“Bluesky: The Decentralized Social Network Gaining Popularity as an Alternative to Twitter Amid Concerns About Elon Musk’s Management”

Blueskythe social network created by the co-founder and former head of Twitter Jack Dorseyis gaining popularity and is being presented as an alternative to the blue bird logo platform amid concerns about its management by Elon Musk.

According to Forbes magazine, which cites data from the Data.ai firm, the Bluesky application has been downloaded 360,000 times and is currently ahead of some popular platforms such as LinkedIn, Bing or Zoom in the ranking of the Apple App Store.

The project was initially created and funded by Twitter itself in 2019, when Dorsey was still its CEO.

Launched in February on Apple’s iOS operating system and at the end of March on Android, Bluesky is very similar to Twitter in its presentation, although it is a decentralized platform, like Mastodon, another social network that has also caused a stir in recent years. months.

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The fact that the platform is decentralized means that it is possible to create separate applications within Bluesky and that not all content can be controlled by a single entity.

Bluesky is, for the moment, accessible only by invitation, and to receive it you have to register in advance on a waiting list that has more than a million candidates, according to Forbes.

Several personalities have recently joined the platform, including Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and model Chrissy Teigen, who each have more than 10 million Twitter subscribers.

Musk’s management of Twitter, which took control of the social network at the end of October, notably by laying off three-quarters of the workforce, raises questions and has alienated many advertisers.

During a discussion on Bluesky on Saturday, Dorsey took advantage of a user question to criticize Musk’s purchase of Twitter, whom he nonetheless was one of the few to support when he announced his takeover bid a year ago.

“It has turned around”Dorsey said. “But it’s done, and all we can do is build something to prevent it from happening again. So I’m glad Jay[Graber, Bluesky’s general manager]and his team are here for that build.”

In addition to Bluesky and Mastodon, other social networks are trying to take advantage of Twitter’s deteriorating image, including Post, Substack Notes (an offshoot of the Substack blogging site), and T2.

Fuente: AFP

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