Bluesky reported one million new users after President-elect Trump tapped X owner Musk for his next administration.

In theory, Bluesky allows users to customise their feed by choosing the algorithm that drives what they see. It allows users to have website addresses as their handles which makes the interactions authentic as opposed to the swarm of bots on X. Additionally, it could act as a verification tool for public figures, athletes and journalists.

“The U.S. presidential election served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse,” The Guardian said.

Here's how I started an account on Bluesky, an app some users say they're leaving Elon Musk's X for after the US presidential election.

Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of Twitter, now known as X, before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022.

Following the US election, X has seen hundreds of thousands of users leave, driven by rising hate speech and Elon Musk's pro-Donald Trump stance.

As discontent with Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) grows, Bluesky has emerged as a fresh alternative, attracting millions of users in search of a better social media experience. Founded in 2019 by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey,