Bluesky, the open-source Twitter alternative, has experienced a significant influx of new users within just one day of opening its platform to the public. The service has amassed over 850,000 new users, bringing its total sign-ups to slightly over 4 million.
Previously, the service was only available through invitation-only beta access for about a year and had reached just over 3 million users. Upon its official public launch, Bluesky has now nearly 4.1 million sign-ups, as reported by an online tracker. Bluesky CEO Jay Graber expressed excitement about the platform’s rapid growth in a recent post on X.
This surge in new users indicates a continued interest in the platform, which was initially an internal project at Twitter in 2019 and is backed by Jack Dorsey. It also suggests that Meta has not completely dominated the market for a text-based Twitter alternative, despite the recent announcement that Meta’s Threads app has reached 130 million monthly users.
Graber has emphasized Bluesky’s intention to grow at a deliberate pace to ensure its development…
2024-02-07 19:48:54
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