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Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky Social gains 800k users in just one day, crosses 4-mn mark

8Feb

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Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky Social gains 800k users in just one day, crosses 4-mn mark

[ad_1] Jack Dorsey's Bluesky Social opened its doors to the public after a year of being in the invite-only phase, and it is safe to say that it is piquing users' curiosity. Since Elon Musk's takeover of X (formerly Twitter), decentralized platforms have grown in popularity, courtesy of those who have been disappointed by the myriad of changes rolled out on X. Although it was in an invite-only beta stage, Bluesky Social enjoyed a massive bump in popularity as it crossed 2 million users in November 2023. Now that it is accessible to the public without requiring any invite, users have flocked to Bluesky Social.Increase in Bluesky Social usersAccording to data that is publicly available, Bluesky Social gained 800,000 users (or “newskies”) on the first day itself. The microblogging platform...

X rival Bluesky crosses 2mn users! Know its upcoming plans

17Nov

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X rival Bluesky crosses 2mn users! Know its upcoming plans

[ad_1] Bluesky, a decentralized social network app was launched this year in February (a simplified portal was initially released in October 2022) as an alternative to X (formerly Twitter). The app has seen massive growth over the months and finally, the platform has crossed 2 million users which is a huge milestone. Going forward, the app has big plans to expand its user base by making the platform available on federation networks, bringing an end to a long period of the invite-only system. Know more here.Bluesky users milestoneAccording to The Verge report, the Twitter-like social network app has crossed 2 million users just after 2 months of hitting 1 million app audience. The app is also planning to make it available on different platforms by launching a web interface that will allo...

Bluesky gets its 1st third-party app! Graysky to launch soon on iOS and Android with new features

14Oct

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Bluesky gets its 1st third-party app! Graysky to launch soon on iOS and Android with new features

[ad_1] Bluesky, the decentralized X-rival (formerly Twitter) social media platform is all set to get its first third-party app. The platform, which continues to be invite-only, has more than 1.5 million users and can be accessed through its web client or its apps for iOS and Android. However, the Jack Dorsey-led social network continues to be in private beta and the official app lacks certain features that can make the platform more fun. Following the principles of decentralization, Bluesky offered its API to developers who'd like to build their own third-party apps where they can also offer new and improved features and a different user interface. While several such apps are currently in the development and testing stage, Graysky has become the first third-party Bluesky app to be deplo...

Bluesky, the X rival boosted by EU’s tech enforcer – 3 questions answered

12Oct

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Bluesky, the X rival boosted by EU’s tech enforcer – 3 questions answered

[ad_1] Since Elon Musk hollowed out Twitter's staffing, pushed services behind a paywall and renamed it X, many users have been thrashing around for an alternative social media platform.So far none has emerged as a clear winner, but EU commissioner Thierry Breton, alarmed at the disinformation on X, has just made a very public choice to switch to Bluesky -- one of the lesser-known X rivals. What is Bluesky?. The platform was created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey as a side project in 2019.Dorsey put five engineers aside to build a decentralised alternative to Twitter.He said at the time that centralised attempts to police abuse and misinformation on a platform like Twitter were unlikely to work, and wanted to give users more control of personal data and content moderation.But Bluesky...

This shocking Elon Musk comment sparked a new record for Jack Dorsey-led Bluesky

21Sep

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This shocking Elon Musk comment sparked a new record for Jack Dorsey-led Bluesky

[ad_1] Bluesky is a decentralized social app that was launched this year as an alternative to X (formerly Twitter). The app was co-founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Notably, since Musk's takeover of Twitter, whenever he says something shocking, it sparks an exodus of users from his platform to rivals like Bluesky. This has happened again. The app on September 19, 2023, saw a massive spike in new user signup after Musk made a shocking comment about making X a paid-only app for everyone. It immediately saw Bluesky log a fantastic new record of the most signups in a day on the portal. While it is not clear what caused the increase in users in a single day, but the comment might have had an impact on users' minds. Know how many new users joined X competitor Bluesky. Bluesky new use...

As Elon Musk imposes rate limits on Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon gain BIG

4Jul

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As Elon Musk imposes rate limits on Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon gain BIG

[ad_1] Twitter users were left shocked last weekend after the company chairman and CTO Elon Musk posted a tweet that revealed that due to “extreme levels of data scraping” and “system manipulation”, the social media platform will be temporarily adding a limit to the number of tweets a user can see in a day. After a brief back and forth, the number was set as 10,000 tweets for verified users, 1,000 for unverified users, and 500 for unverified new accounts. Most users felt this was an inadequately small number as every time they scroll past a tweet, it would add to the total count. Needless to say, the move wasn't a popular one, but its side effects were felt on Twitter-rival platforms such as Bluesky and Mastodon, as they recorded high user activity and website traffic over the weekend.B...

Bluesky introduces custom algorithm feeds as an alternative option

27May

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Bluesky introduces custom algorithm feeds as an alternative option

[ad_1] Bluesky, the new social network founded by Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, initially focused on providing users with content from the people they follow. However, in a new development, Bluesky has started rolling out alternative feeds that employ custom algorithms.The newly introduced feature, known as "My Feeds," allows users to pin alternative feeds to their Bluesky homepage, functioning similarly to Twitter lists. This enables users to have distinct timelines for specific content categories. By default, four feeds are available: "What's Hot" (showcasing the top trending content), "Popular With Friends" (featuring posts liked by friends), "Bluesky Team" (including content from the Bluesky developers), and "What's Hot Classic" (which offers the original "What's Hot" experien...

More power to users? Bluesky takes on Twitter, to decentralize social media experience with AT Protocol

9May

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More power to users? Bluesky takes on Twitter, to decentralize social media experience with AT Protocol

[ad_1] Ever since Twitter was acquired by billionaire Elon Musk, the user base has been highly polarized on the platform. While one-half of the Twitter population has been on board with the new developments, the other half is not at all happy. People wanted a better alternative and soon, a number of Twitter-like platforms began emerging. From Mastodon to Substack Notes, they all claimed to offer something different, but none were able to create a buzz similar to Bluesky. The platform was conceptualized and designed by Twitter ex-CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey and is built on a promise of creating a decentralized platform using an innovative Authenticated Transfer Protocol (AT Protocol) as its foundation.And the combination of a decentralized social media platform and the Twitter cofound...