Social media platform causing a mass X-odus

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. The recent surge seems to be happening in tandem with an exodus from X,
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: the social media platform causing a mass X-odus
Users of X, which Elon Musk bought for $44 billion (£34 billion ... Owned by Jay Graber, its CEO since 2021, it takes a "decentralised approach to social media", where "different platforms and communities can inter-operate" rather than all live under ...
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,
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.
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,
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People are flocking to social media app Bluesky. What is it, and who made it?
Social media platform Bluesky welcomed one million users recently amid reports that social platform X has seen ...
Guardian quits X social media platform, citing racism and conspiracy theories
British news publisher the Guardian said on Wednesday it will no longer post to X, citing "disturbing content" on the social ...
X rival Bluesky gains 1.25M users in week after Trump’s victory
Some of the new users switched to Bluesky to boycott X over billionaire owner Elon Musk’s allegiance to President-elect ...
Bluesky, a competitor to Elon Musk's X, appears to be down after shooting to the top of the App Store
Bluesky has rapidly gained users as people say they're departing Elon Musk's X after the US election. It reported outages on ...
X sees largest user exodus since Elon Musk takeover
X users are weighing the decision to keep their followings or build them back up on alternative platforms after the election.
Trump and Musk both own social media platforms. Some think an alliance between X and Truth Social is coming
Although its user base is smaller, Truth Social had a higher valuation than X earlier this year when its stock price shot up.
A postelection life as a social media nomad
Ever since the world’s richest supervillain bought Twitter in 2022 for more than $44 billion, changed the name to X, and ...
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 ...