US Vice President JD Vance, White House Top List of Most Blocked Accounts on Bluesky - Here's Why

The White House joined Bluesky on Friday, but faced immediate backlash, becoming one of the most blocked accounts. However, US Vice President JD Vance tops the list after joining the platform in June. Here’s why US Vice President JD Vance, White House top list of most blocked accounts on Bluesky (Getty Images via AFP) The White House and several other government agencies on Friday joined the social media site Bluesky, a platform widely seen as left-leaning and popular with users who have left X (formerly Twitter). This debut immediately drew a strong negative reaction from the platform’s user base. The White House account has been blocked by about 92,000 accounts, while it has just 10,000 followers, according to ClearSky, an independent tracker of Bluesky’s blocking statistics. Another popular political figure and the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, was blocked by 166,000 accounts. He joined the platform in June and is the platform’s most blocked user, followed by The White House. By Sunday morning, the newly opened government accounts of the Trump administration held all of the top five spots for the most blocked accounts in the past 24 hours. What was the White House’s first posting? In its first post, the 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 them together for you.” The White House’s first posting on Bluesky The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Homeland Security also launched Bluesky accounts on Friday. Bluesky is a relatively small platform compared to more established online spaces like X. Disgruntled netizens started flocking to this site after billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter in 2022. How did the platform users react to their debut? Shortly after the Trump administration’s debut, users began flooding the White House’s first post, highlighting Trump’s relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The reason they’re coming after this place is because they can’t control the people on it and it’s driving them crazy,” Onion CEO Ben Collins said. Ben Collins’ post on Bluesky Whereas, American comedian and actor Paul F Tomkins wrote in a post that it is “weirdly fun to block the White House.” Several other popular figures on the platform encouraged their followers to simply block all Trump administration profiles and move on.