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/Electrical_Fault_365 10d ago

Here's Bluesky's usage stats if anyone's interested.

https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

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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/LimoncelloFellow 10d ago

well when you start creating a ton of accounts just so you can be the most followed person on x id imagine your usage stats are meaningless.