The White House is already one of the most blocked accounts on Bluesky

The Trump administration is embracing it Social media attack On an unlikely platform of Democratic opposition with the White House and many other government agencies Join Bluesky Friday

In Its first postThe new White House account uploaded a highlight reel of Trump footage and memes, along with the message, “What’s up, Bluesky? We thought you might have missed some of our greatest hits, so we put it together for you.”

Other government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Commerce Department, Transportation Department, Interior Department, Health and Human Services Department, State Department, War Department and Transportation Department, appeared to follow the White House in creating new Bluesky accounts, and all of them quickly posted messages attacking Democrats over the ongoing government shutdown.

“We’ve heard this is a great place for an open and honest dialogue, so we’re here to talk about how the Democrat shutdown is undermining our country on the world stage.” State Department wrote. (Legal experts have suggested that similar statements by government agencies Probably a violation of the Hatch Act.)

The messages are generally written in a cheerful, trolling tone, suggesting that the administration’s social media teams are anticipating a negative reaction to a social network that is even widely known as a left-leaning alternative to Elon Musk’s X. Trump’s relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“The reason they come after this place is because they can’t control its people and it drives them nuts,” wrote Onion CEO Ben Collins.

at the same time, Many popular Bluesky accounts urged their followers simply “Block and Move” with comedian Paul F. Tomkins announcement That it’s “weird fun to block the White House.”

Less than 48 hours after joining, the White House has already become one of the most blocked accounts on Bluesky. According to ClearskyAccording to Bluesky, which tracks blocking statistics, the White House account has been blocked by about 91,000 accounts, while being followed by only 10,000. The only account blocked by Bluesky users is that of Vice President JD Vance Joined again in June.

While the various new government accounts did not reach that height by Sunday morning, they accounted for the top 5 most blocked accounts in the past 24 hours. and other right-wing accounts Looks proud To Bluesky about the Trump administration going after and being massively blocked.