Dril is now on Bluesky
The decentralized invitation-only Twitter alternative has been gaining traction in recent days — I’ve seen a lot of people I follow pop up on the bird-themed social network on Bluesky. But the Twitter clone could really start to feel like a new Twitter now that Dril, the Twitter legend who recently gave an interview as his real human self, has officially joined the platform.
There’s nothing on Dril’s Bluesky profile that makes it absolutely clear that it’s really him. (He does not have tied a domain name to its handle, for example.) Dril posted once, but it’s an extremely insecure post that I won’t include here. But Paul Frazee, a staff engineer at Bluesky, confirmed on Thursday that the Dril profile @dril.bsky.social is the real deal.
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Dril’s appearance is also notable as he has been dunking on Twitter in recent times and has been a key supporter of the #BlockTheBlue campaign to block people with Twitter Blue verification check marks. I don’t know if Dril will be moving to Bluesky full-time – I honestly doubt he will any time soon as the platform isn’t publicly available yet – but if Dril stops posting to Twitter I’d bet you can find his shitposts on Bluesky.