Unfortunately it is. It feels too much like a beta at this point. No DMs and unable to use GIFs. As Twitter falls apart, it is nice that this is a back up for now... but I think the Bluesky crew really need to up their game here.

I genuinely didn’t expect anyone to respond to this, but I absolutely agree. DMs and gifs are basic expectations from a social media site. I really want to like this place but it’s getting harder and harder to keep checking in on it.