Bye, Elon — Bluesky Is Gaining Popularity Postelection. Here's What You Need To Know.
The competitor to X, formerly called Twitter, just reached 16 million users this week.
huffpost.com
Sick of X and Elon Musk? This App Might Be for You.
Bluesky has the edge where Twitter once dominated: news and live events.
slate.com
With Surge in New Users, Bluesky Emerges as X Alternative
With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.
nytimes.com
Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump’s Election
Swifties say they’re leaving X over Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump—and the rhetoric that has erupted on the platform following Trump’s win.
wired.com
Elon Musk's X is losing users in the U.S., UK, and EU. X's own data proves it.
The former Twitter continues its decline under Musk.
mashable.com
How Elon Musk killed Twitter
His vainglorious $44bn takeover backfired on investors, employees, users – and the world’s richest man himself.
newstatesman.com
Twitter is becoming a 'ghost town' of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet
Parts of the web are now dominated by bots and junk websites designed to go unread by humans.
abc.net.au
‘That bird is dead’ – how a year of Elon Musk tanked Twitter’s ad business
On the first anniversary of its acquisition, the social platform formerly known as Twitter is a revenue-troubled and misinformation-riddled shell of its former self.
thedrum.com
Twitter is dead and Threads is thriving
One year after Elon Musk let that sink in, an elegy for the platform that was — and some notes on the one that is poised to succeed it
platformer.news
Twitter Traffic on Downward Trend Since Elon Musk's Takeover
‘Nothing Musk has done seems to have translated into lasting improvements,’ according to data from Similarweb, which finds US Twitter traffic declined 19% year-over-year.
pcmag.com
A few sick days made it clear — Twitter is dying, and so is social media as we know it
Social media is dying after the implosion of Twitter. Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon are trying to replace X but are coming up short. Maybe that's OK.
latimes.com
We Don’t Need a New Twitter
It’s time to move beyond the flawed idea of a global conversation platform.
newyorker.com
Elon Musk has officially killed Twitter.
The zombie platform lives on as X, a disfigured shell of its former self
cnn.com
Twitter Is Dead. Long Live Crypto Twitter?
finance.yahoo.com
This Is the Era of Zombie Twitter
The bird may be dead, but Twitter—er, X—is still alive for communities, news, and memes.
wired.com