Bluesky

It isn’t federated yet, so all users still interact on Bluesky’s server and have to abide by Bluesky’s policies.

Like Mastodon, Bluesky is decentralized — meaning there isn’t a single central server under the control of Bluesky.

Bluesky and Starting from the interface, Bluesky is even more of X, which has added new features over the years (long video support, sponsored posts, etc.).

Account portability is exactly how, once it begins to federate with other servers, Bluesky hopes to avoid the confusion that Mastodon is famous for.

A spinoff of the company from before Musk took over, Bluesky even has Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on its board of directors.

Bluesky engineer Paul Frazee’s posts about emphasizing a good user experience.

But can Bluesky replace Twitter?

But if you’re one of the users who’s now forced to juggle between the likes of Twitter, Threads, and Bluesky because you couldn’t make your mind up about which one to stick to, there’s now an answer of sorts.

If you want to know what you’re missing on Bluesky, look no further.

In the meantime, if you want to join us on Bluesky, give us a follow.

Just a day after the renewal contract between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) expired, Gaiman took to BlueSky (per ) to announced that shooting for has stopped completely.

One of the key differentiators between Bluesky and Twitter/X is its support for algorithmic choice through custom feeds.

Over on Bluesky—a rapidly-growing US platform led by former Twitter executives—Breton so far has posted just once: a copy of the letter he sent to Musk giving the X owner 24 hours to respond with details on what he is doing to curb disinformation.

What is Bluesky, the open-source Twitter alternative and how do I get an invite code?

According to the dataset's description, the set "contains 1 million public posts collected from Bluesky Social's firehose API (Application Programming Interface), intended for machine learning research and experimentation with social media data.

Additionally, there are browser extensions like Sky Follower Bridge that can help you find and follow your X (Twitter) connections on Bluesky.

And yet, bluesky despite being a recent development is only reachable via legacy IP.

Bluesky added that since broadening the availability of the service yesterday by coming out of beta, the app has seen more than 850,000 new signups, expanding its community to more than 4 million accounts.

Bluesky aims to launch federation features in early 2023.

Bluesky also saw a big boost following the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election (which also contributed to an X exodus by ).