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Bluesky "Child Lover" Butterfly Symbol Conspiracy Theory refers to a conspiracy theory about the white-and-blue butterfly logo of the social media app Bluesky resembling the butterfly logo meaning "child lover" for the Childlove Online Media Activist group that believes sexual relationships between adults and minors should be decriminalized (also known as MAPs). The resemblance was noted by conspiracy theorists on Twitter / X in mid-November 2024, who said that the "Democrats' newest app" was covertly related to the "child lover" symbol. The theory's relationship to liberal politics was based on the movement to replace X with Bluesky following Elon Musk's acquisition of the website, who's known to espouse right-wing beliefs on his platform.

Origin

On November 17th, 2024, X^[1] user @lis10inc440 quote tweeted a post shared by X^[2] user @EndWokeness who claimed to have gotten "banned from BIuesky within the first 30 seconds for posting a biological fact," being the phrase, "There Are Only Two Genders." @lis10inc440's QT said, "There are no coincidences," and attached an OC meme (shown below) that compared the Bluesky butterfly logo to the so-called "child lover" symbol, as in, the Childlove Online Media Activist logo.^[3]

@lis10inc440's QT received over 11.9 million views and 5,500 likes in two days (shown below). The post also received a Community Note ^[4] that was rated helpful by other users, which read, "It's a fucking butterfly," and linked to the Wikipedia page for butterflies.

Spread

In the following days, @lis10inc440's post was quote tweeted by multiple accounts who mocked his conspiracy theory. For instance, on November 17th, 2024, X^[5] user @jnitronitro posted a QT, attaching a meme that ironically linked the "Nazi Party" to Mario Party solely based on "party" appearing in both names. The post gained over 180,000 likes in two days (shown below).

On November 18th, X^[6] user @uncommonblin raved about the "It's a fucking butterfly" Community Note in a QT, writing, "This might be the best community note ever," receiving over 77,000 likes in a day (shown below).

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