With surge in new users, Bluesky emerges as X alternative


Bluesky, which began in 2019 as a project by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, is among several challengers that have each experienced bursts of momentum since Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in 2022 and subsequent rebranding of it. — AFP

In the week since the United States presidential election, Elon Musk has used X, the social media platform he owns, to reiterate his support for President-elect Donald Trump.

Some of the platform’s users have decided that they would rather post elsewhere.

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