Detroit Metro Times readers can follow us on Bluesky, an alternative social media platform that has exploded in popularity in recent days and is now the No. 1 downloaded app on Apple’s App store.
Our Bluesky page can be found at @metrotimes.com.
Founded in 2019 by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Bluesky’s popularity has surged following last week’s U.S. presidential election.
That’s due to Twitter’s new billionaire owner Elon Musk, who renamed the company X after purchasing it in 2022 and swiftly moved to reprogram it to push right-wing propaganda, hate speech, and his support for Donald Trump. (In exchange, President-elect Trump recently appointed Musk to lead a new “department of government efficiency.”)
Musk’s meddling with X has turned off many users opposed to Trump, with Bluesky reportedly gaining more than 1 million followers in the past week. Metro Times already has 3,000 followers there.
You can also follow Metro Times editor-in-chief Lee DeVito (@leedevito.bsky.social) and investigative reporter Steve “the Motor City Muckraker” Neavling (@mcmuckraker.bsky.social) on Bluesky as well.
(Additionally, you’ll find our sister papers Cincinnati CityBeat, @citybeatcincy.bsky.social, and the Louisville Eccentric Observer, @leoweekly.bsky.social.)
Aside from Bluesky, you can also follow Metro Times on Facebook, Threads, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
