While other platforms, including Meta's Threads, had been seen as the "heir apparent" to the popular microblog, Bluesky could have a serious advantage.

The main owner of Bluesky helped create a social media platform that discourages bots and hate speech and lets users curate their feed as they wish.

(That’s right, Elon Musk was tapped this week, with Vivek Ramaswamy, to lead the DOGE.) That’s what the sudden surge in popularity of Bluesky, a new-ish Twitter (X) alternative, would suggest at least. As of this writing, Bluesky sits atop the Apple ...

After Donald Trump was reelected, interest in Bluesky Social has soared. Here's how the Twitter alternative differs from Elon Musk's X platform.