GoKawiilBluesky has launched an AI assistant called Attie that allows users to design their own social media algorithms and create custom feeds within the company’s AT Protocol ecosystem. And let’s just say the response has been heated.
Bluesky’s userbase, which skews hostile toward AI, did not embrace the new product, which debuted this weekend at the company’s Atmosphere conference. Instead, about 125,000 users have already blocked Attie’s Bluesky account, making it the second most blocked account on the network, according to open source data. Attie only has 1,500 followers, meaning that about 83 times more users have blocked the account than followed it.
The only account with more blocks than Bluesky’s AI agent is Vice President J.D. Vance, with about 180,000 blocks — Attie even surpassed the White House account (122,000 blocks) and the ICE account (112,460 blocks). That’s some seriously detested company for a platform that skews left politically.
Bluesky did not respond to request for comment before publication.
The top 5 most blocked accounts on Bluesky, according to open source data collected by ClearSky, as of 3/30/25 at 12 PM ET. Image Credits:ClearSky
Bluesky grew much of its userbase — now sitting at 43 million accounts — as an alternative to Elon Musk’s overhaul of Twitter into X, a platform now plagued by Neo-Nazism and AI-generated CSAM. For many Bluesky users, the platform serves as a reprieve from the more mainstream social internet, where AI search, AI chatbots, and even AI-generated video feeds are omnipresent, which makes the launch of Attie feel like a betrayal.
Others have criticized Bluesky’s product priorities, noting the platform is still missing highly requested basic features, like sending images via DM.
You still cant send images in your bluesky DMs — Kayla Hart (@straycunt.bsky.social) 2026-03-29T03:30:38.058Z
From Bluesky’s perspective, this product launch isn’t as offensive as it seems.
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