Former Twitter Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jack Dorsey, has launched a new social media application months after leaving the Board of Directors of the former microblogging platform.
Findings revealed that Dorseyโs new mobile application, Bluesky, is under development and only available for use through an invite code.
The alternative app promises to be a future-thinking โsocial internetโ that allows users more choices and frees people from platforms.
New York Post disclosed in a publication that Dorsey began working on Bluesky as a side project in 2019 with funding from Twitter.
Many users of Bluesky say the appโs current beta version is similar to a pared-down copy of Twitter, Tech Crunch said.
OsunDaily News learned that demand for the exclusive app has been growing as the platform has already grown up to 20,000 users in its current form.
Reports say Dorsey and his developers hope to give users โalgorithmic choice,โ allowing them to choose how content is fed onto their screens instead of a one-fits-all algorithm controlled by the app developers.
OsunDaily News understands that Dorseyโs new app is gaining more user demand hours after Twitterโs new owner, Elon Musk, removed blue ticks from multiple accounts.
Twitter Removes Verification Badges Of Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi, Others
The microblogging platform Thursday, April 20, 2023, removed the verification badges of many notable persons worldwide, including Nigeriaโs president-elect and flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
The mass removal of the blue tick, which affected Tinubu, Atiku, also affected the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and reporters/journalists, celebrities and others in Nigeria.
A check on the handles of these political figures shows that the verification badges have disappeared.