Within two days of Brazil's X ban, Bluesky gained 500,000 users, with many also joining Mastodon and Threads. People often migrate to these (relatively) decentralized platforms to escape X, but this time, it wasn’t X pushing them away, they couldn’t use it.

Decentralized social media is always open to everyone.

Within two days of Brazil's X ban, Bluesky gained 500,000 users, with many also joining Mastodon and Threads. People often migrate to these (relatively) decentralized platforms to escape X, but this time, it wasn’t X pushing them away, they couldn’t use it.

Decentralized social media is always open to everyone.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/30/24232561/brazil-x-ban-sending-people-bluesky

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already over 2 million new users
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/03/bluesky-continues-to-soar-adding-2m-more-new-users-in-a-matter-of-days/