Elon Musk’s X Is Seeing Major Exodus To Bluesky: What Is it And How it Works
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter has seen millions flock over to another micro-blogging platform called the Bluesky.
Does the name ring any bells? That’s because the platform is a brainchild of the former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey.
The recent US Presidential elections have garnered a lot of interest, one of them being Musk’s close association with the new President Donald Trump. In fact, Musk is going to be a core part of the new government’s advisory team, which has brought concerns about his handling of X and how free-speech and content will be moderated on the platform.
That’s why, Bluesky, which is similar to X, is once again vying for your attention as an alternative and claims to have added over a million users in the last few days, and counting. So, if you have been living under a rock and don’t know much about Bluesky and what it stands for, we’ve got it covered in the detailed piece that tells you everything about it.
What is Bluesky And How it Works
It’s a text-focused social media service that allows you to post short messages of up to 300 characters, pictures, videos and send direct messages, or DMs as well.
Bluesky runs on a decentralised framework, similar to the social network Mastodon. It allows users to build independent social media experiences and users can join a specific “server", which has its own unique set of rules, interests and participants.
In many ways, Bluesky is/was similar to X/Twitter but one cannot disregard the value of being set up in a decentralised framework. This means that user data can be stored on independent servers rather than those owned by the firm, and that in the future, users will be allowed to create their own servers to use with communities of their choice, the report says.
The biggest change you will notice is that the content and the users offer a refreshing approach compared to X. And yes, you will only see posts from people who you know/follow on the platform. X now offers a For You and Following tab which doesn’t work the way it is supposed to, and that is one of the complaints that users have about the Musk-owned platform these days.
That’s not all, the content policy on X seems to have changed for the worse, with many claiming that the platform is promoting and reinstating accounts that were banned for inciting hate speech.
Switching platforms is nothing new and even Twitter/X has seen it multiple times. However, the latest development seems more serious than before, especially now that Musk is part of the government, which means the policies will invariably become more biased and mute accounts that speak against the regime.