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Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by PenguinCoder »

jakebsky wrote: post #128
alexb_ wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe I'm just being a hater, but the inspiration being a web browser that failed after being acquired by AOL at dot-com level stupid high prices, doesn't inspire confidence at all. Sure, it helped pave the way for Firefox, but Netscape itself never actually did anything.

Netscape created the first highly usable web browser, which introduced most people to the web. They also created SSL (TLS), JavaScript, the first high performance web server, and much more that that made the web go.

Highly *used.

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by kibwen »

lapcat wrote: post #108
treyd wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can migrate your account between instances and take your followers and follows with you. Server shutdowns are rare, since administrators tend to proactively limit registrations when activity starts to be a financial burden. Avoiding the growth-at-all-costs mindset means that instances can stay sustainable.

> You can migrate your account between instances and take tour followers and follows with you. You can if the server is operational. If the server not operational and cooperative, you can't. And you can't migrate your posts, only your followers. > Server shutdowns are rare Not rare enough though.

> You can if the server is operational.

And if Bluesky's servers stop being operational? Where is your data hosted?

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Post by londons_explore »

jakebsky wrote: post #98
coldpie wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not a very inspiring answer :( The consequences of taking VC money are going to come home to roost at some point.

We'll see! The history of funded companies popularizing open protocols is not without precedent. I'm inspired by Netscape, which was the VC-backed company that made the web happen.

Wow, all those VC's must have walked away very rich, considering how popular the web turned out to be!!!

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by psionides »

kevinmchugh wrote: post #24

I've been on for a few months now. It feels like 2014 Twitter in that it doesn't have gifs or video, so you will see some very good jokes. A number of people I used to follow on Twitter are over there but seem to have broken out of the posting habit and are quieter now. When I look at the "discover" tab I don't usually see much stuff that's interesting to me. It's a lot of men posting thirst-traps, furries, bog stand…

Yeah, I strongly dislike this blocking culture there, because blocking also affects the other person's experience on the site - they won't be able to follow threads where you're involved. There's no reason to not use muting instead if you just want to get someone out of your view, except if you do it out of spite.

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by cdchn »

radlad wrote: post #23
jakebsky wrote: post #15

This is a big milestone for Bluesky! We've had the federation sandbox running for over six months but we're now able to commit to open federation on the production network this month as well. There's also stackable moderation coming shortly, which enables other individuals/orgs to operate moderation labeling services that users can choose to use. The technical challenges of setting up an (efficiently) scalable decent…

> There's also stackable moderation coming shortly, which enables other individuals/orgs to operate moderation labeling services that users can choose to use. Very excited for this - IMO, this is federated social media's biggest promise.

"We tag trolls so you don't have to."

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by JimDabell »

jakebsky wrote: post #73
coldpie wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The obvious question is what your business model is. I know about your "we plan to sell domains" post from a bit ago[1], but that seems... optimistic, to me. Not sure I want to buy into yet another startup with no business model (e.g. Keybase). [1] https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-business-plan

Bluesky is in good financial shape for quite some time based on existing funding. And we're also working hard to be sustainable, which we believe is entirely feasible given our small team. But we're also ensuring that everything required to make the network sustainable over time is completely open.

> we're also working hard to be sustainable

When people ask you what your business model is, they are asking you how you are going to do this.

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by edavis »

patwolf wrote: post #72

Sign up. See the default feed is full of posts celebrating the death of Toby Keith. Delete Account.

I think the "default feed" you're seeing is the "Discover" custom feed that shows up if you haven't followed anybody. Once you do that, your "default feed" is what your follows have posted in reverse chronological order.

IMO, the "Discover" feed can be a bit much sometimes. It's very much the collective id of a certain type of social media poster. And not always my cup of tea.

But the beauty of Bluesky is there are millions of accounts and thousands of custom feeds you can pick from to tailor your experience.

For example, here's one where people share photos of mushrooms: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hsqwcidfez66lwm3gxhfv5in/fe...

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by rvz »

Unsurprisingly, as predicted they eventually lifted the invite system.

Unfortunately the interest in Bluesky is not the same as it was, but still a viable Twitter alternative when compared to the others.

But my goodness this certainly did not age well at all. [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35876304

Re: Bluesky signups are now open to the public

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Post by cdchn »

jillesvangurp wrote: post #80
anhner wrote: post #65

Requiring phone number is a straight no go from me, sorry.

And it rejects my german phone number. So, double fail. What's this obsession with using phone numbers. It's 2024! Any scammer can buy a burner phone. Owning a phone proves nothing other than that you own a phone.

I hate tying phone numbers to identity but it is a way to slow down the ability to create massive heaps of bot accounts. There really isn't a better way. (Insert "better ways" that aren't actually better ways below)
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