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Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been more than a year since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (which has already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented as potential replacements, but few aside from Meta’s Threads have achieved the speed of growth Bluesky has reached. Bluesky remains invite-only in its beta, but as more people get on the site, the hype around…

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…

Bluesky has just crossed 2 million users a year after the service's first ever post was created. While that's nowhere near the numbers Threads has already reached, it's still a big accomplishment for the X rival that only opened the app to users in February and still requires an invite for access. Bluesky hit 1 million users merely a couple of months ago, in September, which could mean that the platform has been sending out more invites recently. In its post announcing the milestone, the Bluesky team has also revealed…

While the headlines are filled with Twitter rebranding itself to X, and Threads getting big updates, Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky is also making important changes on its platform. Yesterday, July 27, the company announced a major change to its feed, changing it from a straightforward ‘popular posts get featured' system to more of an algorithmic play where users will get a more recommendation-based feed to see new posts that they might actually be interested in. This change will also rename the ‘What's Hot' feed to…

Image Source : BLUESKY Bluesky swaps 'What's Hot' with dynamic 'Discover' feed for enhanced user experience Bluesky, backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has recently announced a major update to its platform, replacing the existing 'What's Hot' feed with a more dynamic 'Discover' feed. The company aims to enhance the user experience by providing a customized feed…

1. You can use the app or websitescreenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNETBluesky is accessible as both a mobile app and a website, so you can read and write posts via your PC or your mobile device. That stands in contrast to Meta's Threads, where you can read but not create posts on the website, forcing you to turn to the mobile app whenever you want to post something. And even reading posts on the Threads site is a clumsy process as you can view only one account at a time by manually adding the username to the Threads…

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky is facing ongoing challenges with its moderation efforts as users express their intention to leave the platform in protest due to its failure to identify and flag offensive slurs used in account usernames. A number of users, particularly those from Black communities, are disappointed with Blue Sky's lack of an apology for allowing racial slurs to bypass their moderation tools, despite such slurs being in violation of the platform's community guidelines. Users brought attention…

Image Source : FILE Meta's Threads app likely to introduce Direct Messages soon Meta recently launched Threads on Instagram, a platform rival to Twitter. Surprisingly, Threads garnered a massive 100 million subscribers in its first five days of release. Now, reports are suggesting that Meta plans to add another Twitter feature to Threads. The feature in question is…

But when you join a new social network, all of that is gone. You're starting out new. Yes, a few of your friends might have invited you to join, so you might have a core group you're still familiar with, but it's still very quiet.The Bluesky community For example, I very recently joined Bluesky due to an invite I got from one of my tech press colleagues. I knew of about 20 other people on Bluesky, also in the tech press, so I followed them. A few of them followed me back. Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNETBut…

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…