Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only
Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only
The day isn't even over yet Bluesky has already seen its biggest influx of new users in a single-day
Just around 24 hours after Musk made his comments, more than 42,000 new users joined Bluesky, making it the biggest signup day yet for the currently invite-only platform that launched earlier this year.
Bluesky saw a total of 53,585 new signups by the end of Tuesday, September 19. The new users gained in that single day make up 5 percent of the platform's entire user base of 1,125,499 total accounts.
The new user signups are tracked via the third-party website "Bluesky Stats." Looking over Bluesky signup numbers on the tracker for the past month, it appears that the platform usually sees from 10,000 to 20,000 new signups per day. Bluesky has doubled its usual daily new user numbers already, with many more hours left in the day still to go.
It's impossible to know whether Musk's comments about charging users to post on X really played a role in this, but it almost certainly had some effect.
I wouldn't hold my breath, 42k out of 528M is nothing
Who is the target audience for BlueSky?BlueSky's tech isn't as open or developed as the alternatives though, is it?Edit:
Not sure why I asked that first question, answer's obvious, so it was more out of frustration I think. Sort of in a similar way towards people moving to Threads or any other corporate social media again after getting screwed before.Switch to Mastodon. It's a great alternative.
Strange to measure it against an invite only site, I would love to sign up but I haven’t been able to find invites. I think between Mastodon, Bluesky & Threads via ActivityPub (eventually) will get most of my communities back.
I love Mastodon & prefer it in many ways but there just aren’t enough people there. The tech & dev community is lively, everything else is essentially non-existent.
Not sure if I’m getting suckered into conspiracy theories with regards to Elon, the Saudis, Russia and Twitter but this article has an interesting (albeit extreme) take on the matter.
“No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating.”
https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d
Glad cracker musk is losing money over this, I just wish people wouldn't just jump into the next boiling pot because the current one got too hot.
Huh I wonder why
I do wonder how many are bots. Most of Twitter is bots anyway
How do you sign up? I'm on the wait list for about a half year.
Anything in form of competition is good imho.
Yeah, I suspected this would be a real point of no return. Mastodon will also benefit, but naturally the fediverse isn't the first thing people think of. Fortunately, Mastodon has been working on this.
Really liking Bluesky so far, hope it picks up some steam soon. It really is something special and way less confusing (at least for me) than Mastodon.
E: But to add, let's face it, no decentralized platform will ever replace a centralized one unless something major happens. I just don't see the mainstream adopting Bluesky/Mastodon/Nostr unless something incredibly drastic happens. As much as I'd love for Bluesky to get some more steam, it won't at this rate. People want to get on it, but can't.
I saw a claim that Elon never said that but actually said: we will ad a lower cost tier.
Not too surprising.
Nostr is the easiest to use decentralized Twitter alternative I've came across.
I like Firefish way better. It has great design and is very positive.
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