How To Geek: “Bluesky is a decentralized social media platform heavily inspired by Twitter (now known as X), which should come as no surprise since both platforms were created at least in part by Jack Dorsey. While Bluesky shares Twitter’s tight character limit and clean design language, it differs in its decentralized nature along with its alternative approach to feeds. The other important difference with Bluesky is that it’s not run by Elon Musk. Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, changed its name to X, undermined blue verification checks, integrated the Grok chatbot, failed to stem disinformation, and proceeded to make other questionable moves that combined to tank the brand’s value by almost 80%, according to CNN. Those problems, along with Musk’s ties to President-Elect Trump—the Financial Times reports that Musk has been tagged to lead a department for government efficiency under Trump—have led to an exodus of X users signing up to Bluesky as a replacement. According to CNN, Bluesky’s user base doubled in 90 days, through the build up to the presidential election, and increased by a further 1 million users since the election itself. At 15 million total users, it’s still a small network compared to X, but it could be on its way to reaching critical mass and becoming a well-known replacement.”

• @bespacific.bsky.social  – Bluesky
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