Bluesky temporarily halts new signups to tackle performance challenges amid Twitter’s tweet restrictions
Bluesky, a decentralized social network similar to Twitter, has announced a temporary suspension of new signups in an effort to address ongoing performance issues. These problems arose following Twitter's implementation of restrictions on the number of tweets users can view per day. Although Bluesky still requires an invite code for membership, the recent influx of new users has proven challenging to manage.
In a recent statement, Bluesky expressed their intention to halt signups temporarily while their team works diligently to resolve the existing performance concerns. The post assured users that they will receive updates regarding the restoration of invite codes' functionality. The Bluesky team eagerly anticipates welcoming additional users to their beta version in the near future.
Why are Twitter users moving to Bluesky?
In recent news, Elon Musk made several announcements regarding changes on the platform. One of the changes involves Twitter blocking browsing access for users who are not logged in to their accounts. This action was followed by the implementation of a temporary 'view limit' on the number of posts a user can see per day.
Previously, Twitter did not impose any limitations on content viewing, allowing users to access unlimited posts. However, the platform has now introduced criteria such as account verification, unverified status, or new user status to determine the amount of content a user can view in a day.
Under the new policy, a verified account user can view up to 6000 posts per day, unverified account users are limited to 600 posts per day, and new unverified accounts are restricted to 300 posts per day.
Musk attributed the need for these changes to data scraping activities carried out by new AI startups that use the harvested data to train their large language models like ChatGPT. He expressed concern that this data exploitation was negatively impacting the experience of regular users. Consequently, Twitter took the step of blocking browsing access for the same reason.
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