Bluesky a social media network that is same to Elon Musk X s shot up charts this week.
The social media Bluesky appears to be on its way.
This week the social media platform moved to No 5 on free app section of US App store, above Instagram and TikTok.
On Thursday Bluesky shared a post revealing that it had welcomed 500,000 people in one day.
Blue Sky is social media platform that share may similarities with X.
X undergone a multiple alteration after Entrepreneur owner Elon Musk purchase the site and retired legacy blue check marks showing verified accounts reinstated reinstated past banned accounts and begin a new subscription program.
X has updated its terms of service so that any lawsuits by users against the service must be handle by federal court in north Texas
“Whos judges frequently deliver victories to conservative litigants in political cases”
On Wednesday X revealed that it was changing its block function which permit people to stop others from seeing their text on site.
Accounts have been blocked can now see that person post on X if posts are set to public they cannot respond like or repost them.
That is no blocking That is supporting stalking.
These latest changes may have ignite rise of joining in Bluesky which saw a climb in user accounts earlier this year when X was blocked by courts in Brazil.
How do I sign up?
Bluesky was invite only initially but its been open to all since February. To join just go to main page to create an account.
You can download the Bluesky app for ios or Android or use Bluesky on desktop.
It will ask for your email address and phone number and tell you to choose a password and username.
Who’s using it?
Here is small list of some of people and groups you will see posting on Bluesky though some post more than others.
- Author Stephen King
- God
- The New York Times
- Actor Levar Burton
- Humor site The Onion
How is Bluesky Different?
You cans set your domain as your handle if you wish. This could assist with verification which became a heated issue for Twitter once Musk start removing blue check marks from verified accounts that refused to pay a monthly fee.
Moderation is different.
Bluesky is using automated moderating and working on system of community using automated moderating and working on system of community labeling described as similar to shared mute/block lists.
A pair of features being able to hide replies to your posts and detach your post from other use posts that quote yours are design to stop pile one and toxic behavior.
You can mute account which prevents you from seeing any notifications or top level posts from them or you can block accounts which takes a step further meaning you and other account both cannot view or interact each other post.
You can report post or accounts for abuse.
Users of multiple social media platforms are shown posts from feed selected for them by algorithm though you can influence that by blocking or following some accounts.
Bluesky desire to give you chance to pick from variety of different algorithms to decide what you see.
Algorithms are rules that determine how content is filtered and recommended to users.
Bluesky has something it calls custom feed which allows you to choose algorithm determines what you see.
Developers can use site feed generator starter kit to create custom feed and site promises the tools will be enough that the rest of us can build custom feeds.
It is possible that creators who acquire a following on Bluesky might one day be able to keep connection with those who follow them if they service itself change.
Some users have hint ti gaps in upcoming block function saying accounts they have blocked could still harass them publicly by screenshotting and posting about viewable tweets even if they can not engage directly with the tweets.
Bluesky a decentralize social media platform that has attempted to compete X used the backlash from upcoming change to flaunt its own block and anti toxicity features.
It has 10 million users on its platform.
What is the difference between block and mute on X?
While blocking stops users from liking replying to or reposting other user posts and stop involved accounts from following each other.
Blocked users can see they have been blocked by going to a blocker page.
Muting allows users to remove someone else post from their feed without unfollowing or blocking them.
Muting does not stop muted users from sending direct text or engaging with you.
Blocking stop such engagement.
Musk has reveal blocking posts make no sense and needs to be deprecated in favor of stronger form of mute.
Block feature has long been used on social media to stop harassment which has become problem on X.
Musk in future delete the block trait the change could collide with app stores of Apple and Google.
According to media reports the language in their conditions suggest block features are important for social media platforms.
Musk has changed named from Twitter to X.
Musk introduce a multi tier subscription model and loosened content moderation.