- Bluesky acknowledged Dorsey’s departure, said that it was searching for a board member.
- Dorsey and Bluesky failed to elaborate on his departure.
Bluesky is a decentralized social media network that Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and Twitter CEO in 2019, created and financed. Dorsey has since resigned from his position on the board of directors.
In a post on May 5, Bluesky acknowledged Dorsey’s departure, said that it was “searching for a new board member,” and expressed gratitude for Dorsey’s assistance in initiating and securing funds for the project.
No Specific Reason Disclosed
In response to someone on X inquiring about Dorsey’s status on Bluesky’s board, he had curtly said “no” a few hours before. Dorsey and Bluesky failed to elaborate on his departure. On the other hand, the early supporter of Bluesky was busy promoting his open interest protocol grants on X and referring to the social network, which is now controlled by Elon Musk, as “freedom technology.”
X account for monitoring the social media activity of IT industry executives Big Tech Alert said that Dorsey has unfollowed “well over 2000 people,” narrowing his list of followers down to three individuals: Edward Snowden, Stella Assange (wife of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange), and Musk.
It seems like Dorsey and Musk may have patched things up, as he still follows Musk and endorses X. According to TechCrunch, Dorsey criticized Musk on Bluesky in April 2023, claiming that the board had no right to push the sale to Musk since he was mismanaging X.
After a delayed beta launch in March 2023, Bluesky finally opened to the public on February 7, 2024. Its own statistics indicate that it has around 5.6 million users.
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