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People are fleeing Elon Musk’s X for Threads and Bluesky. Welcome to the era of social media fragmentation
Many high-profile X users are leaving after Elon Musk's efforts to elect Donald Trump, adding to a new era of fragmented social media.
People are flocking to social media app Bluesky. What is it, and who made it?
Bluesky originated as a project funded by Twitter several years before Elon Musk's ownership. Here's how to join the platform.
I Left X for Bluesky, and I Actually Like Social Media Again
Users have been leaving Elon Musk's X and flocking to the decentralized social media network Bluesky in recent months, with over a million accounts added since the U.S. presidential election. And after years of feeling like an also-ran,
Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media
I care a lot about the future of social media. It’s how many of us learn about the world and connect to each other; putting something so important in the hands of a handful of centralized corporations has repeatedly proven itself to be harmful.
What is Bluesky? Social media app seeing rising popularity after election
In this photo illustration, the Bluesky logo is displayed on a cell phone with the app displayed on a computer monitor on November 14, 2024 in Pasadena, California. The social media app Bluesky has seen its user base increase by 1.25 million since the U.S. Presidential elections as some people leave rival X, which is owned by Elon Musk.

Guardian quits Elon Musk's X social media platform

X sees largest user exodus since Elon Musk takeover
X users are weighing the decision to keep their followings or build them back up on alternative platforms after the election.
A postelection life as a social media nomad
Ever since the world’s richest supervillain bought Twitter in 2022 for more than $44 billion, changed the name to X, and ...
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Bluesky: the social media platform causing a mass X-odus
Users of X, which Elon Musk bought for $44 billion (£34 billion ... Owned by Jay Graber, its CEO since 2021, it takes a ...
Change on X, formerly Twitter, drives some users away
Some users of X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter, say they're leaving the app because of new ...
Australia's plan to ban children from social media proves popular and problematic
How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but ...
X rival Bluesky gains 1.25M users in week after Trump’s victory
Some of the new users switched to Bluesky to boycott X over billionaire owner Elon Musk’s allegiance to President-elect ...
Liberals are fleeing X again — this time for Bluesky
Elon Musk’s X drew more web traffic on the day Donald Trump won the presidential election than on any other day so far this ...