Bluesky also faced some teething issues Thursday as service was down for some users, because one of the company’s ISPs had a cable issue that got clubbed with other networking snafus, according to a Bluesky developer.
The decentralized social network has seen a steady inflow of users in the last few months with different events like X’s ban in Brazil, moderation issues on Threads, and the recent election results in the U.S. X owner Elon Musk was a prominent supporter of president-elect Donald Trump, and the social networking service (formerly known as Twitter) often promoted pro-Trump viewpoints in users’ algorithmic feeds. After the results of the U.S. presidential election results, more than a million new people signed up on the platform in a week, Bluesky said Tuesday.