X users are fleeing to BlueSky: Here’s a quick-start guide on how to sign up

Users have been leaving Elon Musk's X in large numbers since the 2024 presidential election, with most settling on Bluesky, according to this guide. Bluesky has gained more than 100,000 new sign-ups per day since the U.S. election on Nov. 5 and now has over 15 million users. The article explains that anyone can now sign up at bsky.app, that the platform's Lists and Feeds work differently from X's features, and that posts are limited to 300 characters.