Jack Dorsey was one of the founders of Twitter and for many years its CEO, after he left the company at the end of 2021. Farewell message, mentioning that he decided to leave Twitter believing the company was ready to move on without its founders. He might have been far from imagining that the social network would end up buying Elon Musk and stoking all the controversy from then on.
What is certain is that the former leader of Twitter launched a new social network in March, Bluesky, first as a beta for iOS smartphones. To access, an invitation to join or join a waitlist is required. Now you can access the platform through your Android devices, just download it from google apps. The same system applies, where it is required to wait in the list or receive an invitation from a friend.
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According to the the edgeThe current community is still small, with about 25 users, but so far the environment is positive. Many common features, such as direct messages between users, are still to be added.
Bluesky is largely inspired by Twitter, so the backbone is almost identical. Following users, searching for content and viewing posts happens in much the same way as on Twitter. Bluesky appeared in 2019, initially as a project funded by Twitter itself. At the time, Jack Dorsey, CEO still, saw this platform as an increasingly centralized alternative to Twitter. In 2021, Bluesky Social Network becomes an independent company.
Dorsey believes that social platforms should be free from political or corporate control, therefore Only content authors should retain the power to delete their posts or opt-out from the platforms.
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