Bluesky originated as a project funded by Twitter several years before Elon Musk's ownership. Here's how to join the platform.

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,

Following the election, public officials and agencies are joining Bluesky, a decentralized social media alternative, as many shift away from X.

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.

For better or worse, there are currently two major options for X-pats looking to cultivate a Classic Twitter experience: Threads and Bluesky. If X has become microblogging’s past, one of these two just may be its future—the proverbial marketplace of ideas where posts go viral and people find community,

Bluesky is currently one of the main beneficiaries of this user migration, and if you’re thinking of making the same switch, we’ve got a complete guide to the process right here. If you’re attached to the posts you’ve already put out into the world on Twitter (or X),

After Donald Trump was reelected, interest in Bluesky Social has soared. Here's how the Twitter alternative differs from Elon Musk's X platform.

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.