Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has left the board of directors of Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform that he conceived and funded during his tenure as CEO of Twitter in 2019. Dorsey himself revealed this news in a response to community questions on X.
At the same time, the official Bluesky account on its platform confirmed Jack Dorsey’s departure and stated that they are currently looking for new board members, while also expressing gratitude for Dorsey’s help in launching and funding the project. However, neither Bluesky nor Jack Dorsey have explained the reasons behind his decision to leave.
In late 2019, Jack Dorsey announced the Bluesky project, stating on Twitter that the company “funded a small independent team composed of five open-source architects, engineers, and designers responsible for developing an open and decentralized community media standard.” Bluesky only released a beta version in March 2023 and opened up to the public on February 7, 2024. According to its own statistics, it currently has approximately 5.6 million users.
Interestingly, based on the interaction content on the X platform, Jack Dorsey seems to have recently been immersed in promoting open-source protocols. He has recently unfollowed over 2,000 people for unknown reasons, reducing his following list to just three individuals: Elon Musk, Stella Asange (the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange), and Edward Snowden.
