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Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter

www.theverge.com Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter

Everybody wants an invite.

Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter-like social network, is pausing new signups “temporarily” to try and resolve performance issues it’s been experiencing after Twitter introduced limits on the amount of tweets you can see in a day. Even though you still need an invite code to be able to join Bluesky, it seems that the influx of new users has been a problem.

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Irrespective of the popular success which Bluesky / Mastodon may receive, I am simply glad that enough platforms exist for anyone to seek refuge in if the rapacity by these giants becomes the norm.
- Is bluesky part of fediverse?
  
  No but it is decentralized
  
  No. It's decentralized like the Fediverse, but it doesn't use ActivityPub. I think there are some 3rd party developers working on an ActivityPub-Bluesky bridge, but nothing concrete yet.
I'm rooting for the federated platforms, but there is clearly a need for a basic simple twitter replacement.
- It's unfortunate that this drop in replacement isn't in the fediverse though. Bluesky's success isn't technical (yet), it is better marketing and connections with VIP users.

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