You can leave your Twitter account in place—and you may want to, if there are particular accounts you want to follow that aren’t on Bluesky. Keeping your account also prevents anyone from taking your username (and maybe pretending to be you). You will need to log into your account periodically so your account isn’t deemed inactive.

After Donald Trump was reelected, interest in Bluesky Social has soared. Here's how the Twitter alternative differs from Elon Musk's X platform.

Bluesky appeared to crash on Thursday amid a surge in users as they apparently fled Elon Musk's X / Twitter. A status page for the Twitter alternative said some systems were down as of about 5:15 p.m.

The mass exodus includes stars like Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis and The Guardian newspaper, which announced that it would no longer be posting on its official X accounts

Bluesky is continuing to blow up. The Twitter-like service and alternative to Elon Musk’s X, has now surpassed 16 million users after seeing rapid growth in the days following the U.S. presidential election.

Bluesky has added 1.5 million users over the past week as former President Donald Trump’s election victory prompted users to flee X, the platform owned by Trump ally Elon Musk.

Since Elon Musk has taken over X in 2022, numerous celebrities and organizations made the decision to leave the app for various reasons. From Don Lemon to NPR, here is a list of those who have departed from X for good.