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YouTube video by CBC News Why some Quebec politicians are ditching X for Bluesky

"Why some Quebec politicians are ditching X for Bluesky" (CBC News, 23 Nov 2024) youtu.be/ngL3X412ixQ

YouTube video by CNN CEO of new social media company competing with X describes users' experiences

Jay Graber, Bluesky CEO, CNN Interview (CNN, 20 Nov 2024) youtu.be/Xa-EvA95Eqw

How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.

"How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth" (NY Times, 17 Nov 2024) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...

Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky It’s not just an Alf pics repository.

"Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky" (The Verge, 16 Nov 2024) www.theverge.com/24295933/blu...

They set out to help people leave Twitter. Now they can't keep up with demand. As Elon Musk teams up with Donald Trump, a startup is helping users move their old tweets to bluer pastures.

"A new way to leave Twitter" (Business Insider, 19 Nov 2024) Excerpt: "David Shiffman used BlueArk to move his 300,000 tweets over to Bluesky." www.businessinsider.com/startup-help...

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky!

18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

BlueSky Hits #1 In The App Store, Is It Worth Switching From Twitter? In the wake of Trump’s election, Twitter has seen a huge exodus of users and BlueSky has seen a record surge of over a million new sign-ups, in addition to users who h...

Forbes — "BlueSky Hits #1 In The App Store, Is It Worth Switching From Twitter?" (13 Nov 2024) www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...

X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover X users are weighing the decision to keep their followings or build them back up on alternative platforms after the election.

NBC News — "X sees largest user exodus since Elon Musk takeover" (13 Nov 2024) www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users? Disgruntled X users are once again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022.

AP NEWS — "What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?" (15 Nov 2024) apnews.com/article/blue...

What is Bluesky and why are so many people suddenly leaving X for the platform? Users turn to the heavily moderated network after warnings about misinformation on Elon Musk’s X

The Guardian — "What is Bluesky and why are so many people suddenly leaving X for the platform?" (16 Nov 2024) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Bluesky brings the fun, weird vibes of old Twitter back to life As more users flee X, a clearer, sunnier social media age is dawning.

VOX — "Bluesky brings the fun, weird vibes of old Twitter back to life" (14 Nov 2024) www.vox.com/technology/3...

X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it? Bluesky is picking up one million new users every day at its current rate.

BBC — "X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it?" (15 Nov 2024) www.bbc.com/news/article...

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users? Disgruntled X users are once again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022

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