Jack Dorsey, The founder and former CEO of the social networking app Twitter, has unveiled a new social media platform called ‘Bluesky’.
The launch is coming bare one week after serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, took over Twitter as the owner and CEO.
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Jack, as he is fondly called, says the new app gives creators independence from platforms and developers while enabling users freedom to customise their experience by giving them control over their algorithms.
Bluesky is currently in its testing phase, with over 30,000 people already signed up for its beta testing within two days of the announcement.
Meanwhile, Bluesky has announced several job opportunities in the company, including UI site manager, mobile application developer, animation creator, and react native expert.
Jack Dorsey’s involvement in Twitter
Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitter on March 21, 2006, briefly serving as its CEO, and returning as CEO between 2015 and 2021 when he stepped down. He is, however, still involved with Twitter.
He rolled over his over 18 million shares in Twitter which is about 2.4 per cent stake, into the 16 year old company as an equity investor as opposed to receiving a cash payout.
