The social media platform Bluesky has recently picked up some attention in the online sphere, but why is that the case? It functions as an alternative to X (formerly known as Twitter) and looks very similar in terms of its page design, colour and logo. To put it simply, it basically functions as X used to do when it was still called Twitter. Bluesky is growing rapidly and is currently picking up around one million new sign-ups a day, BBC News reports.
me watching Bluesky's user count grow by another million in a day hello and welcome to all 19M of you! 🥳 [image or embed] — Bluesky (@bsky.app) 18 November 2024 at 02:51 The main difference between Bluesky and X is that it is decentralised, which basically means users can host their data on servers other than those owned by the company. BBC News adds: "This means that rather than being limited to having a specific account named after Bluesky, people can (if they like) sign up using an account they themselves own.
"But it is worth stating that the vast majority of people don't do that and a new joiner will most likely have a ".bsky.social" at the end of their username.
" Who owns Bluesky? Bluesky is run and predominantly owned by chief executive Jay Graber as a US public benefit corporation. However, it was created by the former head of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, which perhaps explains the similarities to what is now called X. 👋 Bluesky is an open social network that gives creators independence from platforms, developers the fr.