Is Bluesky the new Twitter? Why millions of people move from X to a new social network

“You can follow me bluesky” This is the message that thousands of people recently posted on X (Twitter) with the goal of leaving the social network previously acquired by Elon Musk and moving to the platform created by Jack Dorsey, who was one of the founders of Twitter.

Bluesky even confirmed that they received a record number of registrations on November 14th. with over a million new users in 24 hoursWith. The social network didn’t even work for a few moments. His sudden success is not a coincidence and is due to a number of factors related to Donald Trump’s recent victory in the US elections. And, of course, with Elon Musk.

In fact, it’s no secret that since Musk acquired what was formerly known as Twitter, the platform has become a place where disinformation, bots and hate speech are prevalent. This has led many users to opt for alternatives such as Mastodon, and companies such as Meta have taken the opportunity to launch a competitor to what is now called X – see Threads.

Elon Musk with a government job, the reason people are leaving X

Now that Trump has become president and Elon Musk has taken a government position, many users have chosen to avoid participating in the platform, fearing that HE become a place where it spreads even more fake news and hateful and racist content. Even major media outlets such as Guardianconfirmed that they abandoned X, considering it a social network of “toxic media”.

This started a chain reaction in which many users decided to follow the same steps as large companies and media outlets: look for a more viable alternative X. And what better way than one created by the man who founded Twitter.

Bluesky is perfect because It has a very similar interfaceand almost the same mechanics, but with content without bots and violence. Additionally, large accounts that are also on X have already migrated to the platform, forcing individual users to make the same decision.

Is Bluesky the new Twitter?

It is difficult to draw a conclusion, given that Bluesky is practically a new social network (opened in April 2024). However, all indications are that, despite the platform’s growing popularity, X will continue to have a larger number of users. Actually, Bluesky though the number of users has grown from 6 to 15 million in the last 90 days.well below the more than 300 million in X.

And Bluesky will probably be forgotten in a few weeks. This is definitely something similar to what happened a few months ago with Threadswhere Meta broke records for the number of new users at the time of launch, although after a few weeks they stalled and the application began to lose popularity.

With Musk holding a government position and X (Twitter) users fearing the platform will become an even worse place for misinformation than it is now, Meta has also seen a surge in Threads sign-ups over the past few days. with 15 million new accounts. But only time will tell whether a more serious alternative to what was previously known as Twitter will finally emerge.