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highplainsdem

(52,367 posts) Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:16 PM Saturday

Bluesky just hit 18 million users, according to a post half an hour ago.

https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3lb3qyu64bs2z

Glad to see it, and I hope the rapid growth continues.

This is still less than 1/20 the number of Twitter users, and it'll probably need to be at least a few times larger to match the number of liberals on Twitter. But it's looking promising.

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Bluesky just hit 18 million users, according to a post half an hour ago. (Original Post) highplainsdem Saturday OP

They're getting a million new users every day... Ysabel Saturday #1

I read Jrsygrl96 Saturday #2

no, it isnt gay texan Saturday #3

It appears not OnDoutside Saturday #4

Ysabel

(2,080 posts)

1. They're getting a million new users every day...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:18 PM

Saturday

Jrsygrl96

(183 posts)

2. I read

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:19 PM

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that Russians own it. There is a thread I read earlier today with a link. So the joke is on us.

gay texan

(2,861 posts)

3. no, it isnt

Reply to Jrsygrl96 (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:28 PM

Saturday

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/11/14/bluesky-social-media-x-alternative/76297460007/

OnDoutside

(20,656 posts)

4. It appears not

Reply to Jrsygrl96 (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:30 PM

Saturday

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dm0ljg4y6o

Who owns Bluesky?
If you think it feels a lot like X, you won't be surprised to learn why. The former head of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, created it.

He even once said he wanted Bluesky to be a decentralised version of Twitter that no single person or entity owns.

But Mr Dorsey is no longer part of the team behind it, having stepped down from the board in May 2024.

He deleted his account altogether in September.

It is now run and predominantly owned by chief executive Jay Graber as a US public benefit corporation.

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