I know that your heart’s in the right place, but Alt National Park Service should not be taken seriously

Quote :

"Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social From coast to coast, city streets to small town squares, you showed up. And it mattered. Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance."

https://bsky.app/profile/thetattooedprof.bsky.social/post/3lro2e2yp722z

Quote :

"I know a lot of folks like this account. But this is a wild, and unhelpful, exaggeration--it's a resistance version of sean spicer. It veers into #resistanceporn and trades accuracy for clout, like other "blue maga" grifters on here. Pls consider finding other sources of inspiration/news/motivation"

6/15/2025 9:17:35 PM

Why are we believing this guy over Alt National Park Service? Not a challenge, sincere question. I don't see either side presenting evidence for the numbers here. What else are we looking at?

ETA: I did look around the net and see 5 million as a number being mentioned a lot for the size.

[Edited on June 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM. Reason : ]

6/15/2025 9:34:19 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/avesmaria.bsky.social/post/3lro7i7ftx22r

Quote :

"can’t believe this still needs to be said, but: stop following altNPS. none of them work for the NPS and they exist to do Qanon numbers station crap and sell merch. it’s annoying for a lot of us that are actually NPS. thanks"

6/15/2025 10:23:58 PM

^Thanks, I did not know that! I had been wondering if the connection with NPS was in name only, though. Never bothered to check.

6/15/2025 10:37:35 PM

Yes, that estimate does seem to not be credible.

I've been following them on social media since the first Trump admin, and they seem to have some good sources and have broken a lot of "stories" before the MSM picks it up (including the EPA-info in this thread). I don't take their word on everything, but most of what they "report" seems to be grounded in reality, or mostly true at least. And I've only seen them mention a time or two that they had some t-shirts for sale, but there wasn't a link or anything.

But I appreciate the info and will take that into consideration in the future.

[Edited on June 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM. Reason : Who is Aves Maria?]

6/16/2025 9:57:16 AM

https://virginiaweaver.substack.com/p/stop-trusting-anonymous-social-media

I know nothing about the author, but this piece does a good job breaking down why accounts like that shouldn’t be trusted

6/16/2025 11:08:07 AM

https://bsky.app/profile/hypoautonomic.bsky.social/post/3lrtibqdths2l

Quote :

" The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers. This thread will dive into its activity."

worth the read

6/17/2025 8:01:01 PM