Social media platform, Bluesky, considered as rival of Elon Musk’s X, have seen an influx of new users since the US presidential election results.
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More than 1 million new users have joined the Bluesky following Donald Trump’s presidential victory
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One of the reason behind the influx is Elon Musk’s involvement in US elections as he is closely tied to US president-elect Trump’s election campaign
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What is Bluesky?
Bluesky is a social media platform that look a lot like Elon Musk’s X. You can do the same things that you do on X such as posting, messaging and replying.
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Who owns Bluesky?
Bluesky is decentralized social network and it was funded by Twitter. It was announced in 2019 and launched as an independent company in 2021. It is run and owned by chief executive Jay Graber
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How is it different from X?
Bluesky users can create their own servers on which they can store data and also block others unlike X, where users can view posts from people who had blocked them
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Although Bluesky has 14.5 million users but it’s way behind Eon Musk’s X, which reported in March that 250 million people use the social media platform everyday
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