Technology

Twitter rival Bluesky halts new sign-ups

By Athik Saleh

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Bluesky pauses sign-ups

Twitter's decision to limit tweets has irked users. Decentralized rival Bluesky saw an influx of new users, causing the platform to pause new sign-ups.

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High influx

Users need an invitation code to join Bluesky. Despite that, the platform experienced a high influx of new sign-ups, leading to a temporary halt. 

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Performance degraded

Bluesky's performance degraded due to record high traffic causing posts to load slowly. The platform also disabled the 'Popular with Friends' feed.

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Pushed new updates

Bluesky pushed updates to reduce server load and improve performance, but new sign-ups are still paused. 

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Meta's Threads

Meta's Threads, another Twitter rival, appeared briefly on Google Play. A mix of Instagram and Twitter, it aims to challenge Twitter. 

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