When Elon Musk took over Twitter almost two years ago, few people imagined he would end up laying off 80% of the workforce, something he still brags about today. But he did it and among the dead was the moderation teamwhich was reduced to ashes if we compare it with what existed before.
In fact, one of the biggest complaints today. It is therefore surprising to see how now Bluesky took the opposite route and, having a few million fewer users, it will have four times as many moderators.
Bluesky has quadrupled its team of moderators
Bluesky is experiencing sweet moments after having already exceeded 20 million users, the majority of whom are newcomers in recent weeks to the detriment of the controversies of X (Twitter). This, while an important value for the platform led by Jay Graber, also represents a significant challenge.
The Blue Butterfly social network must improve its infrastructure to ensure that everything works on a technical level, but it must also take into account that with the increase in the number of users, a larger moderation team is also needed. This is why they announced that they will go from 25 to 100 moderators in the coming weeks.
The objective is obvious: to examine all complaints made by other users and also to ensure compliance with the regulations. And this is positive not only to suspend accounts that are not compliant, but also to review those that are compliant and yet receive complaints derived from a campaign of other users. With 75% more dedicated staff, they hope to achieve this goal.
As we mentioned in the introduction, what is striking is that after the wave of layoffs, Elon Musk's social network reported that, out of just over 2,000 moderators for Europe, They barely have 20 moderators for Spanishalthough our country is the one with the most active accounts.
And in X meanwhile, discomfort abounds in the face of non-moderation
Of the 100 moderators that Bluesky will have, it has not yet been specified how many will be in Spanish. So we cannot assert or deny that they could even be the same as in
X still has 92% more users than Bluesky. It is estimated to be around 250 million, while Bluesky recently surpassed 20 million. Therefore, even with equal conditions for languages like Spanish, Bluesky workers will have a smaller number of users to serve.
There may seem to be few moderators in both cases and that's probably the case, but the truth is that the general feeling of users is very different. At Bluesky, as stated a few months ago, equipment is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
This is what allows the platform to study each case and proceed according to its rules of use and publication. Meanwhile, in
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