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What does the X exodus to Bluesky mean for journalism?

By Craig Robertson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford

When Elon Musk took over Twitter and changed its name to X, many users vowed to move to another platform. First was talk of a shift to Mastodon that never seemed to catch on. Then Meta tried to make Threads appealing by linking the app to Instagram – but this hasn’t had much…

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