“It’s become a haven for people who want the kind of social experience that Twitter used to offer, but without the far-right activism, the misinformation, the hate speech , the bots and everything else”, explained to the Guard inspector Axel Bruns.
According to this expert, Bluesky has a more effective system than X for blocking or suspending problematic accounts and policing harmful behavior. “The more liberal Twitter community has fled and they have moved a lot to Bluesky. “he said.
This social network, created in 2019 as a project funded by Twitter, became independent in 2022 and is now owned by its executive director, Jay Graber.
Already two years ago, when Elon Musk acquired Twitter and changed it to X, firing about half of the employees, millions of users left the platform. Over the next seven months, usage in the United States fell by more than a fifth.
“We’re excited to welcome these newcomers, from Swifties to boxers to urban architects,” said Bluesky spokeswoman Emily Liu.
Now, Donald Trump’s decision appoint multi-millionaire Elon Musk to co-lead the new Department of Government Efficiency – which, contrary to what the name suggests, will work outside the boundaries of the Administration – which has left their critics even more dissatisfied.
The president-elect’s goal is to pave the way for his Administration to “dismantle the government bureaucracy, reduce excessive regulations, cut unnecessary costs and restructure federal agencies.”
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor at New York University, said Guard who is also considering leaving the social network, as “after January, when X may become the property of a member in fact of the Trump Administration, its activities as a Trump propaganda center and tool of far-right radicalization could accelerate. “.
On Monday, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted on Bluesky where she said she was “back” on that social network. “My God, how good it is to be in a digital space with other real human beings”, he wrote, receiving tens of thousands of “likes”.
The Keeper e The Vanguard leave X
On Wednesday, the British newspaper The Keeper he announced the decision to stop publishing his news on X because he believes that the benefits of being on this social network “now largely outweigh the negative points”.
“Our resources can be better used to promote our journalism elsewhere”he wrote the diary in the note of site.
“This is something we have been considering for some time, with the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including conspiracy theories far-right and racist,” he continued.
oh Guard also believes that “the US presidential election campaign only emphasized what we have been thinking for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has used his influence to shape political discourse”.
This Thursday, the Spanish newspaper The Vanguard he followed in the footsteps of the British publisher, as X has become “a platform where conspiracy theories and misinformation find a soundtrack”.
In addition to Bluesky, the Threads social network, which was launched last year by Meta in exchange for Twitter, has grown significantly in recent months, going from 200 million users in August to 275 million in November.
2024-11-14 14:57:00
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