Leftist X Refugees Flood Bluesky with Complaints, Censorship Requests, and Child Pornography
Social media startup Bluesky has seen a surge in new users over the past week, more than doubling its user base to more than 15 million people as leftists flee X/Twitter. But rapid growth also posed significant moderation challenges for the young company. Because of its overwhelmingly left-leaning user base, the company has been inundated […]
X rival Bluesky gains 1.25M users in week after Donald Trump win
Bluesky, a social media microblogging app reminiscent of rivals X and Threads, welcomed 1.25 million new users to its platform in the week after the US election. Some new users switched to Bluesky to boycott X over billionaire owner Elon Musk's loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump, according to a post on the app. “It's scary […]
X rivals Bluesky, Threads see influx of users after Trump election
After the former president's victory last week, left-leaning social media users reportedly flocked to startups Bluesky and Threads, a rival app to SiteX, owned by Donald Trump-supporting billionaire Elon Musk. . Bluesky, the decentralized platform founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has added 700,000 users since last Tuesday, increasing its total account base to […]