Bluesky says it is “temporarily” pausing new sign-ups to resolve performance issues caused by “record high-traffic”
/ ‘We will temporarily be pausing Bluesky sign-ups while our team continues to resolve the existing performance issues.’
The Verge Jay Peters
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Discussion
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@bsky.app
@bsky.app
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Our systems are currently experiencing some degraded performance as a result of record-high traffic. You may notice some slowness in-app as a result. Our team is working to resolve this issue. — You can view our system performance status here: https://status.bsky.app/
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@bsky.app
@bsky.app
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We will temporarily be pausing Bluesky sign-ups while our team continues to resolve the existing performance issues. We'll keep you updated when invite codes will resume functionality. — We're excited to welcome more users to our beta soon!
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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truly a shame that Bluesky isn't ready to take over from Twitter [image]
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@ericprhodes
Eric
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is this a tipping point? feels like bsky shoud've been better prepared for this. https://twitter.com/...
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@jwsherrod
John William Sherrod
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This is amusing in light of people encouraging people to follow them on Bluesky because of today's “rate limit” drama on Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
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Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter
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Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter