10 things to know about BlueSky Social: The Twitter alternative that is creating a buzz

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BlueSky Social, the alternative to Elon Musk's Twitter, has been creating quite a buzz in global social media circles. Amidst Twitter's mass layoffs, removal of verification and introduction of Twitter Blue, more and more people are searching for alternatives to the tweeting app, and this is where BlueSky Social comes in. In 2019, Jack Dorsey, who was then the CEO of Twitter, launched the Bluesky initiative, a transparent social protocol. However, BlueSky Social has been operating as a separate company since 2021. Over the recent months it has generated enough headlines to even convince celebrities and other eminent personalities to join this new social media platform that promises to provide greater freedom to users to operate. This is unlike Twitter where control is centralized and all user data is with the company.

1. BlueSky Social is a decentralized social media app developed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Jay Graber serves as the CEO.

2. The platform is built using an open-source framework using the proprietary AT protocol which is a transparent network allowing users to see how it is built and what's in development.

3. The app is visually similar to Twitter, allowing users to create a profile, post short messages of up to 300 characters as well as share images. Due to having ‘invite only' access, fine details about the social media app are not widely known. Although CEO Jay Graber admits that BlueSky Social looks like Twitter, it plans to be a decentralized system, allowing people to develop apps and communities within the platform.

4. The “decentralized' platform of the app means that all the data is stored on independent servers instead of servers owned by the company. Moreover, users can create their own