Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky

It seems the only thing Bluesky hates more than Donald Trump is brands that promote artificial intelligence — and Adobe, the makers of Photoshop and Acrobat, had to find that out the hard way. Earlier this week, the Photoshop and Acrobat-maker posted an innocuous-enough introduction on its new account in an effort, like other brands have made, to find a new place to shill its AI-infused tech that doesn't explicitly promote Nazis. "Hey, we're Adobe!" the since-deleted post read. "We're here to connect with the artists, designers, and storytellers who bring ideas to life." Per screenshots of the "skeet," as folks on the butterfly app are wont to call their posts, the software maker had thousands of replies and reposts but very few "likes." In social media parlance, that's known as "getting ratioed" — and boy, did Adobe get an earful. From being digitally issued the "curse of RA" to getting virtually stared at like a punk at a frat party, the longtime AI-boosting company that makes ve ... Read full article.