Bluesky Social has drawn attention as a possible Twitter rival and amassed a waitlist of aspiring users. Here's what to know about Bluesky and how to join:
Neither Bluesky nor Twitter immediately responded to a request for comment from ABC News.Bluesky is a text-oriented social media platform on which users can post messages as long as 300 characters. Like Twitter, the messages posted on Bluesky appear on a newsfeed displayed to users. The app is available on iOS and Android.
The platform operates on an open framework, meaning that users can post their messages to a server tailored for specific interests or communities. The system design resembles that used on another text-first app, Mastodon, as well as the decentralized platform Discord. The site began in 2019 as a venture at Twitter overseen by Dorsey, and spun out as an independent company last year.
Development of the site started after a tweet from Dorsey announcing Twitter's plans to fund a decentralized social media platform, Blueskyin a blog post. The eventual leaders at Bluesky were among those who sent direct messages to Dorsey in response to his post, the blog added. As of last April, Bluesky had received $13 million in funding from Twitter to "ensure freedom and independence," Bluesky
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