Jack Dorsey, the founder of the social media platform Twitter, has officially stepped down from the board of Bluesky, a decentralized social media platform he conceptualized during his tenure as CEO of Twitter in 2019. Bluesky aims to create an open-source and decentralized architecture for social media and was finally launched on the App Store in 2022.
Bluesky recently confirmed Dorsey’s departure from the board and stated that they are currently “seeking new board members” while expressing gratitude for Dorsey’s past contributions in initiating and funding the project. When asked by a user on X if he is still on the board of Bluesky, Dorsey simply replied, “No.” However, neither Bluesky nor Dorsey have provided an explanation for his decision to leave.
Jack Dorsey has actively been involved in the development of the Bitcoin ecosystem in recent years. For instance, his company, Block (formerly Square), announced last month that it had completed the development of 3-nanometer chips for Bitcoin mining and is collaborating with a leading global semiconductor foundry for design purposes.
On the 4th of this month, data privacy advocate Edward Snowden called for the Bitcoin protocol to enhance its privacy features on social media. Shortly after, Dorsey retweeted the post and announced that his charity initiative #startsmall would donate $21 million to OpenSats, a Bitcoin non-profit organization that supports Bitcoin and open-source project developers, to facilitate the widespread adoption of Bitcoin infrastructure.
Interestingly, after selling Twitter to Musk, Dorsey immediately shifted his focus to his own community-based social media platform, Bluesky, stating, “I don’t think (Musk) is the best steward of Twitter.” He was dissatisfied with the chaos that ensued after Musk took over Twitter.
However, on the 4th of this month, Dorsey also tweeted, “Don’t rely on corporations to grant you rights. Use freely available tech for self-defense,” and added in parentheses at the end of the tweet, “You’re using one now,” implying that X platform is also a form of freely available technology. It seems that the relationship between the two parties has somewhat eased.
In recent days, for unknown reasons, Dorsey’s official X account has unfollowed over 2,000 people, leaving only Musk, Stella Assange (the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange), and Edward Snowden.
In the comments section of a tweet where people complained about how bad X has become, Dorsey also mentioned that the only way to “fix” the X algorithm is by using open protocols and called on companies to strive for improvement based on this foundation.
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