All anyone can talk about is the mass exodus from X to a new-ish social media platform called Bluesky.

Ever since Tesla and Space X tech billionaire Elon Musk petitioned to buy Twitter in 2022, a mess has followed him and the renamed X. When Musk purchased the site for $44 billion, he vowed to make the app and company, “better than ever," emphasizing more transparency, less bots and the billionaire's idea of "free speech."

According to multiple lawsuits, Musk's new version of Twitter included laying off 80% of the company's staff and allegedly not paying bills. Not only has Musk fired much of the Twitter workforce, but he also publicly antagonized journalists and news outlets on the platform and increasingly spreading misinformation about his more than 200 million followers, CNN reported.

Since 2022, Musk has aligned himself with political figures like President-elect Donald Trump, backing his own political action group that spent thousands on advertisements on X to support Trump and spread misinformation to swing states. Now that Musk has affirmed his undying support for Trump (and vice versa), millions of users on X have vowed to abandon the platform and sign up........

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