Following Donald Trump’s recent U.S. election victory and Elon Musk’s vocal support for his campaign on the social media platform X, many users are searching for alternative online spaces. Musk, who acquired Twitter in 2022 and rebranded it as X, has openly promoted Trump’s agenda to his 200 million followers, prompting widespread dissatisfaction among a … Read more
In the week following the U.S. presidential election, X alternative Bluesky gained over a million new users, most of whom live in the U.S., Canada, and Britain, according to a Bluesky spokesperson. The influx of new users propelled Bluesky to a new milestone on Wednesday: The platform crossed the 15 million user mark. One month … Read more
X users may be migrating to bluer skies after a major change. Bluesky is an open, ad-free social network that grew out of Twitter, now X, in 2019. The platform announced on Thursday that half a million new users signed up within a day of X announcing that it would be changing up its blocking … Read more
Bluesky has been making a lot of progress in recent months by simplifying the process to sign up while at the same time rolling out a steady stream of new features. As part of those continuing efforts, the social media app has just announced that users can now send direct messages (DMs). It means that … Read more
New Delhi: Jack Dorsey, who founded Twitter (now called X), has quit the board of Bluesky, a decentralised social media platform he also helped co-founded. The company said in a post that it is now searching for a new board member. “With Jack’s departure, we are searching for a new board member for the Bluesky … Read more
Social media app Bluesky has picked nearly a million new users just a day after exiting its invitation-only beta and opening to everyone. In a post on its main rival — X (formerly Twitter) — Bluesky shared a chart showing a sudden boost in usage on the app, which can now be downloaded for free … Read more
