The number of Bluesky users set a new record

Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, things have gotten worse on this social network. Many users are leaving this platform and hope to find a suitable alternative. Meta recently introduced Trades as a Twitter competitor, and Bluesky is another Twitter alternative.

BlueSky was developed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Dorsey launched BlueSky as a Twitter side project in 2019, then took it public in 2021. Bluesky is an open source and decentralized platform. The company has hired a lot of people and quietly developed itself over the past few years. This week marked a milestone for BlueSky, reaching one million users. Although this number of users is not significant compared to the rapid growth of Trades, it is more than expected.

Of course, this number of registrations was obtained only through the invitation code, while now anyone can join Trades. So Bluesky still has a lot of room for growth, and if it becomes publicly available, many people will surely join it. Currently, Trades has managed to attract 30 million users within a day.

Bluesky earlier this week introduced its first paid feature, which is one of a kind. The new feature of this service allows you to buy and manage web domains directly through its platform, and you can even use these domains as your official username.

Bluesky promises an ad-free experience, so it has to monetize elsewhere. This platform is looking for alternative ways to earn money. Apparently, selling usernames is the first solution that has been proposed. In any case, we have to see how successful this platform will be in the future.

Source: Gizmodo