we warned you do it change was coming – But X just made it work formal: Blocking on Elon Musk’s social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, no longer actually blocks users from viewing content. And now users seem to be running away from X again.
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Basically, blocking on X means that the blocked user cannot access your posts. However, you can still see them, which was not the case before the change. The blocking changes were met with a largely negative reaction, even from supporters of Mr. Musk. Point out user safety concerns This is what comes with this shift.
Musk scraps X’s blocking feature – why this change is dangerous
And it appears that the change in blocking functionality was enough for some users to flee to new social media platforms. Bluesky, an alternative to X, announced Thursday that it gained 500,000 new users in the 24 hours after X officially announced the changes.
Bluesky increases by 500,000 in 24 hours
Bluesky is one of the few successful X-alternative companies following Musk’s then-acquisition of Twitter. It is the third largest microblogging type social media platform after competitors X and Meta’s Threads. However, unlike these two companies, Bluesky is registered as a public benefit corporation and brands itself as a decentralized social media platform (thread There is also a decentralization feature).
“Welcome to the 100,000+ people who have joined Bluesky in the last 12 hours!!!” Bluesky’s official Bluesky account announced It was just after 2am on October 17th.
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Bluesky then continued to update near the 24-hour mark.
“Updated: 500,000 new people joined in the past day”, Bluesky official account Posted.
Both Bluesky and Threads tend to notice a spike in user sign-ups after Musk makes decisions that alienate X users. But despite having fewer resources than an Instagram-linked thread, Bluesky continues to attract hundreds of thousands of new users for every X number of users who leave for a new home.
For example, when Brazil banned Company X from operating in the country last month for refusing to comply with the law, Bluesky touted further user growth. Social media platforms in just one week. got it 3 million new users.
Shortly after the number of users skyrocketed, Bluesky announced It has reportedly reached 10 million users. Thanks to this latest move by X, Bluesky has surpassed 11 million users. It will be interesting to see what X does next to bring about Bluesky’s next milestone.
