X Is Making a Controversial Change, and One of Its Rivals Gained 1.2 Million New Users in 2 Days — Here’s Why
Half a million people signed up within a day.
Key Takeaways
- X stated on Wednesday that it would change its blocking feature. Users will soon be able to see public posts from people who have blocked them.
- Within two days of the announcement, X rival Bluesky added 1.2 million new users.
- Meta’s Threads also appears to be experiencing an increase in users.
X users may be migrating to bluer skies after a major change.
Bluesky is an open, ad-free social network that grew out of Twitter, now X, in 2019. The platform that half a million new users signed up within a day of X announcing that it would be changing up its blocking feature “soon.” Blocked users on X will be able to see public posts but not like, reply or engage with them in any other way.
Although X the change was to prevent people blocking others from sharing sensitive information about people they have blocked, X users stated that the move would , render the Block function and Google Play Store and Apple App Store .
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Bluesky stated on Friday that more than 1.2 million people have signed up to use the platform since Wednesday.
congratulations everyone, we have now passed 12 million people total on bluesky!!! ?
over 1.2M new people have joined bluesky in the last two days — welcome!! ???
— Bluesky ()
Soon we’ll be launching a change to how the block function works.
— Engineering (@XEng)
If your posts are set to public, accounts you have blocked will be able to view them, but they will not be able to engage (like, reply, repost, etc.).
Bluesky also experienced a surge in users last month after X on August 30. Within a week of the ban, Bluesky added , from Brazil. X on October 9, but not before Bluesky in September.
The platform now has 12 million users total, per a .
Meta’s Threads also appears to be experiencing a surge in users; it is currently first under , with Bluesky coming in fifth. Threads surpassed in July.
Key Takeaways
- X stated on Wednesday that it would change its blocking feature. Users will soon be able to see public posts from people who have blocked them.
- Within two days of the announcement, X rival Bluesky added 1.2 million new users.
- Meta’s Threads also appears to be experiencing an increase in users.
X users may be migrating to bluer skies after a major change.
Bluesky is an open, ad-free social network that grew out of Twitter, now X, in 2019. The platform that half a million new users signed up within a day of X announcing that it would be changing up its blocking feature “soon.” Blocked users on X will be able to see public posts but not like, reply or engage with them in any other way.
Although X the change was to prevent people blocking others from sharing sensitive information about people they have blocked, X users stated that the move would , render the Block function and Google Play Store and Apple App Store .
