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Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only (mashable.com)
submitted 1 year ago by geosoco@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] kilorat@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Excuse me, signups on an INVITE ONLY platform?

[–] Asuracharya@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I have few invites if anyone needs

[–] WillFord27@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any chance you have any more? I'd love one

[–] Asuracharya@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] WillFord27@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you!!

[–] HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would appreciate one :)

[–] Asuracharya@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think other miscreants have already swiped it :(

[–] mana@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like one if still available, please.

[–] Asuracharya@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] Decide@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you still have any, I'd appreciate one.

[–] Asuracharya@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] pakiyimo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could make use of one of those invites. Thank you.

[–] Asuracharya@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] pakiyimo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Appreciate it, but you should have sent them by DM. It's used by someone else now.

[–] dm_me_your_feet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I d like one if you can spare one

[–] Asuracharya@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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[–] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ot makes no sense,