Bluesky has gone down in what appears to be a major outage.
The X competitor, which surged in popularity in the wake of Elon Musk’s purchase of what was then Twitter, is refusing to let users log in or to show them posts.
Some users struggled to log in at all, while others could only see blank posts instead of the usual feed of updates.
The problems were prevalent across the morning, according to tracking website Down Detector. They appeared to be reported across the world.
Bluesky operates an official status page which is built to give updates on outages, but that also appeared to be affected by the problems.
The site was originally launched in 2019, as part of Twitter, with a view to making the site less centralised. The two sites were split after the purchase by Elon Musk in 2022, and it launched a year later.
Since then, it has become a popular alternative to what has now been re-named X, especially among users who object to Musk’s political views and the changes he has made to the service.
