Bluesky has been experiencing nonstop growth ever since election day. The alternative social media platform is starting to stand out above all of the others as users flee Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, due to changes at X as well as Musk’s role in the incoming Trump administration.
On Tuesday, Bluesky announced that it had hit 20 million users. It has also begun surpassing another big X competitor, Meta’s Threads, in some key statistics as well.
As Bluesky continues to grow, scammers and other bad actors are going to take notice. In fact, some have already.
Fake accounts on Bluesky
On Wednesday, for example, an account claiming to be billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman went viral on Bluesky after it published a post suggesting that Bluesky should be acquired in order to stop the user exodus from Musk’s X. It was a fake. There have already been fake Gaza fundraiseraccounts …