Bluesky: The Emerging Twitter Alternative
TL;DR
Bluesky Social is a social media platform that is being viewed as an alternative to Twitter. It is built on the Authenticated Transport protocol and has about 50,000 users. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is on the board of directors, and the Bluesky project began in 2019 when he was Twitter CEO. Bluesky Social is similar to Twitter in format, but allows users to set their domain as their handle and has different moderation and algorithm options. The site is currently in beta and invite-only.
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