{"id":885586,"date":"2024-12-09T08:06:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T02:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=885586"},"modified":"2024-12-09T08:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:06:34","slug":"the-rise-of-bluesky-elon-musks-decentralised-rival-reaches-25-million-users-rises-as-twitters-social-media-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2024\/12\/09\/the-rise-of-bluesky-elon-musks-decentralised-rival-reaches-25-million-users-rises-as-twitters-social-media-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of Bluesky: Elon Musk\u2019s decentralised rival reaches 25 million users, rises as Twitter\u2019s social media rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bluesky, a decentralised social media platform, is witnessing significant growth, with its user base nearing 25 million. This surge comes as users explore alternatives to X (formerly Twitter) due to dissatisfaction with the platform\u2019s changes under Elon Musk\u2019s ownership. <\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter in 2022 and his \u201cfree speech absolutist\u201d reforms spurred many to leave the site. While platforms like Mastodon and Threads initially attracted users, Bluesky emerged as a promising alternative, particularly after Donald Trump\u2019s recent presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluesky, a decentralised social media platform, is witnessing significant growth, with its user base nearing 25 million. This surge comes as users explore alternatives to X (formerly Twitter) due to dissatisfaction with the platform\u2019s changes under Elon Musk\u2019s ownership. Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter in 2022 and his \u201cfree speech absolutist\u201d reforms spurred many to leave the site. While platforms like Mastodon and Threads initially attracted users, Bluesky emerged as a promising alternative, particularly after Donald Trump\u2019s recent presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-885586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-live-mint","category-live-mint","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}