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With Donald Trump securing a massive victory in US Presidential election, several X users left the social media platform and switched to different alternatives like Bluesky, CNN reported. Notably, this is the largest exit from social media ever since Elon Musk took over the platform in 2022.

According to the report by CNN, over 1,15,000 US users deactivated their X accounts the day after the election, and this figure only includes those who deactivated through the website, excluding mobile app users, CNN reported citing a report of digital intelligence platform Similarweb.

This change comes after Musk's significant impact on the US presidential election.

Bluesky's user base has surged over the past 90 days, now reaching 15 million, with 1 million new sign-ups in just one week.

According to CNN, Musk spent months using X to support President-elect Donald Trump. Researchers report increased use of sexist language on X, such as "your body, my choice."

Musk's prior decisions, including cutting moderation, restoring suspended accounts, permitting hate speech, and altering the verification system to prioritize paying users, all contributed to a significant drop in the company’s core ad revenue.

Notably, prominent journalists Charlie Warzel, the New York Times' Mara Gay, and former CNN anchor Don Lemon announced their exit from X this week, joining Bluesky.

British news publisher The Guardian announced on Wednesday that it is quitting X, citing concerns over Musk's influence during the US election process.

The Guardian, in an official post on Wednesday, also said that it will no longer post from any official Guardian accounts on the site.

Further, it said that the recent US election underlined its view that X is a "toxic" platform and that Musk uses it to influence politics.

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Having campaigned actively for Donald Trump in the presidential race, Musk has been named one of the two leaders of a newly formed "department of government efficiency."

In its message to its readers, The Guardian said, "We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere."

The publication said that its journalists will continue to use X as a news-gathering source. X, it said, "now plays a "diminished role in promoting our work."

"We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles. The nature of live news reporting means we will still occasionally embed content from X within our article pages," it said.

The Guardian has over 80 accounts on X with approximately 27 million followers.