Bluesky launched as an invite-only test last year and became public yesterday. Getting on Bluesky may not be as thrilling as when individuals sold invitations on eBay for $400, but the decentralized, open-source social software remains intriguing. Bluesky added 800,000 “newskies” in the past day. Later today, the platform will surpass 4 million signups, up from 3 million last week.
From Monday to Tuesday, when Bluesky opened to the public, its unique user count roughly quadrupled, according to publicly accessible statistics. Bluesky is smaller than Mastodon, its main federated rival. As an example, Mastodon’s growth indicates Bluesky’s potential. Mastodon had 400,000 users when Elon Musk bought Twitter in late October 2022, compared to 8.7 million now. However, Instagram Threads has 130 million users. For users who don’t want Meta to take over their online time, Bluesky and Mastodon are appealing.
Unfortunately, Bluesky’s launch was rocky. CEO Jay Graber said many user-generated, bespoke algorithmic feeds stopped operating overnight. It seems the app is operating well.
Increased activity likely caused the outage. But Bluesky’s internet staff has different plans.
Bluesky developer Paul Frazee commented, “When there’s a large increase in database usage, the system enters a multi-polar tachyon flow, which overloads the power couplings, which we all just experienced.” This is probably a Star Wars joke.
Despite outages, Bluesky’s fresh launch is going well. After all, iconic poster Dril gave it the finest endorsement, which is the ideal sign for releasing your software.
Dril remarked, “I do not Fucking recall them asking the Blue Sky elders permission to open registration to commoners.
Despite interruptions, Bluesky gains 800K customers in its first day.
