Bluesky is thriving. A week after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, the platform had gained a million users. By the second w

Rose Wang, Bluesky COO: ‘People are tired of the algorithm deciding everything’

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2024-11-27 10:00:05

Bluesky is thriving. A week after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, the platform had gained a million users. By the second week, it was adding a million new users per day. As of Sunday, the user base had reached 22 million. And everything indicates it will continue to grow amid the widespread dissatisfaction with Elon Musk’s management of X.

Rose Wang, a 33-year-old San Francisco resident, is the chief operating officer (COO) for this rapidly growing social network. A Harvard psychology graduate with a background in various digital and AI-focused startups, Wang says she joined Bluesky at the suggestion of CEO Jay Garber, who is also 33. “One of the most important things about women being in charge is just that they pull other women up with them,” Wang explains via video call. “When you have a company that’s either all one gender or all one race, then oftentimes the team’s perspective is incomplete.”

The young executive is optimistic about Bluesky’s future, emphasizing that her team — comprising just 20 employees — is “dynamic, agile, and highly experienced in the social media space.”

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