Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the founder of Bluesky
American politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or more familiar with the abbreviation AOC sets a new record on social networks. Of course, she is the first person who managed to achieve impressive statistics by obtaining one million subscribers on Bluesky – a decentralized platform.
A post-electoral phenomenon
After the US election, Bluesky has developed very fast and increased its users up to three times during the three months. This has been the case because new members such as AOC, who was elected to office in April 2023, have joined them. She has already posted 437 times, introducing herself as a “former waitress, congresswoman now for Bronx and Queens”. Her profile also says that she is ‘elected by the grassroots, supported by small donors’. A better world is possible.”
Unprecedented popularity
Although Bluesky is most popular, with nearly 17 million followers in the official account, AOC transects individual liberal accounts. She has more followers than stars George Takei and Mark Hamill – 1,032 729. Of course, it simply proves the fact that it is advantageous to be a retired television show ‘Star… and have active, engaging, liberal minded, global perspectives!
Satire and news: the winning combo
The buffoonery found in The Onion and The New York Times has the highest circulation of 769,718 and 762,499 subscribers respectively in terms of Publications. This means that satire is being used as a mostly reliable source of information.