Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been over two years since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (two of which have already shuttered rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown”>operations) and Spill have been presented as potential replacements, but few aside from Meta’s Threads have achieved the speed of growth Bluesky has reached.
As of February 2025, Bluesky has surpassed 30 million users. Its growth stems from several policy changes at X,…
