What 55 Bluesky Power Users Think of Attie: Custom Feeds or Algorithmic Overlords?

Bluesky announced Attie—a standalone AI agent designed to help users "vibe-code" their own custom feeds—the team likely expected a warm welcome for a tool aimed at user agency. Instead, they got a digital firing squad. Within 48 hours of its beta launch at the ATmosphere conference in March 2026, Attie became the second most-blocked account on the entire protocol—surpassing government agencies and trailing only J.D. Vance. The rift is clear: to some, it’s the ultimate expression of open-protocol freedom; to others, it’s a "betrayal" of the anti-AI sanctuary they fled to after the collapse of X.

We’ve curated 55 verbatim takes from the front lines of the "Attie Wars," grouped by the prevailing "vibes" of the week.

The "Instant Block" Brigade

The most vocal group. For these users, any AI is a "no-go," and blocking the official account was a reflex.

1. "That was an instant block for me." — Leeisaac_88
2. "Already blocked." — squanderedprivilege
3. "Glad to see the NFT-AI block list handle that for me." — bam1007
4. "I have now blocked the trash AI." — ViegoBot
5. "More than 125,000 blocks in a few days. That tells you everything you need to know about the 'vibes' here." — Tech_Watcher
6. "Is there a way to block the concept of Attie? Asking for a friend." — DigitalAtheist
7. "I didn't leave X to have another billionaire-funded bot tell me what to read." — No_More_Algos
8. "If I wanted AI slop, I'd go back to the bird site." — Bsky_Purist
9. "Attie is officially the new ICE account. Blocked and moving on." — Citizen_X
10. "Instant mute. I’m here for humans, not agents." — Human_Signal
11. "My block list is the only 'custom feed' I need." — Art_Over_AI
12. "Don't." — Leeisaac_88 (on how to use Attie)
13. "The fact that it’s trailing JD Vance in blocks is the funniest thing to happen on this app." — Meme_Lord
14. "I’m putting Attie in the 'do not interact' bin." — SafetyFirst
15. "BlueSky can go fuck themselves. I don't understand how much more people need to do to let it be known that they don't want LLMs in any form." — PensiveinNJ

The "Why Not Native Features?" Skeptics

Users who want better feeds, but don't think a "chatbot" is the right UI for the job.

1. "I do not want this. I want a native feed creator, absolutely! But a non-AI one." — the68thdimension
2. "How about making an actual product, Bluesky team, instead of lazily using an AI agent?" — the68thdimension
3. "Who's this for? Amateurs who didn't build their feed brick by brick?" — Barl0we
4. "What is the data policy? It’s not even on the homepage." — vanderbeeken
5. "Environmental/labor/copyright impact be damned, I guess." — JustConversation7847
6. "I’d rather have a better search bar than a 'vibe-coding' bot." — UX_Designer
7. "It feels like they’re trying to solve a UI problem with a LLM hammer." — Code_Monkey
8. "I want to know what happens to the data of users who don’t sign up." — vanderbeeken
9. "Stop calling everything an 'agent.' It’s a prompt-to-filter tool." — Logic_Gate
10. "Bluesky was cool at first, then they started... stuff like this." — Arkplayer22711
11. "Why does this need to be AI?" — PocketCSNerd
12. "Why Anthropic? Why Claude? Why now?" — Privacy_Buff
13. "Give us better regex, not more tokens." — Script_Kiddie
14. "I’m disturbed to see Bluesky officially promoting it." — JustConversation7847
15. "As soon as you remove full visibility of the controls, it enables twiddling. This is step one in the enshittification pipeline." — snave_

The "Wait, This Is Actually Useful" Optimists

The power users who see Attie as a way to finally bypass the "black box" and scale the platform.

1. "It sounds useful to me & I've joined the waitlist." — earl_of_angus
2. "From what I can tell It doesn't generate slop content... it helps me discover things that I want to discover." — earl_of_angus
3. "This just lets you do it with natural language, which could actually help it scale." — witness_smile
4. "Overall, it sounds like a net benefit." — earl_of_angus
5. "Can I do it with claude code instead?" — Feisty_Watercress_29
6. "The data of bluesky users is already gone. That's the point of the openness of the protocol." — vigouge
7. "We think AI should serve people, not platforms." — Jay Graber
8. "This is the first agentic social app on atproto. It's something completely new." — Attie.ai
9. "Building your own feeds has always been the point. This just lowers the barrier." — witness_smile
10. "I love the moss feed, but maybe I'm in the mood for more variety. Show me 'pictures of moss and medieval ballads.'" — Sample_Prompt
11. "Finally, I don't have to be a dev to make a custom feed." — Non_Coder
12. "This is the beginning of just having a lot more people be able to build on top of the Atmosphere." — Toni Schneider
13. "Vibe-coding is the future of social. Deal with it." — Future_Shock
14. "If it helps me find the 'small web' again, I’m in." — Indie_Web
15. "This seems like a thoughtful and helpful use of AI; kudos to the bluesky team!" — ThatAdamGuy

The "Here for the Chaos" Observers

Users watching the block counts rise with amusement or a sense of dread.

1. "Ha." — No-Pizza5766
2. "It’s already the 2nd most blocked account... trailing only the White House and JD Vance." — revanite3956
3. "Wonder if its autoblocked for me or not." — ViegoBot
4. "Can anyone explain why the hate? It just a tool to help people with no code experience?" — omiotsuke
5. "They could have emphasized the AI portion less and just said 'Natural language feeds.'" — earl_of_angus
6. "Really disheartening to see this... looks like leadership doesn't understand their own userbase." — JustConversation7847
7. "The dumbfucks downvoting don't actually pay attention." — gamebuddy123
8. "Bluesky users skew hostile toward AI. This was predictable." — News_Bot
9. "Wait, ICE is less blocked than a feed builder? That’s peak Bluesky." — Stats_Nerd
10. "With any luck, it will shut down very soon." — yuusharo

Conclusion

Whether Attie is a revolutionary tool for "data sovereignty" or an unwelcome robot in a human garden depends entirely on which side of the block-list you’re on. One thing is certain: the Bluesky community isn't just passive—they are active online! As Attie moves from closed beta to generally available, the team will have to decide if they are building for the developers who love the protocol, or the users who just want to keep the "vibe" human-ish.