Bluesky recently launched an AI assistant called Attie, but the community is not happy about it. This new tool was supposed to help people design their own social media algorithms and create custom feeds. Instead, it has become one of the most hated features on the platform. In just one weekend, about 125,000 users blocked the Attie account. To put that in perspective, Attie has only about 1,500 followers. That means for every person who followed the account, more than 80 people blocked it.

The backlash was so intense that Attie is now the second most blocked account on the entire network. The only person with more blocks is Vice President J. D. Vance. Attie even surpassed the White House and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement accounts in terms of total blocks. For a platform that markets itself as a sanctuary from the corporate, AI-driven mess of the mainstream internet, this launch feels like a punch in the gut to its core users.

Bluesky grew to 43 million accounts by offering an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. People moved there to escape AI-generated spam and toxic content. Many of these users see AI as a threat to human agency and the quality of social interaction. When Bluesky introduced Attie at the Atmosphere conference, the response was immediate and angry. Users feel that AI is invading every corner of the web, and they wanted Bluesky to be the one place that stayed human.

Others are pointing out that Bluesky is ignoring what people actually want. For a long time, users have been asking for basic features like the ability to send images through direct messages. Instead of building those tools, the company spent its resources on an AI agent. This mismatch in priorities has led many to believe the company is losing touch with its community.

Jay Graber, the former CEO who recently moved to a new role at the company, tried to explain the move in a blog post. She argued that AI should serve people, not platforms. She noted that while there are bad ways to use AI, it can also be helpful if used correctly. However, her words did little to calm the storm. For the people on Bluesky, the problem isn’t just about what Attie can do. It is about the symbol of AI encroachment into their digital lives.

Naysayers have plenty of reasons to boycott the tech. The demand for more AI data centers is having a real impact on the environment. There is also the worry that AI is eroding human culture by flooding social networks with low-quality, automated noise. Compared to these big issues, the danger of a feed-building assistant might seem small, but for Bluesky users, it represents a surrender to the idea that AI is inevitable. They are fighting to keep their corner of the internet a place for real people to talk to each other without a machine in the middle.