Sir Keir Starmer has said he has “no plans” to join the Bluesky social media platform.
Bluesky has at times been the most downloaded app on both the US and UK Apple Stores, with many social media users leaving X in the wake of the US election.
The key difference between Bluesky and most other social media platforms is that it is decentralised, meaning it is operated on independent servers and not those owned by the company.
It describes itself as “social media as it should be” – a place where people can come together over shared interests “and have some fun again”.
Many new users have said their decision to join Bluesky was driven by Elon Musk, who heavily backed Donald Trump’s election campaign and intends to remain involved in the new administration.
There are “no plans” for Sir Keir Starmer to join the Bluesky social media network.
The app, a substitute for Elon Musk’s X, has seen a surge in popularity in recent weeks.
After the US election, many social media users left X, and Bluesky has occasionally been the most downloaded app on the US and UK Apple Stores.
The prime minister, however, informed reporters that “at the moment” there are no plans to create a personal or official UK government account in his name.
Treasury Minister Darren Jones and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn are among the politicians who have already created Bluesky accounts.
Speaking during the G20 meeting in Brazil, Sir Keir stated that “we’re obviously still using Twitter (X)” and that it is “important for a government” to be able to communicate with “as many people as possible.”.
Although X does not disclose the number of its users, it is believed to be in the hundreds of millions.
Jack Dorsey, a co-founder of Twitter, launched Bluesky in 2019. This week, the platform declared that its user base had surpassed 19 million.
Even though Mr. Dorsey helped launch and fund the social network, he is no longer a member of the team that created it.
The main distinction between Bluesky and the majority of other social media sites is that it is decentralized, which means it runs on separate servers rather than those that belong to the business.
It bills itself as “social media as it should be”—a platform for people to find common ground and “have some fun again” over common interests.
Elon Musk, who strongly supported Donald Trump’s election campaign and plans to stay active in the new administration, has been cited by numerous new users as the reason they chose to join Bluesky.
The Guardian declared last week that it would no longer publish on X, citing the US election as evidence of its worries that Musk had used X to “shape political discourse.”.
