Bluesky has gained a million new users in the last three days.

The platform posted about the milestone this afternoon, which it crossed after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered a ban on Elon Musk’s X yesterday as part of an ongoing feud with the platform.

Apparently, enough are headed to Bluesky to drive its iOS app to the top of the Brazilian App Store, as TechCrunch writes.

  • Rose@lemmy.zipEnglish
    282·
    2 months ago

    Mastodon allows you to transfer your followers when you migrate, so it’s not a big deal if you change your mind about the first instance you had chosen.

    • cheddar@programming.devEnglish
      311·
      2 months ago

      You lost an average user at “instance”, long before “transferring an account”. It’s a big deal.

      • Rose@lemmy.zipEnglish
        24·
        2 months ago

        That may be true for someone just looking to sign up with no help, but if they come across a guide or if their friend helps them, then it’s easy.

        • cheddar@programming.devEnglish
          17·
          2 months ago

          So you agree with me. To succeed, a product shouldn’t require a guide or a friend’s help to install and configure it. I work in IT, yet I don’t see people around me bothering with all that. Now think of your relatives, friends, people you see every day on the street or in a mall - they couldn’t care less.

          • Rose@lemmy.zipEnglish
            72·
            2 months ago

            Well, entering Mastodon in the search bar of a search engine today shows that it’s even easier than it was during the big Twitter exodus. The first link is mastodon.social. Clicking that lands you on a page where Create an account is highlighted in blue. From there, it’s the standard signup process everyone is used to.

            Edit: Rewrote the comment to focus on the actual flow today rather than anything speculative.