There’s no doubt about it the arrival of Elon Musk on Twitter It marked a before and after for the platform. And the tycoon hasn’t just changed his name and logo “X” (as it is known now), but also it brought a lot of changes which didn’t go well at all.
The introduction of verified payment and the idea of eliminating the possibility of blocking users are just some of the changes made last year many users migrate to other alternatives like Mastodon or Threads.
And now the platform is facing a new user migration crisis. And in recent weeks, X has not stopped losing users who leave for another social network: Blue sky.
Why do X (Twitter) users go to Bluesky?
Everything seems to indicate that the United States presidential election They were the straw that broke the camel’s back. And since that day, Twitter (X) has recorded a notable loss of users, while Bluesky has grown exponentially.
This is well known Elon Musk ran a political campaign in X against Donald Trump. And to this are added the accusations against Musk of transforming Twitter into a toxic platform where far-right speeches in favor of the president-elect are favored.
This is why many leave Twitter because they consider it It has become a social network that incites hatred, racism and far-right thoughts.. This conception was fueled by means such as The Guardian Yes The avant-garde (who announced that they will leave X), celebrities and activists from the opposite political side.
Why do you go to Bluesky? WELL Bluesky considers itself decentralized, free of misinformation and bots. However, we will have to wait to see how the platform will be able to maintain these characteristics when it becomes much more massive. It currently reaches nearly 17 million users compared to X’s more than 540 million.
Is there really a massive migration from Twitter to Bluesky?
Several media and social media statistics experts were able to confirm this phenomenon after the US election results. TechCrunch informs him Bluesky gained 700,000 users the week after Trump’s victoryWhich It has since gained 100,000 new users and became the most downloaded app in the App Store for the first time.
For his part, Social media today confirmed it more than 115,000 Twitter users deactivated your account after the election. However, there is no statistic that connects these two opposite phenomena from which the platforms suffer, even if it is not at all unreasonable to connect them.
Finally, it must be said that all the media confirm this This migration is primarily occurring among users in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.. In short, people are leaving Twitter for Bluesky for political reasons to which are added concerns about misinformation and bots.
And you… Do you think Bluesky will be a real competitor for X in the near future?
