Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Resigns from Bluesky's Board, Spurs Speculation of Reunion with Elon Musk
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Jack Dorsey, Twitter's co-founder, has stepped down from the board of Bluesky, a decentralized social network platform that he had founded and financed in 2019. The reasons for his departure have not been disclosed. Dorsey stays active on another social platform, X, continuing to endorse his grants for open interest protocols and supporting Elon Musk's ownership of the network. His recent decisions may suggest a reconciliation between Musk and him, despite former disputes. Bluesky, revealed publicly by Dorsey in 2019, opened to all in early 2024 and currently reports 5.6 million users.
Jack Dorsey, Twitter's co-founder, has stepped down from the board of the decentralized social media platform, Bluesky, which he had envisioned and financed in 2019 during his tenure as Twitter's Chief Executive Officer. Bluesky made Dorsey's departure official through a post on May 5, expressing their search for a new board member while extending gratitude towards Dorsey for initiating and funding the venture. Prior to this confirmation, Dorsey had simply replied with a "no" to a query on X about his current position on Bluesky's board. The reasons behind his decision to depart were neither disclosed by Dorsey nor Bluesky. Any request for a comment was left unanswered by Bluesky. Source: BlueSky
Despite stepping down, Dorsey, who is also an early supporter of Bluesky, continued to endorse his grants for open interest protocols on X, while referring to the social network now owned by Elon Musk as "freedom technology". Source: Jack Dorsey
A social activity monitoring account on X, Big Tech Alert, reported that Dorsey had ceased following more than 2000 individuals, only maintaining his connections with three people: Musk, Stella Assange - the spouse of the incarcerated founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, and former NSA contract worker and whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Dorsey's decision to retain Musk on his follow list and his endorsement of X can be seen as a patching up of differences between the two. Dorsey was critical of Musk in April of the previous year when he took to Bluesky to voice his discontent about Musk's management of X and its forced sale to him, according to a report by TechCrunch.
During his time as CEO of Twitter, Dorsey unveiled Bluesky in late 2019, sharing that the company was "supporting a small independent team comprising open source designers, architects, and engineers with the goal of developing a decentralized standard for social media."
It wasn't until March 2023 that Bluesky rolled out its beta version, which was made available to the general public on Feb. 7, 2024. As per its own data, the platform has amassed a user base of about 5.6 million.
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5/6/2024 9:13:42 AM
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