Social community Bluesky, a substitute for X constructed on open supply applied sciences, has scored a giant win when it comes to attracting notable customers to its platform. The corporate on Sunday confirmed that former president Barack Obama has joined its service.
Bluesky OOO Rose Wang replied to a put up the place somebody questioned if the account posting as Obama was legitimately him by writing “Confirmed!”
In his first few posts on the platform, Obama celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the Reasonably priced Care Act (ACA), calling it “a reminder that change is feasible after we battle for progress.”
The previous president maintains a big following on different social media platforms, together with X and Fb, the place he has 130.6 million followers and 55 million followers, respectively.
Nevertheless, Elon Musk’s X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter, has misplaced a lot of customers to various social networks, together with Bluesky, after the 2024 U.S. elections. Musk used X to marketing campaign for President Trump and promote MAGA-aligned political opinions. He additionally now holds a outstanding place in Trump’s circle because of his involvement with DOGE (Division of Authorities Effectivity), which has been working to scale back the federal authorities workforce, minimize spending, and dismantle authorities businesses.
Not surprisingly, many left-leaning U.S. customers now not wish to take part on X. Their exodus from the platform led to a giant bump in consumer development for Bluesky in late 2024. At the moment, the brand new social community has over 33 million customers and is constant to develop.
Different U.S. politicians are already lively on Bluesky, together with well-known names like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Al Inexperienced, Gavin Newsom, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who grew to become the primary particular person on Bluesky to hit one million followers. Many different representatives, senators, and governors have additionally joined the community.