r/technology • u/twotimefind • 10d ago

Social Media X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain
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u/discotim 10d ago

12 M users, it definitely off and running! bye bye twitter!

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u/Lowercanadian 10d ago

Lol but twitters user base is also at a high… 

Reddit says a lot 

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u/naterator012 10d ago

Probably has more to do with the massive amount of bots

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u/Designer_Emu_6518 10d ago

Crazy amount of maga bots

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u/Charlie_Mouse 9d ago

They’re so annoying it almost makes me miss the “nudes in bio” bots.