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Bluesky has added almost a million users one day after opening to the public

Bluesky has gained more than 850,000 users bringing its total sign-ups to just over 4 million/

Graber has said that Bluesky intended to grow at a slower pace so that it could build it the platform, and the underlying protocol, without the added pressure sudden surges in growth can cause. Some of those concerns were borne out over the last day as the spike in activity led to some technical issues on the site, including problems with the app’s custom feeds and a brief outage overnight. Its open-source protocol functions like a “permanently open” API, according to Graber, and the site already has dozens of developers building their own experiences.

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