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What is the new social platform?

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Relatively new social media platform blue sky X (formerly Twitter) continues to be inundated with users seeking to escape what critics describe as a toxic environment under Elon Musk’s rule.

Musk initially Bought Twitter for 44 billion dollars In October 2022, the platform “free speech absolutist” vision, many platforms old and new competed to be the landing place for people looking to leave the site. Mastodon and Instagram’s Threads were some of the top contenders in the race, but neither could maintain their position as X’s biggest rival.

Changes made to the platform during Musk’s tenure include: neutralize block feature and do the verification paid subscription. CEOs are increasingly vocal in support of right-wing issues and President-elect Donald Trump. And some users mock the content on the platform, especially its prevalence false and inaccurate information, conspiracy theories, harassment and abuseA. Sharp increase in hate speech, And Platform of Nazi and hate groups.

Election Day appeared to be the final straw for many people upset with Musk’s support for Trump. political conversation in the app. Now Trump has approached Musk for a government position in his newly formed government. Department of Public Efficiencyor DOGE.

As a result, Bluesky was inundated with millions of new users. Here’s what you need to know about the social media site.

Bluesky sees millions of user gains after election

Fed up with X’s content, Musk’s frequent changes to the platform and his vocal engagement with Trump and other far-right figures caused users to abandon the site en masse after the election.

As Election Day marks a turning point banner day for the use of the platformX saw over 115,000 accounts disabled the next day, According to Zirveweb data provided to NBC NewsIt is reportedly the highest figure since Musk took over the app.

Liu said Bluesky, on the other hand, experienced an explosion of more than 2.5 million new registrations in the week following the election. As of Wednesday, there were more than 20.7 million users on the platform, and that number is growing, according to a tracker put forward by Bluesky employees (bcounter.nat.vg), equals approximately 8 user records per second.

Liu also said the platform saw record activity across all metrics, including likes and follows.

“Users are also sharing feedback that they are getting more engagement (and higher quality engagement) on Bluesky compared to other platforms, even though they initially had more followers elsewhere,” he said. “And most importantly, they have fun!”

X has seen an exodus, including some prominent accounts such as celebrities Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Lemon, Lizzo And Stephen King and news source Guard, Having approximately 27 million followers on accounts on the platform, XData Musk’s app reported a record-breaking 942 million posts worldwide and saw a 15.5% increase in new user registrations on Election Day and the following day.

What is Bluesky?

Bluesky is a social media app that, at its core, is largely similar to X, formerly known as Twitter. Like Twitter, users can post 300-character text messages, images and videos. Users can then repost, reply, quote and like the posts.

“Unlike other closed platforms, Bluesky is an open social network that offers users choice, developers freedom to develop, and creators independence from platforms,” ​​spokeswoman Emily Liu previously told USA TODAY in an emailed statement. he said.

The app was initially an internal Twitter project led by then-CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey in 2019 with the goal of “decentralizing” the platform, or allowing users to create their own servers. It launched as its own website, separate from Twitter, in 2021 and opened to the public as an invite-only beta in 2023. It later downgraded its invite-only status in February 2024.

Who owns Bluesky?

While Bluesky was originally a Dorsey concept, he confirmed in May that he was leaving the board and deleting his own account.

Accordingly blue sky It is now partially owned by CEO Jay Graber and has a board that includes Jabber inventor Jeremie Miller, Techdirt founder Mike Masnick, and Blockchain Capital general partner Kinjal Shah.

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