It's not just you -- Bluesky is (sorta) down (TechCrunch article posted at 10:11 AM PDT

[highplainsdem]

I've seen social media posts for days now saying Bluesky using AI for coding is causing at least some of the problems.

From TechCrunch (editing because I forgot the link; mea culpa):

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/its-not-just-you-bluesky-is-sorta-down/

Bluesky’s website and app are still struggling on Thursday after experiencing service interruptions that COO Rose Wang attributed to a denial-of-service attack.

According to the social network’s status page, the issues began around 2:42 a.m. ET time on Thursday and have continued since.

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The company has not officially shared what’s causing the slowdown or provided an estimated time for a fix.

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The service disruptions are impacting Bluesky, but other communities running their own infrastructure on the underlying protocol that powers the decentralized social network appear to be functioning for the time being.

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I haven't checked Bluesky myself yet today. Got up late and have been busy with DU posts and email.

[highplainsdem]

1. Well, I managed to get logged in to Bluesky after a loooong wait, but I can't get anything other than

Notifications to load, and I'm not sure the likes updated properly there. Sigh.

[highplainsdem]

2. Now a page for someone I follow finally loaded.

[highplainsdem]

3. kick

[Maeve]

4. Yeah, I get bits and pieces, but never full function

I can see posts in my News feed but not Discover, for instance.
Kinda miss it...

[Maeve]

5. And right after posting this, I checked and it's working