BlueSky The great migration of tweeters to the social network: “I uninstalled Twitter, this is the new ‘I ran into Grey’s'”

It was the first British newspaper GuardianWhich announced this Wednesday that it would stop publishing on the network x The spread of toxic material and its owner Elon Musk He has used it in the American election campaign. This Thursday it was the Spanish newspaper Pawn who made a similar announcement a day after it became known musk The new American will lead the “Department of Government Efficiency.”

Of course, the social network was previously known as Twitter It has suffered a progressive decline, first technically with the dismissal of a large part of its staff and later in use and content. To start with, Musk destroyed the verification system and turned it into a monstrous payment system based system. It also eliminated the blocking function for other users and modified the algorithm in the “For You” tab, which many condemned as now becoming a gateway to fraud and hatred. Not to mention the annoying and gloomy black background, among other strange ideas.

Elon Musk is going to manage the US government the same way Twitter has managed: everyone is out of work, nothing works and it will lose 90% of its value.

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– Danda (@dandastur.bsky.social) November 13, 2024, 8:17 pm

However, a number of accounts from institutions, public services, eminent personalities, politicians, companies or the media continue to maintain it. But this may be starting to change. One of the alternative networks, Bluesky, has been experiencing considerable growth in recent times. this week the new York Times Reportedly, a wave of new users have joined this decentralized social network that is starting to compete with X. According to the medium, citing a company spokesperson, one million users have joined since the election.

The Great Migration to BlueSky

In Spain there has also been a progressive migration of tweeters towards the Butterfly network in recent times, but this Thursday things have exploded with the latest news and many profiles are joining other classic tweeters that have been there for a long time While it may have been accessible by invitation, it can be seen from what Twitter once was and the hate fleeing waiting for algorithms and blocking systems to stop them here.

Now you can see more familiar faces, and the classic irony and good nature of the original Twitter, too. This Thursday the conversation there revolved around new things.

I uninstalled Twitter and signed up for BlueSky, the new “I ran into Grey’s.”

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– mortadela.bsky.social (@mortadela.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 12:43

I will tell my grandchildren that my fight against fascism included giving me direct access to BlueSky, where before I had Twitter.

– Facú Diaz (@facudiaz.net) November 14, 2024, 10:35

BlueSky is having performance issues due to the influx of people.

Let’s see, please, stand in line and close its doors one by one.

– Ugo Sin Hache (@ugosinhache.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 2:44 pm

There has also been debate over whether posts should be called tweets, now that Musk has abandoned the original nomenclature, or something else.

I don’t know to what extent the heated debate over whether or not posts should be called “skeets” in Anglo-Saxon (and what is the meaning of this word that most purists condemn) is related to the Bluesky homeland. Has gone ahead.

– Nico Ordozgoiti (@nicoordozgoiti.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 1:15 pm.

I will follow them, I will call them tweets as I have done my entire life.

– icanogar 🍉 (@icanogar.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 1:16 pm.

These are some of the comments already running on BlueSky.

BlueSky is having performance issues due to the influx of people.

Let’s see, please, stand in line and close its doors one by one.

– Ugo Sin Hache (@ugosinhache.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 2:44 pm

If BlueSky says leave Twitter then people come here

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– Larry Walters (@larrywalters.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 12:59

Of course Twitter has changed.

Earlier, we were the majority who did unusual things.

Now the majority is unusual.

— Serthand (@serthand.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 1:34 pm.

Twitter: 76,000 followers, 70 likes.

BlueSky: 2,700 Followers, 46 Likes.

It is much more satisfying.

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– Bender the Offender (@benderofuscado.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 10:43

you come to remove our likes

– Federico Sabater (@handle.invalid) November 14, 2024, 11:45

Basic advice for people new to BlueSky.

Find an account you really like or you like their content, go to their profile, click on the accounts they follow (the tab that says Following) and there you will have accounts that have certain You will be interested in the form.

The more accounts you follow, the better experience you will have.

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– Ugo Sin Hache (@ugosinhache.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 9:27

Now that the media is coming, let’s try to use news and politics to move forward.
First idiot I block. To disrespect, to stop.
It’s not that hard, we already know how.
And politics is important for me, I already feel this :S

– Certezas (@certezas.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 9:32

I try again. A lot of people are coming to BlueSky from Twitter and we’re a little lost.

Can you recommend any interesting accounts to start following?

-Juan Senel (@ordago13.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 9:40

If significant media leave Twitter, it is the death of that social network. At least the death of its relevance.

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— That Car (@aquelcoche.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 2:35 pm.

More than anything because the function of Twitter today is not a social network but an information network. If the main sources are left out then its main foundation breaks.

– Ugo Sin Hache (@ugosinhache.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 9:42

It would have been nice if Twitter ended up being just Indian bots and fascists insulting each other.

– Clapformarta 💭 (@clapformarta.bsky.social) November 10, 2024, 12:17

Why are so many users coming together? Did they put Mazzone in charge of Twitter or something?

– Larrysion (@larrysion.bsky.social) November 14, 2024, 1:56 pm.

Only time will tell whether the Twitter community will move more and more towards this new social network to the detriment of Musk, whether the two will coexist or whether other alternatives will come into play such as Threads, from Meta, or from Mastodon, another one that It has already caused people to talk about the past.