I've noticed that even after Final Fantasy XIV has acquired an official Bluesky account, there is still no icon or link on the bottom of news/special notice postings on the official Lodestone page for that account - only for official FFXIV accounts for Facebook and X. As of August 31st 2025 you can see it [here].
Additionally, I've noticed that the last time a giveaway was announced, you could not enter it unless you had an X account even when the giveaway was also posted on Bluesky. In that link you can see how many people were confused and annoyed by this.
I feel that this is a basic oversight by your website team and I hope it is remedied soon ^^; I worry that the confusing insistence to prioritize X over alternatives when it is currently a platform run by a man who very proudly and vocally boasts his bigotry towards many minorities is not a good look for the Final Fantasy XIV brand.
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Additionally, I've noticed that the last time a giveaway was announced, you could not enter it unless you had an X account even when the giveaway was also posted on Bluesky. In that link you can see how many people were confused and annoyed by this.
I feel that this is a basic oversight by your website team and I hope it is remedied soon ^^; I worry that the confusing insistence to prioritize X over alternatives when it is currently a platform run by a man who very proudly and vocally boasts his bigotry towards many minorities is not a good look for the Final Fantasy XIV brand.
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