{"id":127797,"date":"2024-11-19T22:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127797"},"modified":"2024-11-19T22:46:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:46:01","slug":"bluesky-hits-20-million-users-as-people-flee-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127797","title":{"rendered":"Bluesky Hits 20 Million Users As People Flee Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA trickle is becoming a flood for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/bluesky\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bluesky_1\" data-tag=\"bluesky\">Bluesky<\/a>, the social media company that has seen spectacular growth since the presidential election. On Tuesday, the microblogging platform hit 20 million users, after averaging one million new users per day over the last five days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jaz.bsky.social\/post\/3lasqzayfik2e\" target=\"_blank\">According to a Nov. 13 post by Bluesky CEO Jay Graber<\/a>, the site had 6 million users in late August, nearly 11 million in late October and hit 15 million users on Nov. 15. It added another 5 million users in just five days, with the explosive growth seen since Nov. 5, the day of the election, accelerating. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBluesky has been one of the main beneficiaries of millions of users leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/elon-musk\/\" id=\"auto-tag_elon-musk_1\" data-tag=\"elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>\u2018s X, as the site formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/twitter\/\" id=\"auto-tag_twitter_1\" data-tag=\"twitter\">Twitter<\/a> descends into a mess of bots, extreme content, crypto scams, ads, pornography, racism, transphobia and misinformation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHollywood has been quick to adopt Bluesky, particularly with the entertainment industry\u2019s aversion to the political views of Musk, the billionaire oligarch who is a vocal supporter and financial backer of Donald Trump. In recent weeks, actors, directors, musicians and other creative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/bluesky-celebrities-twitter-elon-musk-1236062723\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/bluesky-celebrities-twitter-elon-musk-1236062723\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">people have rushed to Bluesky <\/a>as the site became a viable alternative to X to promote work and engage with fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAmong the prominent entertainment industry figures who have started to migrate over to Bluesky, or have been posting there more than X in recent weeks, are: Lizzo, Barbra Streisand, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gabrielle Union, Quinta Brunson, James Gunn, Sean Gunn, John Cusack, Guillermo del Toro, Ben Stiller, Flavor Flav, Chuck D, Alex Winter, Carrie Coon, Scott Derrickson, George Takei, Mike Flanagan, Mike Shur, Mark Hamill, Stephen King, Alyssa Milano, Meredith Salenger, Patton Oswalt, Lilly Wachowski\u202c, Franklin Leonard, Tim Heidecker, Akilah Hughes, Yvette Nicole Brown, Andy Richter, Weird Al Yankovic, Gary Whitta, Titus Welliver, Paul F. Tompkins, Jon Cryer, Ed Solomon, Craig Mazin, Jenni Konner, Jeri Ryan, Ken Jennings, Gale Ann Hurd, Armando Iannucci, Mia Farrow, Harold Perrineau, BenDavid Grabinski, Marc Bernardin, Duncan Jones, Miranda Cosgrove, Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Sheen, Bill Lawrence, Matthew Lillard, Busy Philipps, Dionne Warwick, Colson Whitehead, Paul Scheer, Bradley Whitford, Mara Wilson, Kashana Cauley, Megan Amram, Maria Bamford, John Carpenter, Brian Duffield and Robert Kirkman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHelping to boost user numbers has been the rapid adoption of the platform by a number of major media outlets as well. <em>The Guardian, The Economist, The Athletic, The Information, The Verge, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Bellingcat, ProPublica, NPR, IGN, 404 Media, CNN, El Pais, Le Monde, The Times of London, The Guardian Australia, Slate, San Francisco Chronicle, Huff Post, The Daily Beast, Vox, The Onion, The Intercept, Drop Site, Gizmodo, Kotaku, TechCrunch, The Globe and Mail, Hong Kong Free Press, Newsweek<\/em>,<em> Vanity Fair<\/em> and <em>The Wall Street Journal <\/em>are all now regularly posting on Bluesky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNotably, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/the-guardian-stop-posting-on-x-twitter-elon-musk-1236060532\/\"><em>The Guardian<\/em> announced it would no longer post on its X accounts<\/a>, after describing Musk\u2019s platform as \u201ctoxic.\u201d The U.K.-based media group added that it had been considering a move to stop posting on X for some time \u201cgiven the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>The Guardian<\/em> added that, \u201cthe U.S. presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDespite its rapid growth, Bluesky still has some way to go to compete with X and Meta\u2019s Threads, with the former boasting over 300 million monthly active users and the latter over 250 million MAUs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/bluesky-20-million-users-twitter-exodus-elon-musk-1236065566\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trickle is becoming a flood for Bluesky, the social media company that has seen spectacular growth since the presidential election. 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