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With TikTok's future in the U.S. uncertain, it feels like major social media platforms are working overtime to ship features to attract the millions

There’s a reported uptick in bots spamming the hot new social platform, throwing a wrench in its plans to compete with X and Threads.

Up-and-coming social media startup Bluesky names Seattle as its headquarters on its official LinkedIn account. Chunks of its workforce, including much of its C-suite, call Seattle home. And locals fun

Instagram recently announced CapCut video editing rival Edits, and now X (formerly Twitter) and Bluesky are both rolling out vertical video feeds. "An immersive new home for videos is rolling out to users in the U.S. today," posted X's official account on Sunday.

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X and Bluesky both have new short form video feeds with infinite scroll and ambitions of taking on TikTok, but each one takes a slightly different approach.

Bluesky also gave a shout-out to AT Protocol developers — the decentralized protocol that Bluesky relies on — who are using it to build video-only TikTok alternatives like Tik.Blue, Skylight.Social, and Bluescreen.Blue, which are currently in early development.

The NFL is sticking to its guns about how its team members use social media — namely, by keeping teams off of X competitor Bluesky. This tidbit comes courtesy of the sports media site Awful Announcing,

The Patriots initially had an account on the competitor of “X” (formerly Twitter), but were asked to remove it by the league office, per VP of content for Kraft Sports & Entertainment/New England Patriots Fred Kirsch.