With many users leaving Elon Musk‘s X (formerly Twitter), the decentralized social media platform Bluesky has recently experienced an unprecedented surge in user sign-ups.
With over a million new users joining daily, the platform now boasts more than 19 million users globally. At the forefront of this rapid growth is Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky, whose vision is reshaping the landscape of social networking.
But who is Graber, and what does this surge mean for the future of social media?
Who Owns Bluesky?
Bluesky was initially conceived as a project within Twitter in 2019, inspired by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s vision of creating a “decentralized” social network.
The idea was to develop an open protocol that would allow independent developers to build their own social networks on top of it, giving users more control over their online identities and experiences.
In 2021, Bluesky became an independent public benefit corporation, separating itself from Twitter. This move was …