{"id":16652,"date":"2024-09-03T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bluesky-gains-one-million-users-in-three-days-following-x-ban-in-brazil\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T16:26:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:26:00","slug":"bluesky-gains-one-million-users-in-three-days-following-x-ban-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bluesky-gains-one-million-users-in-three-days-following-x-ban-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluesky Gains One Million Users in Three Days Following X Ban in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The user base of Bluesky, a decentralised alternative to the social network X, surged by one million between August 30 and September 1. This growth was spurred by the ban of Elon Musk&#8217;s platform in Brazil.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">wow\u2026 welcome to the ONE MILLION new users in the last three days!!! ?<\/p>\n<p>join us: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x6v5YW0WFT\">https:\/\/t.co\/x6v5YW0WFT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bluesky (@bluesky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bluesky\/status\/1829994345132667357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cFor anyone interested in how it&#8217;s going with the Brazil migration to Bluesky, we&#8217;re consistently at 15x our normal daily peak traffic. [\u2026] The team is holding it down and doing great,\u201d <\/em>the organisation&#8217;s representatives reported.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:q6gjnaw2blty4crticxkmujt\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3l2zpatdkjx2f\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihwlnmy6n2zpuwzrjr7d2wgyfullux6pwkcf3dlmhqpr534gm7o3y\">\n<p lang=\"en\">For anyone interested in how it&#8217;s going with the Brazil migration to Bluesky, we&#8217;re consistently at 15x our normal daily peak traffic<\/p>\n<p>This graph is just kinda crazy, 4 days ago we couldn&#8217;t imagine the amount of load we&#8217;re seeing on our systems right now<\/p>\n<p>The team is holding it down and doing great<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:q6gjnaw2blty4crticxkmujt\/post\/3l2zpatdkjx2f?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jaz (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:q6gjnaw2blty4crticxkmujt?ref_src=embed\">@jaz.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:q6gjnaw2blty4crticxkmujt\/post\/3l2zpatdkjx2f?ref_src=embed\">Aug 31, 2024 at 19:36<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On August 30, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brazil-musk-x-suspended-de-moraes-46c9d5c5c895e17d9adfac43e6ac20fd\">approved<\/a> the suspension of X&#8217;s operations in the country after the social network refused to name its legal representative.<\/p>\n<p>The company also excluded the ban of certain accounts as part of broader measures to combat misinformation related to former President Jair Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Elon Musk called Moraes \u201cthe embodiment of evil\u201d and a \u201cdictator\u201d for unlawful political censorship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alexandre de Moraes is an evil dictator cosplaying as a judge. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZIV8KbDCmk\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZIV8KbDCmk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1829308905177956551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On September 2, the Supreme Court panel <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bluesky-add-1-million-new-users-in-3-days-after-x-ban-in-brazil\">upheld<\/a> Moraes&#8217; August 30 ruling to suspend X&#8217;s operations.<\/p>\n<p>Bluesky was conceived as an open-source protocol that social media platforms could build upon to mitigate censorship risks.<\/p>\n<p>Back in May, the project&#8217;s founder Jack Dorsey <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jack-dorsey-steps-down-from-bluesky-board\">resigned<\/a> from the organisation&#8217;s board of directors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Bluesky was repeating the mistakes of X and could not be considered truly decentralised. The company began insisting on the creation of moderation tools, he <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jack-dorsey-predicts-bitcoin-to-surpass-1-million-by-2030\">explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The user base of Bluesky, a decentralised alternative to the social network X, surged by one million between August 30 and September 1. 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