Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, scrapped its iconic blue bird and renamed the platform X, social media users have been pining for an alternative. From the not-yet-extinct Mastodon to Meta’s Instagram spinoff Threads, new social platforms have continued to emerge – and failed to live up to their hype. Enter Bluesky, the latest X competitor, which recently surpassed 20 million users, nearly doubling its numbers since September 2024. So – what is Bluesky? Bluesky…