BlueSky is one alternative to Twitter Still in beta (available by invitation), the platform is already attracting several celebrities This platform has also just launched son Android app If you’re sick of Twitter, there’s an alternative. Of course there is a mastodon, a network social which has been a decentralized alternative to Twitter for years. Otherwise, you can also use BlueSky, another network social decentralized when it becomes available. BlueSky is still in its infancy, and in order to register on the platform, you must first register on the waiting list. However, while it is still a very young platform, it is already attracting several celebrities. In a recent article, Bloomberg points out that among the people who have already reached out to BlueSky are US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, comedian and author of Dril, Chrissy Teigen, or even James Gunn, director of Keepers of Peace. Galaxy. Arrivals that make good publicity for this network social which on Thursday has seen strong daily user growth since the benchmarks were launched.
https://t.co/PH6xqVsYMr ???? — Chrissy Teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 28, 2023
Still very few users
But if this alternative to Twitter is starting to attract celebrities, it still has very few members at the moment. Only 40,000 people now have access to this app, which is available by invitation only. However, it has already been downloaded over 360,000 times. And he possible what is already on the waiting list millions people (in October this list exceeded one million people). In addition, BlueSky has just launched son Android application that allows it to expand its purpose. For now, on not sure when BlueSky will be available to everyone. But in any case, it has several ingredients for success. Actually the network social decentralized like Mastodon. However, it has a more familiar interface, for those who are already used to using Twitter. And BlueSky is backed by Jack Dorsey, co-founder and former CEO of Twitter.
Twitter’s decentralized little brother
It’s important to remember that Project BlueSky was launched when Dorsey was still the CEO of Twitter. And it was able to start thanks to funding from Twitter. At the time, the idea was to create a decentralized platform that Twitter could later become a client of. But when the little blue bird took another direction during the era of Elon Musk, BlueSky became more independent by creating its own organization called Bluesky PBLLC. A year ago, BlueSky also clarified its relationship with Twitter. The “interesting” part public our structure gives us the freedom to allocate our resources for our mission without obligation to return money to shareholders. The company is owned by the team itself, and Twitter does not own a majority stake,” the platform said in a statement.
Twitter funding of Bluesky is not subject to any conditions other than one: what bluesky should research and develop technologies which provide an open and decentralized public conversation. — blue sky (@bluesky) April 25, 2022
It is also specified that the project received funding in the amount of 13 millions dollars from Twitter. But this funding is not linked to any conditions other than the conditions for the development of decentralized technology for public conversations. In other words, although BlueSky uses funding from Twitter, it is independent. Its board of directors includes Jack Dorsey.
