicit response to Musk's Nazi salute.
- jimbob45 2y ago
  [flagged]
  - tdb7893 2y ago
    A full day seems like a pretty reasonable timeframe for something big to spread on social media (I'm not even gonna touch however you're trying to connect this to BLM). Reddit mods are probably literally some of the most "online" people imaginable so once something is on the front page in one or two major subreddit they are gonna be aware within a couple hours, idk why anyone would think this would need even 24 hours to spread
  - mft_ 2y ago
    I think you’re looking for a conspiracy that’s just not there. It’s just people seeing an idea and jumping on the bandwagon. Plus, if you look at lots of the threads, there are already a pent-up dissatisfaction with the user experience of links to X, so the door was partly open.

vaughnegut 2y ago

I've found a lot of NHL content on Bluesky, to find people I went to a subreddit and searched for Bluesky to get recs on who to follow

laimingj 2y ago
Thanks for your feed back I will update the category system and Search function asap

serial_dev 2y ago

My experience is that the majority of the BlueSky users are there because they do not find X acceptable since Elon took over. It's a slightly broader Mastodon crowd. They tend to be liberal, quite often techies, some celebrity obsessed people (swifties, etc) and some hustlers who thought it's their big opportunity to establish themselves on a new and growing platform. I assume this crowd likes real sports less (or at the very least, watching and reading about professional sports), yet they are still okay watching eSports. Some sports are also more popular outside of US/EU, and they care less about the whole resistance and culture war, therefore less likely to end up on Bsky. But I'm just speculating and building imaginary stereotypes based on the people I saw going there, being there. And with all that said, I see plenty of sports accounts there, even in the feed linked here, NBA, NFL, so I may be full of sh it. I tried to search for MMA on bsky, but the search is cooked, and I don't see a single result.