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Bluesky was created by a Twitter co-founder as a side project, but it's now seen an influx of new users following the U.S. election and inauguration.

There’s a reported uptick in bots spamming the hot new social platform, throwing a wrench in its plans to compete with X and Threads.

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

Up-and-coming social media startup Bluesky names Seattle as its headquarters on its official LinkedIn account. Chunks of its workforce, including much of its C-suite, call Seattle home. And locals fun

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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.

As users continue to leave X (formerly Twitter) en masse, many in favor of the newer Bluesky platform, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has embarked on its own metamorphosis from one text-based social media service to the other.

X and Bluesky both have new short form video feeds with infinite scroll and ambitions of taking on TikTok, but each one takes a slightly different approach.

Bluesky is often compared to X (formerly Twitter) due to its appearance and features. Thus, according to Sebastian Vogelsang, Flashes could attract new users who have not yet joined the platform because they have never considered themselves fans of X.

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.