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The mid-October bump was artists discovering that posting on Twitter allows them to use posts for training AI.

https://bskycharts.edavis.dev/bluesky-year.html




That and the change to how blocking works on Twitter, which coincided with the AI policy change.


If Bluesky is decentralized, can't twitter still train on Bluesky posts?


There’s arguably a moral difference between having your stuff stolen, and giving it up as part of the TOS. Most artists, you’d assume, would prefer the former.


Bluesky's TOS[1]:

> You grant us permission to: Use User Content to develop, provide, and improve Bluesky Social, the AT Protocol, and any of our future offerings

[1]: https://bsky.social/about/support/tos#user-content




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