Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down

Just to say the obvious: the new CEO is a VC partner and former CEO of Automattic. That seems very bad, no matter how "committed" they are to the vision of Bluesky.

Re: Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down

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Post by asymmetric » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC

And so it begins.

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Post by TyrunDemeg101 » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

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Post by amadeuspagel » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC

> and proved that a values-driven social network could thrive at scale.

How could a social network, or anything humans create, not be values-driven?

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Post by plsft » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 7:32 PM UTC

multisport wrote: post #4

Just to say the obvious: the new CEO is a VC partner and former CEO of Automattic. That seems very bad, no matter how "committed" they are to the vision of Bluesky.

thats not a good sign

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Post by jsheard » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC

multisport wrote: post #4

Just to say the obvious: the new CEO is a VC partner and former CEO of Automattic. That seems very bad, no matter how "committed" they are to the vision of Bluesky.

He's only meant to be filling in temporarily per the Wired article, but we'll see.

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Post by _heimdall » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC

amadeuspagel wrote: post #7

> and proved that a values-driven social network could thrive at scale. How could a social network, or anything humans create, not be values-driven?

Values aren't the only motivator, unless you take an extremely broad definition of values.