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People are flocking to social media app Bluesky. What is it, and who made it?
Bluesky originated as a project funded by Twitter several years before Elon Musk's ownership. Here's how to join the platform.
What To Know About Bluesky—The Buzzy Social Media App Siphoning Users From Elon Musk’s X
Bluesky has added 1.5 million users over the past week as former President Donald Trump’s election victory prompted users to flee X, the platform owned by Trump ally Elon Musk.
Bluesky sees a post-election surge in new users amid exodus from X. Here's what to know about the social media platform.
The social media platform Bluesky has welcomed a wave of new users in the wake of the presidential election, with more than 1.25 million flocking to the site in the last week.
I Left X for Bluesky, and I Actually Like Social Media Again
Users have been leaving Elon Musk's X and flocking to the decentralized social media network Bluesky in recent months, with over a million accounts added since the U.S. presidential election. And after years of feeling like an also-ran,
What's Bluesky? Officials, agencies flock to new social media alternative
Following the election, public officials and agencies are joining Bluesky, a decentralized social media alternative, as many shift away from X.
What is Bluesky? Social network sees user surge post-election
Bluesky, a social media platform similar to X, gained over 1 million users in the week following the U.S. election as former X users look for alternative online spaces.
Threads vs. Bluesky: Which social media network is right for you?
For better or worse, there are currently two major options for X-pats looking to cultivate a Classic Twitter experience: Threads and Bluesky. If X has become microblogging’s past, one of these two just may be its future—the proverbial marketplace of ideas where posts go viral and people find community,
Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media
I care a lot about the future of social media. It’s how many of us learn about the world and connect to each other; putting something so important in the hands of a handful of centralized corporations has repeatedly proven itself to be harmful.
Bluesky: the social media platform causing a mass X-odus
The social media platform Bluesky has acquired more than one million new users since the US election, said a company spokesperson. This influx of new members, largely from the US and UK, has been put down to users seeking to "escape misinformation and offensive posts on X",
How the US election result is pushing social media users away from X and onto Bluesky
Following Donald Trump's reelection a wave of exits from X, the platform run by Trump's political ally Elon Musk, has been underway. Some users have moved to Bluesky, which has 14.5 million users to date in November,
Is Bluesky Down? Users Turn Away From Elon Musk's X, Cause Website Outage
Over 1.25 million new users joined in the last week, with many leaving X due to Musk's support of President-elect Trump.
What is Bluesky Social? Why people are going to this Twitter alternative
After Donald Trump was reelected, interest in Bluesky Social has soared. Here's how the Twitter alternative differs from Elon ...
Liberals are fleeing X again — this time for Bluesky
Elon Musk’s X drew more web traffic on the day Donald Trump won the presidential election than on any other day so far this ...
Bluesky's stormy day: How its explosive growth led to inevitable outages
The swift expansion of the X rival reveals the urgent need for decentralized infrastructure to ensure a scalable, user-owned ...
With 15 Million Subscribers, Is Bluesky On Track To Takeover X?
Bluesky could have a serious advantage as The Guardian, Don Lemon and Jamie Lee Curtis leave Twitter (X). Since the election, ...
I wasted my day on Bluesky Social and no, I'm not sorry
I would like to say I saw Bluesky Social's big moment coming. After all, I joined the social network in April 2023 when few ...
Outage hits Bluesky just as the platform's popularity takes off
The social media platform Bluesky was hit by an outage on Thursday, amid a rising wave of popularity for the app, which is ...
Lizzo Joins Bluesky & Explains Her Reasoning: ‘I Hate the Internet’
Bluesky smiling at Lizzo, nothing but Bluesky does she see. As countless former X users have been flocking to the alternative ...