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Looks interesting, but trending social only shows X which will lean conservative. Obviously Bluesky/Reddit will lean left but it should presumably show all bias

Looks interesting, but trending social only shows X which will lean conservative. Obviously Bluesky/Reddit will lean left but it should presumably show all bias influences? I don't think Truth Social should be included as its such a niche. Generally looks like a potentially excellent resource for marketing to media platforms. Edit: I found a Bluesky one but had to scroll down a lot. If that's to do with relative lack of activity it should probably be clearly explained.

foxfoxx 8mo ago
Thanks for the feedback! We mainly include Truth social since Trump and a few of his closest administration are active on there and a large goal of Govbase is to follow the story from Trump posting about tariffs, the news reacting, the EO happening, etc. I would love to include more Bluesky posts, besides it seeming more balanced - it's also free data compared to X. However, most political social posts happen on X. Even AOC, who is the most followed account on Bluesky still I think is more active on X than Bluesky.
sourcegrift 8mo ago
Sad news is that bluesky is on a decline while truth social is increasing. https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/07/bluesky-and-x-users-plummet-year-after-trumps-election-win-truth-social-makes-small-gains/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/07/bluesky-... I wonder what will happen to trans kids in the coming years. Trans people shape the soul of the country (since the last 3 years)
- verdverm 8mo ago
  It doesn't look like truth social has grown much the last year, sits around 10% of bluesky by active user count. Would be interesting to see more detailed metrics about the amount of content and engagement. Transgender has been a part of humanity forever, just like we see in other areas of nature. Here's some history going back 150+ years: https://translash.org/articles/drawn-to-history-10-trans-trailblazers-who-changed-the-world/ https://translash.org/articles/drawn-to-history-10-trans-tra... Zine: https://translash.org/zines/transcestors-trailblazers-30-lives-30-legacies/ https://translash.org/zines/transcestors-trailblazers-30-liv... Some perspective, if you have an ARM CPU, it's thanks to Sophia Wilson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson
  - wizzwizz4 8mo ago
    And if you have a CPU at all, it's thanks in part to Lynn Conway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway I expect it's worth looking into the ActivityPub Fediverse, or the applicable IndieWeb protocols (e.g. the linkback quartet: refback, trackback, pingback, and Webmention), to measure what people are saying. None of these have global feeds, though, so you have to deal with the conceptual complexity of measurement. (You have to deal with this anyway with Twitter, because of bot activity, but it's easier to deal with "this is an upper bound" than "this estimate may be too high or too low, and we'd have to investigate further in order to find out which".)
- oceanplexian 8mo ago
  Why does Forbes post intentionally misleading charts? The one for Bluesky goes from 9M DAU -> 3.5M DAU The one for X goes from 149M DAU -> 128M DAU Yet, the Y axis of both charts are wildly out of proportion to make it look like they are equivalent, which is also implied by the headline but clearly not true.
  - MarkusQ 8mo ago
    Also, neither is zero based, making a 60% drop (bluesky) and a 15% drop (x) look comparable.

foxfoxx 8mo ago

Thanks for the feedback! We mainly include Truth social since Trump and a few of his closest administration are active on there and a large goal of Govbase is to follow the story from Trump posting about tariffs, the news reacting, the EO happening, etc. I would love to include more Bluesky posts, besides it seeming more balanced - it's also free data compared to X. However, most political social posts happen on X. Even AOC, who is the most followed account on Bluesky still I think is more active on X than Bluesky.

sourcegrift 8mo ago

Sad news is that bluesky is on a decline while truth social is increasing. https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/07/bluesky-and-x-users-plummet-year-after-trumps-election-win-truth-social-makes-small-gains/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/07/bluesky-... I wonder what will happen to trans kids in the coming years. Trans people shape the soul of the country (since the last 3 years)

verdverm 8mo ago
It doesn't look like truth social has grown much the last year, sits around 10% of bluesky by active user count. Would be interesting to see more detailed metrics about the amount of content and engagement. Transgender has been a part of humanity forever, just like we see in other areas of nature. Here's some history going back 150+ years: https://translash.org/articles/drawn-to-history-10-trans-trailblazers-who-changed-the-world/ https://translash.org/articles/drawn-to-history-10-trans-tra... Zine: https://translash.org/zines/transcestors-trailblazers-30-lives-30-legacies/ https://translash.org/zines/transcestors-trailblazers-30-liv... Some perspective, if you have an ARM CPU, it's thanks to Sophia Wilson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson
- wizzwizz4 8mo ago
  And if you have a CPU at all, it's thanks in part to Lynn Conway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway I expect it's worth looking into the ActivityPub Fediverse, or the applicable IndieWeb protocols (e.g. the linkback quartet: refback, trackback, pingback, and Webmention), to measure what people are saying. None of these have global feeds, though, so you have to deal with the conceptual complexity of measurement. (You have to deal with this anyway with Twitter, because of bot activity, but it's easier to deal with "this is an upper bound" than "this estimate may be too high or too low, and we'd have to investigate further in order to find out which".)
oceanplexian 8mo ago
Why does Forbes post intentionally misleading charts? The one for Bluesky goes from 9M DAU -> 3.5M DAU The one for X goes from 149M DAU -> 128M DAU Yet, the Y axis of both charts are wildly out of proportion to make it look like they are equivalent, which is also implied by the headline but clearly not true.
- MarkusQ 8mo ago
  Also, neither is zero based, making a 60% drop (bluesky) and a 15% drop (x) look comparable.