“Threads and BlueSky lure X users: Mask reaction BlueSky reaches 3.5 million active users, 300% growth since the election. Musk responds with new X features, allowing you to hide likes and reposts for a “cleaner” interface.”, — write on: unn.ua
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Elon Musk, the owner of social network X, appears to be spooked by the steady stream of users leaving the platform and moving to alternatives BlueSky and Meta’s Threads.
In a surprise move last week, Musk announced that X would begin allowing users to hide likes, mailings, and reposts.
Now you can hide interaction buttons and numbers under each post and interact with posts with custom swipe gestures!
Elon Musk himself quite surprisingly justified the new features of the platform. He explained that this way the interface becomes “cleaner”. Why Elon Musk X suddenly cares about a “cleaner” user interface remains a mystery.
Ever since the social network came under his ownership in 2022, it has been plagued with confusing colored ticks, unnecessary information, and disruptive ads.
According to Similarweb, BlueSky’s daily active users grew to 3.5 million in the last week alone, a 300% increase since Election Day.
As of the beginning of this month, Threads had 275 monthly active users. However, with a frenzied momentum, Bluesky is starting to close the gap where it counts. So Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a bit concerned that since the election, many ex-Twitter power users are favoring Bluesky over Threads.
At that time, Elon Musk’s social network introduced a number of policy changes aimed at a hostile attitude towards users. These changes range from requiring users to opt out of having their posts used to train the platform’s AI chatbot to dismantling the blocking feature, which opens the floodgates for even more harassment.
Hate speech and even child sexual abuse material have spread on X since Elon Musk took ownership of the platform, turning it into a misinformation inferno.
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Elon Musk confirmed the limitation of the visibility of posts with external links on the X social network. The network’s algorithm deliberately reduces the reach of posts with hyperlinks to keep users on the platform.