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Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only (mashable.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just around 24 hours after Musk made his comments, more than 42,000 new users joined Bluesky, making it the biggest signup day yet for the currently invite-only platform that launched earlier this year.

Bluesky saw a total of 53,585 new signups by the end of Tuesday, September 19. The new users gained in that single day make up 5 percent of the platform's entire user base of 1,125,499 total accounts.

The new user signups are tracked via the third-party website "Bluesky Stats." Looking over Bluesky signup numbers on the tracker for the past month, it appears that the platform usually sees from 10,000 to 20,000 new signups per day. Bluesky has doubled its usual daily new user numbers already, with many more hours left in the day still to go.

It's impossible to know whether Musk's comments about charging users to post on X really played a role in this, but it almost certainly had some effect.

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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 year ago (44 children)

isn’t bluesky invite only?

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (32 children)

Each current member usually get at least one invite to share biweekly. That’s how they have been growing it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Yup. I have a bunch of invites (for sane people only)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uhh... I can't prove I'm sane, but a DM would be nice...!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This guy is crazy! Don't listen to him!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Welp. Was worth a shot...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd love an invite if it's still available (:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I would love one if you have a spare.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I would love an invite if you have any left

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I requested an invite a couple of months ago when I downloaded the app. Wish someone would invite me!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

If I could have one, I'm waiting for months now. :(

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