The social media site Bluesky is growing quickly. It became popular after the U.S. Presidential Election. Many people are using Bluesky instead of X. Bluesky is the most downloaded free app in Apple's app store. Bluesky looks and feels like Twitter. It has a fresh feel and gives users more control.
Bluesky started as a Twitter project in 2019. It is similar to Twitter. Even the logos are similar. Twitter's was a blue bird; Bluesky has a blue butterfly. The name Bluesky is like free speech. Bluesky users can get posts they are interested in. They can choose to have only posts that have cat photos.
Try the same news story at these levels:
Bluesky - Level 1, Bluesky - Level 2 or Bluesky - Level 3
Sources- https://www.cnet.com/tech/bluesky-explained-why-this-social-media-network-is-now-growing-by-1-million-users-daily/
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/17/bluesky-musk-trump-x-twitter-authoritarian-world
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky
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