X Competitor Bluesky Available for Everyone

Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, which is now called X, is one of the names behind it. Bluesky The platform named was released as a beta for iOS in February 2023 and for Android in April. Until now, the platform could only be used by invitation. In other words, not everyone could enter, only those with an invitation code could access it.

Today, there has been a major development in this regard. The platform exited closed beta after one year. is available for everyone announced.

There is no Turkish support for now

It is currently possible to download the Bluesky app on iOS or Android and register without requiring an invitation. We should point out that the application does not currently have Turkish language support. We can guess that it may be added in the future. For now there are 11 languages ​​including English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese.

What kind of application is Bluesky?

Bluesky, unlike other social media platforms, “decentralizedHe is known for his approach. In general terms, it is a microblogging application and its features. It’s similar to X and Threads We can say. You can see the posts shared by other users in the main stream. A feature similar to liking, commenting and retweet is also available in Bluesky.

The feed has “People You Follow”, “Discover” and “For You” sections. In addition, there are search, exploring other streams, notifications and profile tabs at the bottom. The Feed tab displays content created by others on different topics. private streams Contains. According to CEO Jay Graber, there are currently around 25,000 private streams available. You can see how the application looks from the screenshots we took.

With invitation system around 3 million to the user Bluesky, which is said to have a platform, is still a small platform compared to its competitors. It is not without some shortcomings. Perhaps the biggest of these is the lack of a messaging feature. However, we can think that it will soon grow by eliminating all these deficiencies and making it available to everyone. We should also point out that the company plans to offer some of its features for a fee in the future. But there are no details about this issue yet.

Bluesky is currently working on its own open source standard called AT Protocol. For this reason, there is currently only one version of the application created directly by Bluesky. But this will change soon. According to the company’s statements, it will soon be opened to other developers. This will allow third-party developers to create their own versions of Bluesky.

How to use Bluesky?

• Step #1: Download the “Bluesky Social” app from the App Store or Play Store.
• Step #2: Open the application and press the “Create a new account” section.
• Step #3: Enter your email address, set your password and choose your date of birth.
• Step #4: Select your country, enter your phone number and enter the code received as an SMS.
• Step #5: Choose your interests and start using the app.