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Is this (finally) the end for X? Delicate Musk-Trump relationship and growing rivals spell trouble for platform

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Bluesky, emerging as X’s newest rival, has amassed 16 million users, including 1 million in 24 hours last week .

Hundreds of thousands of people have quit the former Twitter since Donald Trump's election victory.

For the first time in history, a big tech billionaire is shaping democracy not just indirectly but directly.

Some argue TikTok and the advent of the algorithmic timeline that fundamentally destroyed Twitter .

Bluesky, which became the most popular app on the app store on Friday , is the choice for X refugees.

For some tech nerds, the X-odus is not something to mourn, but could herald the era of decentralised social networks.