BlueSky Social

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…

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Both Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram lead Adam Mosseri have been adamant they were not simply copying Twitter wholesale. And yet, that’s exactly what they seem to be doing as the company’s latest move has been to limit the number of posts users can see on the Instagram-based app, just as Elon Musk’s Twitter did a few weeks ago.Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetMosseri claimed in a Threads post late on Monday that “Spam attacks have picked up,” requiring new rate limit changes. While the Instagram boss didn’t…

In the last few years, we've seen several alternatives to Twitter rise up. Spill, Mastodon, Steemit and Threads are some of the options users can jump ship to if they're unhappy with Musk-owned Twitter. Even former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is involved in the race for becoming the top microblogging platform with his Bluesky Social. But unlike Twitter, Bluesky is a decentralized platform, meaning all the data is stored on independent servers instead of servers owned by the company.While this might make it sound like it is…

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg traded insults over the weekend as competition between the billionaires heated up majorly in Zuck’s favor. On its fifth day of existence, Meta’s new Threads app hit over 100 million user signups, becoming one of the fastest growing apps in history. Meanwhile, Twitter’s traffic is “tanking,” according to Mathew Prince, CEO of network service company Cloudflare, whose data shows that visits to Twitter have been in steady decline since Musk took the reins, a trend that accelerated slightly over…

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter late last year, things have gone from bad to worse at the microblogging site. Many users want out, and they’re hoping that there’s a worthy alternative waiting in the wings. Even if Meta’s newly launched Threads is currently enjoying all the attention, the other major Twitter alternative—Bluesky—is, in many ways, the most obvious heir apparent.Will We See More of Uhura's Relationship with Spock? | io9 InterviewFor one thing, Bluesky was created by former Twitter guru Jack Dorsey,…

Meta released its hotly anticipated Twitter copycat, Threads, yesterday, moving the app’s release up from Thursday morning to early evening on Wednesday night. According to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 10 million users flocked to the app in its first few hours. Things on Threads were, to be frank, pretty boring. Ironically, that could be the secret to Threads’ success. On a chaotic internet fueled by outrage, dull may be what users and advertisers want.Twitter Verification is a Hot MessUsers arrived on Threads to find their…

Meta successfully triggered a response from Twitter on Wednesday amid the rollout of its new rival app, Threads. Elon Musk’s longtime attorney Alex Spiro sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, threatening to file a lawsuit against the company for engaging in “systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.”Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetThreads officially launched at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and it vaguely resembles the crumbling memory of Twitter, which…

While the world is fixated on the big launch of the Instagram-powered Threads platform, one of its rivals Bluesky has quietly had a big day as well. It announced its seed round funding. The Jack Dorsey-backed platform shared that it has raised a total of $8 million over the summer. Additionally, the company also announced its first paid service where it will offer custom domains to those who want a unique domain as their username on the platform.Making the announcement in a blog post, Bluesky stated, “We raised $8M in a…

Elon Musk apparently took a break from training for his upcoming battle royale with Mark Zuckerberg to do a new, incredibly unpopular thing to Twitter this weekend. In a bout of inspired stupidity, Musk tweeted out a new edict Saturday: from now on, anybody who doesn’t pay for Twitter will only be able to read a certain number of tweets per day. The subsequent uproar from platform users apparently encouraged some of them to seek refuge elsewhere, namely, on Twitter’s competitor site, Bluesky. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl…