One of the most promising related projects under development is Reelo, a “TikTok for Bluesky.” Reelo is designed as a “video-first” app for the Bluesky platform. However, it won’t be your traditional third-party client built on the BlueSky API.

There are a number of projects now underway that are focused on developing a video-first app for the open source social network Bluesky. However, one

Bluesky also gave a shout-out to AT Protocol developers — the decentralized protocol that Bluesky relies on — who are using it to build video-only TikTok alternatives like Tik.Blue, Skylight.Social, and Bluescreen.Blue, which are currently in early development.

Social network Bluesky is doubling down on video. After it added a new TikTok-like custom video feed last week in the wake of the U.S. ban on the popular

The law banning the popular short form video app from app stores has still gone into effect, new users still can’t download it, and Trump’s executive order postponing enforcement of the ban only gives Bytedance 75 days to come up with a solution.

When TikTok went off the air (to use a very old-fashioned phrase), there was a scramble to find an alternative to its shortform video feed — and a similar scramble by various social networks to provide that alternative. (In fact, while I was writing this, Tumblr launched its new Tumblr TV feature.) The question is: how successful are they?

While Bluesky added a TikTok mode to take advantage of the current instability, Vine might do one better: a full-on comeback!

If TikTok bites the dust (as it is expected to do on Sunday ), billionaire Mark Cuban says he’d be open to financing an alternative video-sharing platform that is built off the protocol developed by microblogging site Bluesky.

Bluesky is not the only app that could serve as a destination for TikTok users. Elon Musk says that X (formerly Twitter) is "looking into" bringing Vine back. X (then Twitter) purchased Vine in 2012. Back then, Vine did not even have an iOS app. Vine remained active until 2017, when it was shut down.

X and BlueSky are looking to capitalize on the TikTok fiasco by rolling out their own form of vertical, swipeable video feeds on both apps.

If you are looking to decrease your TikTok and social media usage, here are a few apps to try. And who knows, maybe you'll become less reliant on the app in the process.

With TikTok’s future in limbo, rivals X (formerly Twitter) and Bluesky have introduced vertical video feeds similar to those popularized by the China-based platform. The announcements were made late on Jan.