Decentralized Rival Bluesky Hits 12M Users After Musk’s AI Plans for Twitter

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Decentralized social platform Bluesky has seen its user base surpass the 12 million mark, making it one of the fastest growing rivals to Elon Musk’s Twitter.

This week, Bluesky reported an influx of over 1 million new sign-ups within a mere 48-hour period, solidifying its position as a formidable player in the social media arena.

The catalyst for this unprecedented digital boom can be traced back to Musk’s Twitter maneuvers.

The tech magnate, amidst a flurry of controversial decisions, inadvertently stirred the pot within the Twitterverse, prompting users to seek refuge in alternative platforms.

One of the pivotal changes on Twitter’s horizon is a revised privacy policy allowing third-party AI developers to harness user data for training their models, a move that has sparked apprehensions regarding data privacy and transparency.

Additionally, Twitter’s alteration to its block function, essentially diluting users’ control over content visibility, has drawn sharp criticism for potentially exposing individuals to online harassment.

Twitter decided to ruin how blocking works to "prevent harassment, dogpiling and echo chambers"

but in bluesky they have a normal block feature and have actual features like DISABLING QUOTE TWEETING to actually prevent harassment without making a basic feature fucking null pic.twitter.com/UcvomzHdzr

Furthermore, the platform’s shift in legal jurisdiction from California to the Northern District of Texas, a region perceived to align more closely with Musk’s ideological leanings, has raised eyebrows and