{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"da.news","provider_url":"https:\/\/da.news\/en\/","title":"X replacement with benefits - da.news","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TShgqIDuUr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/da.news\/en\/x-replacement-with-benefits\/\">X replacement with benefits<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/da.news\/en\/x-replacement-with-benefits\/embed\/#?secret=TShgqIDuUr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#x201C;X replacement with benefits&#x201D; &#x2013; da.news\" data-secret=\"TShgqIDuUr\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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The booming microblogging service Bluesky not only represents a suitable alternative to X, but also offers users real advantages: This is the conclusion reached by a research team with leading participation from TU Darmstadt in a study of the platform with the blue butterfly logo. In protest against owner and tech billionaire Elon Musk, millions of users worldwide have been leaving the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, for months. Many of them are migrating to its competitor Bluesky, launched in 2022. Together with international research partners, scientists from TU Darmstadt have now presented the first comprehensive data analysis of Bluesky. The researchers, led by TU Darmstadt's first author Leonhard Balduf from the Communication Networks group (Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology), presented their findings at the renowned ACM IMC conference. While Bluesky may appear \"at first glance to be a clone of X,\" it actually offers significantly more features, explains Balduf. The participatory platform is based on fundamentally different principles and architectures. Among the biggest advantages over centralized networks like Facebook or X were openness, transparency, participation, and a more equitable distribution of power. Bluesky users have significantly more control over their own data and identity, as well as over the content displayed to them, according to the study. Instead of relying on a single feed dictated by an unknown algorithm, users can choose from tens of thousands of generated feeds, mostly created by other users. Similarly, Bluesky offers greater freedom of choice and control over moderation, which is also largely community-driven. Furthermore, all necessary components are available as open-source software and can therefore, in principle, be operated by any user. \"Bluesky's open architecture empowers at least tech-savvy users to make a significant contribution to core aspects of a social network, namely the recommendation and moderation of content,\" explains Professor Bj\u00f6rn Scheuermann, head of the Communication Networks department. \"And we have found that this opportunity is being actively used by the community.\" For scientists, Bluesky, with its transparency and openness, is \"a paradise,\" especially since Twitter\/X, through the introduction of exorbitant fees, has practically prevented access to user data for independent research purposes. However, according to the study, in addition to its major advantages, the decentralized platform also has drawbacks. For example, there is increasing discussion about who owns the rights to the content and how open data access can be protected from misuse, explains Balduf. It has also become apparent that the system could potentially be overwhelmed by its rapid growth, and the future financing of the currently ad-free service remains an open question. Since the relatively young platform was opened to the public in February 2024, the number of users has increased tenfold, from approximately 2.5 million to around 28 million today. In addition to TU Darmstadt, five other universities from Great Britain, France, and China participated in the study. The TU Darmstadt researchers contributed the majority of the data collection and analysis. Among other things, they examined content moderation. The study was partly financed by funds from the recently terminated Collaborative Research Centre \u201cMulti-Mechanism Adaptation for the Future Internet\u201d (DARMSTADT \u2013 TU \/ MAKI)."}