Social networking startup Bluesky, which just reported a gain of half a million users over the past day, has now soared into the top five apps on the U.S.

And it appears the change in the block function was enough for some users to flee to a new social media platform. X alternative Bluesky announced on Thursday that it had gained half a million new users in the 24 hours since X made the formal announcement about the change.

Not happy with X due to the incoming change for blocking? You wouldn’t be alone – and others are seriously unhappy with new AI scraping policy, too.

Bluesky, a Twitter alternative, is gaining traction and attracting users from X. Musk's proposed blocking changes on X may lead to increased user migration to platforms like Bluesky. Meta's Threads, another alternative to Twitter,