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Jack Dorsey founded Blue Sky in response to what he viewed as the inherent flaws that plagued Twitter as a publicly traded company. As Kurt Wagner, a tech journalist and author of “Battle for the Bird,” explains, Dorsey believed that the pressures of quarterly earnings reports compelled Twitter to prioritize advertising revenue over free speech. This cycle of unfettered growth led to decisions that many felt compromised the platform’s integrity, like the decision to ban Donald Trump after the Capitol riots—a move that Dorsey later expressed discomfort about.