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Bluesky Overtakes Threads as Liberals Flee MAGA Trolls on X

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Prior to Nov. 5, Threads had five times more daily US users than Bluesky.

The Blueskay and X, formerly known as Twitter applications are seen in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 18 November, 2024.
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Social media start-up Bluesky is exploding as academics, journalists, and left-leaning politicians abandon Elon Musk’s X in search of bluer skies. Now, the platform has surpassed Meta’s

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