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Bluesky isn’t the ‘new Twitter,’ but its resemblance to the old one is drawing millions of new users

  • Written by Casey Fiesler, Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Bluesky isn’t the ‘new Twitter,’ but its resemblance to the old one is drawing millions of new usersBluesky is having a moment as millions of people have joined in the wake of the 2024 election.Anna Barclay/Getty Images

What would you say at Twitter’s funeral?

That’s the question my collaborators and I asked over 1,000 people on social media as part of a broader research project on Twitter migration. Responses ranged from the profane...

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