Jack Dorsey Departs Bluesky’s Board, the Decentralized Social Media Platform He Co-Founded

cryptonews.com:

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, has stepped down from Bluesky’s board, the decentralized social media platform he originally envisioned and funded back in 2019 during his tenure as CEO of Twitter.

In a Sunday  post on the platform , Bluesky confirmed Dorsey’s departure from its board.

“We sincerely thank Jack for his help funding and initiating the bluesky project. Today, Bluesky is thriving as an open source social network running on atproto, the decentralized protocol we have built,” the post read. 

Notably, neither Bluesky nor Dorsey provided reasons for his departure.

Prior to the official announcement, Dorsey responded with a brief “no” to a query on X about his current status on Bluesky’s board. 

no

— jack (@jack) May 4, 2024

Meanwhile, Dorsey’s recent activity on X, where he promoted grants for open interest protocols and referred to the social network now owned by Elon Musk as “freedom technology,” garnered attention. 

Observers noted that Dorsey had significantly trimmed down his follow list on the platform, retaining only three individuals: 

Musk, Stella Assange (wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange), and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Dorsey’s decision to maintain Musk on his follow list, coupled with his endorsement of X, suggests a possible reconciliation between the two tech figures. 

This comes after Dorsey publicly criticized Musk’s management of X last year, expressing disapproval of the board’s decision to sell the platform to him.

Bluesky, initially announced by Dorsey in late 2019, aimed to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media. 

However, it wasn’t until March 2023 that Bluesky entered beta testing, finally becoming available to the public on February 7,