The virtual town square, once framed by Twitter, is now fragmented as people flee to bluer pastures. The day after the election, many Americans started to talk about moving to a better place. A place where liberals could thrive and speak freely without fear.
A place where people were just nicer. Canada ? No – they were talking about the social media site Bluesky , which nearly doubled its userbase in the past month, exceeding 20 million total users. Underneath the leadership of Elon Musk , X ( formerly Twitter ) had become Maga world .
So people left with the digital equivalent of only the clothes on their back – abandoning their followings, taking only their usernames – and decided to make a new life on Bluesky. If that sounds dramatic, well, for many of them, it was. And they did not hesitate to post about it.
People declared themselves “Twitter Quitters” or “#Ex-X”..
