Now that Bluesky has opened to the public, the team has decided it's finally time to let world leaders participate as well. A publication from the official. The account notified users on Friday: “By the way…we are lifting our 'no heads of state' policy.” The policy has been in place for the past year as Bluesky overcame all the teething problems of being a fledgling social network.
Bluesky remained an invitation-only platform from its launch in February 2023 until February of this year, when it finally left the waitlist. had said last May that it was not ready for heads of state to join, and even asked users to notify its support team “before inviting prominent figures.” Since then, he has grown to over 5 million users, just the day after he stopped requiring invite codes.