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- Start of the list Bluesky, rival of X, (finally) takes off with 8 elements. Skip the list?
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Bluesky, rival of X, (finally) takes off
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PHOTO : iStock / hocus-focus
A new wave of registrations is winning the social network Bluesky, to the detriment of X (formerly Twitter), its rival. And this time, the migration is so big that it could be a game-changer among microblogging platforms.
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1 million
This is the number of people around the world who have created an account on Bluesky during the last week, encouraged by the election of Donald Trump in the United States and his affinities with billionaire Elon Musk, owner of the social network X.
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3rd massive wave of registrations in 2 months
- In September, some 3 million new registrations were recorded on Bluesky, following the blocking of the social network X in Brazil.
- In October, an additional 1.2 million people signed up to the platform, following an update on account blocking features on X.
Bluesky
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“There is a pushback effect from X and other platforms […] Many realize that discussing with people who are only there to polarize does not work. »
CAMILLE ALLOING
Professor in the Department of Social and Public Communication at UQAM
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Functions “at the service of Internet users”
- Personalized news feeds
- Advanced moderation options
- Creating account lists
- More open programming interface (API)
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Still crusts to eat
With more than 15 million registrations, traffic on Bluesky remains far behind its rivals X and Threads. These have respectively 619 million (according to Statista) and 275 million active accounts per month.
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Here to stay in Canada?
The space is also becoming attractive in Quebec and Canada, with an increasingly strong French-speaking presence, embodied by local journalists, but also public figures. “This is the last attractive point: that political and entertainment figures, whom we followed elsewhere, come to settle in [Bluesky »]specifies Camille Alloing.
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