Jack Dorsey is leaving Bluesky for good: he now believes X (Twitter) is “freedom technology”

Interest Jack Dorsey To Blue skyThe alternative to Twitter that he helped create has disappeared. Over the weekend it became known that the businessman He is no longer on the platform’s board of directors., although the reasons for his departure are still unknown. Although perhaps the most curious – and even contradictory – thing is that described X as “freedom technology”.

The first mention of his departure from Bluesky came on Saturday, when Dorsey’s follower asked him on X (Twitter) if he was still a board member of the decentralized social network. Your Answer was “No”without delving into the reason for this decision.

Many began to wonder when his departure might have occurred, given that his name continued to appear on the Bluesky website. In fact, Jack Dorsey deleted his profile on the platform last September, leading to him being accused of hypocrisy. The thing is, while this was happening, I continued to be active on X (Twitter).

Just Sunday, Bluesky released a statement thanking the founder and former CEO of Twitter for his work in launching this initiative:

“We sincerely thank Jack for helping us fund and get Bluesky off the ground. Today, Bluesky thrives as an open-source social network powered by atproto, a decentralized protocol we created. Following Jack’s departure, we are looking for a new member to join the board of directors of a social benefit company. [detrás de] Bluesky, which shares our desire to create a social network that allows people to control their experience. There will be more news soon!”

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Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky and ‘reconciles’ with X (Twitter)?

WITH Elon Musk appeared on Twitter, Now X, Jack Dorsey’s relationship with said social network – and its new owner – has had its ups and downs. Although Bluesky began as an internal Twitter project, it became independent in 2022, and the businessman was initially very committed to helping it succeed.

Dorsey was one of the first to support Musk as the new owner of Twitter and even sharply criticized the board of directors when it tried to block the acquisition of the tycoon. However, over time, relations between them began to worsen.

After mass layoffs occurred at the end of 2022, Jack Dorsey took the blame for them. “Twitter people past and present are strong and resilient. They will always find a way out, no matter how difficult the time may be. I understand that many people are angry with me. I am responsible for why everyone ended up in this situation: I grew the size of the company too quickly, I apologize for that,” he wrote at the time.

Meanwhile, in April 2023, he used his Bluesky profile to criticize Elon Musk. When asked if he believed the leader of Tesla and SpaceX had the right to lead Twitter, Dorsey was categorical. “No. I also don’t think he did the right thing by realizing he arrived at the wrong time.” [por el intento de Musk de cancelar la compra]. I don’t think the board either [de Twitter] he had to force the sale. Everything went to hell“, said.

But now Jack Dorsey’s ideas would change course again. Confirming that he had left Bluesky for good, he dedicated special qualification on X (Twitter). On Saturday, the businessman posted on social media: “Don’t expect corporations to give you rights. Protect them yourself using freedom technologies. (You are in one of them)”.

Interestingly, in one of the replies to this post, Dorsey admitted that the only way to fix the platform algorithm is to use of open protocols. “Corporations can build on them too,” he said. A controversial statement to say the least, considering that was the whole point of creating Bluesky..

To top it all off, Jack Dorsey decided to unfollow almost all the accounts that appeared on his profile. Only those who will remain on your list of subscribers Edward Snowden, Stella Assange —wife of Julian Assange— and, of course, Elon Musk.