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Bluesky, an open-source social network spun off from Twitter, has 20 million users

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Bluesky, a two-year old open-source service spun off from Twitter , has 20 million users.

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says the idea is not to recreate classic Twitter , but to reshape social media on the principle of openness and user control.

Graber: By opening everything up, communities can shape Bluesky to allow for delightful customized experiences.

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey started Bluesky as an internal project.

After Musk 's takeover, Bluesky became independent, and Dorsey has nothing to do with it.

Bluesky founder Jay Graber says the best way to keep users happy is to allow them to leave and take their network with them.

A server protocol that could instantly push new content to users could blunt Twitter 's uniqueness by commoditizing short bursts of information.

Instead of a Twitterverse , we'd have a Statusphere distributed across dozens , even hundreds of companies.

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