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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week [View all]
Bluesky gained more than 700,000 new users in the last week and now has more than 14.5 million users total, Bluesky COO Rose Wang confirmed to The Verge. The majority of the new users on the decentralized social network are from the US, Wang says. The app is currently the number two free social networking app in the US App Store, only trailing Metas Threads.
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The independent platform has seen a lot of growth in recent weeks on October 24th, Bluesky announced it had 13 million users. After Xs recent announcement that it would let blocked users still see posts from the person that blocked them, for example, Bluesky said it added 500,000 new users in one day.
The results of the US presidential election could be part of Blueskys new influx of users. People may be looking to use a platform thats not owned by Musk or, like some Taylor Swift fans, may be looking for a new platform following an increase in hate speech on X.
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The independent platform has seen a lot of growth in recent weeks on October 24th, Bluesky announced it had 13 million users. After Xs recent announcement that it would let blocked users still see posts from the person that blocked them, for example, Bluesky said it added 500,000 new users in one day.
The results of the US presidential election could be part of Blueskys new influx of users. People may be looking to use a platform thats not owned by Musk or, like some Taylor Swift fans, may be looking for a new platform following an increase in hate speech on X.
This must be right after Leon changed the blocking feature in X. Bluesky is still well behind Threads but this past week Bluesky may have made some significant gains.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/bluesky-adds-700-000-new-users-in-a-week/ar-AA1tU7X9?ocid=BingNewsVerp
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Thanks. I've tried over the course of 3 days w/ my PC being off in between to no avail and everything is up to date.
PunkinPi
Nov 12
#9
I keep checking the social media listings of my city to see if they've dumped Xitter. (So far--no)
tanyev
Nov 12
#12
i couldn't find you.....i just joined and i'm GatoMoteado....on edit: i found you and followed you
Gato Moteado
Nov 12
#20