Brazil’s X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky

X is currently banned in Brazil following an order from a Supreme Court justice, and Brazilian users seem to be turning to Bluesky, an alternate social network, in droves.

“Brazil, you’re setting new all-time-highs for activity on Bluesky!” the official Bluesky account says in a post.

“There will almost certainly be some outages and performance issues,” Bluesky developer Paul Frazee says. “We’ve never seen traffic like this. Hang with us!”

The Bluesky app looks and functions a lot like X, but it’s a decentralized social media platform that’s…

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