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Jun 12, 2026TechCrunch
Bluesky launches group chats, shifting focus to community features
Bluesky has launched group chats and is strategically shifting its focus to community-centric features to compete with larger social networks like X. This move aims to differentiate the platform by offering more private, user-controlled spaces for engagement, especially as its user growth has slowed.
The new features include group chats for up to 50 people and a vision for distinct, manageable communities, a direction contrasting X's recent shuttering of its own community features.
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