In the grand scheme of things, users with these fan domains only make up a tiny fraction of Bluesky’s 16 million users (and counting). But fan communities are often what makes a social network run; in the early 2010s, Tumblr boomed in part due to fandoms for TV shows like “Supernatural” and “Doctor Who,” as well as bands like One Direction. Even if a community is small, these cohorts tend to be very active social media users, and Bluesky thus far has prided itself on its ability to maintain highly engaged users.
“We … have a higher percentage of posters than most social sites, which follow a 90-9-1 pattern of lurkers-commenters-posters. We haven’t dipped below ~30% posters,” Bluesky CEO Jay Graber wrote in a post on Tuesday.