Bluesky is overwhelmingly negative about AI. 64% of Bluesky claims were classified as “very negative” versus only 15% on Truth Social.
I am confused by this claim—the graph above it suggests that 64% of Bluesky claims were classified as somewhat negative, and only 15% of Bluesky claims were classified as very negative. While I agree with your analysis that the sentiment on Bluesky skews a lot more negative than that on Truth Social, I do think it’s notable that a greater proportion of Truth Social posts were very negative in sentiment as compared to Bluesky posts.
I think this is a good thing to point out. My main reactions are: 1. I think this work was fairly low-effort and exploratory (how could we get some quick insights using a ton of AI automation), and doesn’t have the rigor I think would be needed to draw hard conclusions. For example, the Truth Social data wasn’t very high quality. 2. The absence of positive-about-AI content on Bluesky is more stark and statistically significant, and I’m much more confident that a better analysis would turn up that same result.
I am confused by this claim—the graph above it suggests that 64% of Bluesky claims were classified as somewhat negative, and only 15% of Bluesky claims were classified as very negative. While I agree with your analysis that the sentiment on Bluesky skews a lot more negative than that on Truth Social, I do think it’s notable that a greater proportion of Truth Social posts were very negative in sentiment as compared to Bluesky posts.
I think this is a good thing to point out. My main reactions are:
1. I think this work was fairly low-effort and exploratory (how could we get some quick insights using a ton of AI automation), and doesn’t have the rigor I think would be needed to draw hard conclusions. For example, the Truth Social data wasn’t very high quality.
2. The absence of positive-about-AI content on Bluesky is more stark and statistically significant, and I’m much more confident that a better analysis would turn up that same result.
oh good call out, I’ll ping Niki to make sure he sees this comment