New to Bluesky? Here are five useful tips and tricks you probably didn’t know (but should)

Bluesky is having its moment. The social media platform has seen a surprising surge recently and now boasts over 15 million users. Positioned as an alternative to Elon Musk’s X, Bluesky was founded by Jack Dorsey, one of Twitter’s founders, and aims to create a “decentralised social network.” From the outset, Bluesky has been presented as distinct from X and Threads, as it is built on an “open protocol” designed to keep the social network’s power and decision-making out of the control of a single company or group. One factor that works in Bluesky’s favour,