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After a year in beta, this Twitter alternative is finally open to the public
Revert your brain back to 2023. Twitter had just been acquired by Elon Musk, layoffs were abound, and a growing number of users were looking for an alternative. One app shone brighter than others — that app was Bluesky.
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey championed the Twitter competitor with a decentralized twist. It quickly amassed over 2 million users as people flocked to their new digital home — at the same time — it required an invite just to get in the door.
But that ended today after the company decided to drop its invite-only system and open the app to the masses.
If you’re unfamiliar with Bluesky, the app looks and feels quite similar to Twitter, but it stands out due to what’s under the hood. It began as an internal project at Twitter that sought to build a decentralized infrastructure called the AT Protocol. That means the code is completely open-source, which gives the public total transparency and even allows users to build on top of Bluesky code to personalize their experience.
The big question: It’s been a year since Bluesky captured lightning in a bottle, and since then, other Twitter alternatives have taken some of the spotlight it once had. Is it too late to reclaim that glory, and what will the app have to do to be able to compete with the likes of Threads, which has overcome critics to amass a whopping 130 million monthly active users whilst Twitter is bleeding users?
Only time will tell. For now, if you’re looking to jump the X ship and find your new micro-blogging home, Bluesky is officially...
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