Four years after he started working on what he called a ‘side project’, Twitter’s co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jack Dorsey, has created Bluesky, a new app seen as an alternative to the Elon Musk-owned platform.
The Twitter alternative for Android users promises a future-thinking ‘social internet’ that allows users more choices and frees people from platforms, according to its website.
Demand for the exclusive app has been growing, and the platform reportedly has about 20,000 users in its current form, the technology outlet reported.
The app, however, is still in development and only available to access through an invite code.
Dorsey began working on Bluesky as a side project in 2019 with funding from Twitter, and it was first rolled out to iOS users in late February, 2023.
Many users have said Bluesky’s current beta version is similar to a pared-down copy of Twitter, according to Tech Crunch.
Moving forward, the app developers hope to give users “algorithmic choice,” which would allow them to choose how content is fed onto their screens, instead of a one-fits-all algorithm controlled by the app developers.
