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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Bluesky adds 1 million users after us election as users ditch x - The Untold Story

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The micro-blogging site Bluesky topped 15 million users [File: Richard Drew/AP Photo]

Social media platform Bluesky has gained more than one million new users since the US presidential election, benefitting from an exodus of people unhappy with the direction of X under billionaire owner Elon Musk.

The micro-blogging site said on Wednesday that it had topped 15 million users, up from about nine million in September.

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