--- title: "Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky" description: "It seems the only thing Bluesky hates more than Donald Trump is AI — and Adobe had to find that out the hard way. " date: "2025-04-09" modified: "2025-04-09" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/adobe-bullied-bluesky" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "adobe" - "bluesky" - "photoshop" - "twitter" --- # Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky ![It seems the only thing Bluesky hates more than Donald Trump is AI — and Adobe had to find that out the hard way. ]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* It seems the only thing Bluesky hates more than [Donald Trump]() is brands that [promote artificial intelligence]() — and Adobe, the makers of Photoshop and Acrobat, had to find that out the hard way. Earlier this week, the Photoshop and Acrobat-maker posted an innocuous-enough introduction on its new account in an effort, like other brands have made, to find a new place to shill its AI-infused tech that doesn't [explicitly promote Nazis](). "Hey, we're Adobe!" the since-deleted post read. "We're here to connect with the artists, designers, and storytellers who bring ideas to life." Per [screenshots]() of the "[skeet]()," as folks on the butterfly app are wont to call their posts, the software maker had [thousands of replies]() and reposts but very few "likes." In social media parlance, that's known as "getting ratioed" — and boy, did Adobe get an earful. From being digitally issued the "[curse of RA]()" to getting [virtually stared at]() like a punk at a frat party, the [longtime AI-boosting]() company that makes [very expensive image editing software]() didn't receive the warm welcome it seemingly expected. Hilariously, a Photoshop account likely created by Adobe's unsuspecting social media team also got the Bluesky bully treatment. Though the software account's original post was similarly deleted in apparent shame, archivally-minded Bluesky users [made and posted]() screen recordings of the incredible replies [before it was kiboshed](). "Hello You Sniveling Little Bitch," reads one of the Photo replies, [which is still up](). "Are You Prepared To Defend Yourself, Unlike Your Foolish And Weakened Parent Company?" "I assume you'll be charging us monthly to read your posts," [another user wrote]() in a glib reference to the image manipulator's strict subscription model, which [begins at $23 a month]() for its lowest tier and is [generally required]() if one wants to access files saved within the software. Though both the Adobe and the Photoshop accounts are still on Bluesky, their single-post output is gone — and still, the social network's users are dancing on their deathbed. "Adobe deleting their first BlueSky post because they realize that the artist community pretty much universally hates them now is extremely funny," illustrator [Betsy Bauer remarked](). Seemingly out for blood, yet another user noted that there are several other Adobe accounts to "[block and bully]()" on Bluesky. Hopefully the people working on those social media teams will think before they skeet. **More on the other site:** [*Grok Is Rebelling Against Elon Musk, Daring Him to Shut It Down*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()