all social media platforms with significant financing behind them enshitify and bluesky is already there despite their promises to the contrary:
Bluesky is apparently deleting the accounts of Palestinians in Gaza under the guise of “spam.” Requests to correct this have so far gone unanswered. https://t.co/vbBfz8TFL2pic.twitter.com/X4o7OifWlh
— Writers Against the War on Gaza (@wawog_now) November 14, 2024
According to CNET, the actual reason for the name is:
Dorsey confirmed a Bluesky user's speculation that the name ties in to Twitter's bird mascot, the idea being the bird could fly even more freely in an open blue sky.
The only thing I can think of is the Ukraine flag , which I believe represents a field of wheat under a blue sky, such as in this image from Kherson Oblast:
It seems like a stretch to me that the site is named after the Ukrainian flag specifically. The symbolism of blue skies is much more universal than that.