"Bluesky Surges with 800K New Users Despite Outages and Opens to Public"
TL;DR
Bluesky, the decentralized and open source social app, gained nearly 800,000 new users in its first day open to the public, bringing its total signups to almost 4 million. Despite outages and technical issues, the platform's growth potential is evident, drawing interest from users seeking alternatives to mainstream social media platforms. The outages were attributed to increased activity, but the platform is now reported to be working smoothly.
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