Technology @lemmy.world geneva_convenience @lemmy.ml 4mo ago

Bluesky has gained a million new users in the last three days.

www.theverge.com Bluesky has gained a million new users in the last three days.

The platform posted about the milestone this afternoon, which it crossed after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered a ban on Elon Musk’s X yesterday as part of an ongoing feud with the platform. Apparently, enough are headed to Bluesky to drive its iOS app to the top of the Br...

Apparently, enough are headed to Bluesky to drive its iOS app to the top of the Brazilian App Store, as TechCrunch writes.

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I'm sad that a lot of people couldn't perceive the mastodon in the room.
Non-twitter is fine in any form. Real progress is gonna be going to Mastodon, although that's hamstrung by user-unfriendliness.
Bluesky has gained a ~~million~~ brazilion new users...

I'm so sorry, it was right there. And yay for Bluesky!
The fediverse is seeing an uptick as well. Els enshitofication continues. Good for us I suppose.
I had originally been 100% against Bluesky because of Jack Dorsey, but when he got so steamed about them doing things like actual moderation and left entirely back to Twitter to pettily suck up to Musk, I really started feeling like maybe Bluesky might not be so bad after all.
What are blueskys current userbase numbers, mastodons current userbase numbers, and are they federated with each other?
Downloaded it. Signed up. Replied to a post about rechargeable batteries. Account got restricted. Left.
I am fine with this.
Blue Sky is the only one that allows porn and has no defederation drama, so I'm not surprised people went there. Instagram even put a banner telling people to try out threads but who would trust Zuck?
Can someone explain to me the difference between bluesky and twitter?
I can't help but pronounce it like a Slavic surname.
Yep, I saw them coming in. Works well enough for me... Brazilians make the best Sega Genesis games!
Genuine question, is Bluesky worth using in its current state? Can it hold a candle to pre-Musk Twitter?

I'm asking because I feel incredibly burned by the barebones state of Threads and I don't really want to commit to another platform that doesn't have its shit together. Threads still doesn't have trending topics and functional hashtags over a year into its launch, and this is is shit that Mastodon had for years, despite Meta expecting to piggyback off of the ActivityPub protocol and be welcomed into the Fediverse with open arms.
inb4 in 8 years time "Greensky a.k.a. Trust Me Guys This is THE New Twitter Forever" gains a million new users in the last 3 days.
Didn't India just ban Twitter or something?

Edit: It was Brazil.
I heard Brazil did not ban twitter for good reasons, it can be to block a passage of speech.

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