Bluesky also gave a shout-out to AT Protocol developers — the decentralized protocol that Bluesky relies on — who are using it to build video-only TikTok alternatives like Tik.Blue, Skylight.Social, and Bluescreen.Blue, which are currently in early development.

While Bluesky added a TikTok mode to take advantage of the current instability, Vine might do one better: a full-on comeback!

X, Bluesky and others have rolled out vertical video feeds following TikTok’s short shutdown. TikTok’s offline period may have lasted less than 24 hours and the controversial social network may have received a 75-day reprieve from Donald Trump,

X and Bluesky have announced they are launching custom video feeds as TikTok faces an uncertain future in the U.S.

X and BlueSky are looking to capitalize on the TikTok fiasco by rolling out their own form of vertical, swipeable video feeds on both apps.

With TikTok's future in the U.S. uncertain, it feels like major social media platforms are working overtime to ship features to attract the millions

Bluesky is not the only app that could serve as a destination for TikTok users. Elon Musk says that X (formerly Twitter) is "looking into" bringing Vine back. X (then Twitter) purchased Vine in 2012. Back then, Vine did not even have an iOS app. Vine remained active until 2017, when it was shut down.

On that note, both X and Bluesky have thrown their hats into the ring as potential TikTok replacements. Technically, both sites already supported video, and X even already had the ability to swipe ...

If TikTok bites the dust (as it is expected to do on Sunday ), billionaire Mark Cuban says he’d be open to financing an alternative video-sharing platform that is built off the protocol developed by microblogging site Bluesky.

With a TikTok ban coming soon, what are the alternatives? Here are 5 similar apps to consider, along with the pros and cons of each.

Even before Oreo won the Super Bowl with its famous “Dunk in the Dark” tweet in 2013, social media played a significant role in the Big Game. Today, however, the social media landscape is more in flux than ever: TikTok’s future is uncertain, some X users are migrating to Bluesky and lesser-known platforms are scrambling for attention.

When the Supreme Court upheld a law that banned TikTok from the US, it seemed well aware that its ruling could resonate far beyond one app. The justices delivered an unsigned opinion with a quote from Justice Felix Frankfurter from 1944: “in considering the application of established legal rules to the ‘totally new problems’ raised by the airplane and radio,