Bluesky: Social media site reports surge in new UK users after Elon Musk's riot comments
Bluesky: Social media site reports surge in new UK users after Elon Musk's riot comments
Bluesky may only have a fraction of X's users but the social media site says it has seen a surge in UK users joining its ranks since Elon Musk commented on the riots.
Social media platform Bluesky says it has seen a surge in signups in the United Kingdom in recent days.
Since X owner Elon Musk made controversial comments about the riots in the UK, a number of influential figures said they would leave the platform or scale back their use, including home office minister Jess Philips.
Now, Bluesky says it has seen a 60% jump in general activity from accounts in the UK, with several MPs also joining the platform recently.
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"For 5 out of the last 7 days, the UK had the most Bluesky signups of any country," said Bluesky in a statement on Monday.
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Neither Mastodon or Bluesky ever really clicked with me, although I’ve tried and will continue to use both, but I enjoy using Threads because there’s so much cool non-political content there. My feed is archaeologists or astronomists, historians writers and photographers. It being able to connect up to the Fediverse is cool too.
It being able to connect up to the Fediverse is cool too.
Didn't a huge majority of the fediverse defederate from Threads?
Yeah probably. Most ‘big’ accounts aren’t on Mastodon anyway though, they’re on Threads.