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Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by sushid »

anderspitman wrote: post #128
quadrifoliate wrote: post #124

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What you say is true, but the Namecheap partnership is premature even taking that into account. Why? The high sensitivity domains that are most likely to want to be verified via the (mildly confusing) domain-to-user mapping on Bluesky already exist . To take your example, Apple is not likely to try and register iphone.apple.com on Namecheap. On the other hand, "normal" users who just want to chat with their friends a…

I agree this might confuse users initially, but we need to normalize owning and using domains. We also need to make it much easier and this is an important step.

Why? Why is that the goal of a Twitter alternative? Their goal should be to get users on there asap with core Twitter functionality. Everything else is a P2.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by troupo »

_cenw wrote: post #132
sigmar wrote: post #63

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"we shut down new user signups so we could focus on the really important stuff: acting as a frontend for namecheap"

At least they have a sign up. Threads is just an empty website in the EU right now.

> Threads is just an empty website in the EU right now.

And it should stay that way.

CJEU declares Meta/Facebook's GDPR approach largely illegal: https://noyb.eu/en/cjeu-declares-metafacebooks-gdpr-approach...

Threads won't launch until compliant with GDPR and Digital Markets Act: https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-...

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by greyface- »

dkh wrote: post #139
MarkMarine wrote: post #9

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I think it’s a little different. Maybe I’m just a nerd but some domains are cool and some are not.

The thing is, there is no @mark, if you have @mark on bluesky, your username is actually @mark.bsky.social. Every user is attached to a domain name no matter what, so this feature lets you at least use your own instead of theirs.

> The thing is, there is no @mark

Not yet! Is ICANN still accepting applications for new gTLDs?

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by moomoo11 »

I didn’t really understand the domain thing when I signed up with my invite. After that I never used it again.

Honestly all these social media apps like Twitter suck. I never used Twitter nor social media much, probably won’t change.

Personally, I’m out. Y’all have fun and enjoy.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by troupo »

routelastresort wrote: post #54
afavour wrote: post #3

Looks great. But maybe the effort should be going towards scaling up so they can remove the invite only requirement, Threads is going to actively eat Bluesky’s lunch while it remains.

90% of my timeline is on Threads is all stuff I don't even follow, while Bluesky is exactly what I ask for. Decentralized platforms are the only way to go, even if it's the centralized version and vision. The Zucc way of ramming (overly) suggested content and ads down your throat will die if there are alternatives.

> while Bluesky is exactly what I ask for

Not exactly. They can't even show you full timelines: https://bsky.app/profile/dholms.xyz/post/3jzsdcorxx42n

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by aroman »

netheril96 wrote: post #121
copperx wrote: post #101

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I'm surely bikeshedding, but isn't Bluesky a terrible name for a social network?

So is "Threads" in my opinion. But I downloaded Threads regardless.

wait really? i thought "Threads" was pretty genius. it's a social network where people post threads. people already know and use the word "threads". you post tiktoks on tiktok, reels on reels, and threads on threads.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by gls2ro »

dkh wrote: post #116

I must say, the number of people in here saying bluesky is dead because of Threads' overnight growth is surprising and upsetting. Believing all that matters is how fast they get users is hugely missing the point. Bluesky has been taking their time in order to get things right--and getting certain things right is very important. Twitter already exists; we need alternatives because things were handled wrong. For exampl…

IMO social media websites lives or dies by network effect

if threads get hundred million people in a short period and they start to write and interact with each other then that a good moat for them.

Might be that BlueSky is not trying to be a popular social media platform. But if they want to then having right now their signup closed is a very bad decision.

It is already hard to keep track of where each discussion is: twitter, mastodon, instagram, facebook, linkedin ...

I think people are maybe trying one more from what they currently have.

look at Clubhouse - they tried the invitation idea and died with it in their hands. When having so many platforms available almost no one waits for yet another one for 3 months to get their handle to finally talk with 10%of their existing network as their other 90% still waits their invitation.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by treve »

prakhar897 wrote: post #108

I don't get the argument that scaling is harder for startups than for Big Tech. 1. At Meta, you had to use internal "approved" tooling to build you product. which is far worse than products in open market. BlueSky can put it all on serverless like AWS Lambda and call it a day. 2. If funds are an issue, then raise more. There's no way around it. you had to scale sometime. Even if you optimise well, you'll still burn a…

New take on "I could build this in a weekend"

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by haakon »

tsimionescu wrote: post #144
devjab wrote: post #133

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Identity management is the biggest issue with social media. I'm on mastodon, but my "identity" is tied directly to the server instance that I'm on. If something happens to that server instance then I'm basically losing my "identity". If my "identity" was tied to a domain I owned then keeping it would be as simple as changing a few DNS settings. I don't know enough about Bluesky to say if it's actually going to be an…

Except of course when for whaetever reason you won't be able to pay your DNS provider for some time, and you'll lose your identity to someone else. DNS is really not a good platform to build personal identity on.

Domain names can also be taken from you if your adversaries are powerful enough. It happens regularly to controversial websites.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by joegahona »

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #127
threeseed wrote: post #66

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There is a related problem for Twitter which reminds me of the Altavista/Google days. Zuckerberg has said that they won't run ads until there is a credible path to 1 billion users. So for a year or more it will be Threads with no ads. And Twitter with according to their newly hired CEO "full-screen, sound-on" ads.

My Threads feed is full of massive brands promoting itselves already. Since you can't control the feed those are basically free ads. The only major difference will be that in the future those brands will be paying Meta for the privilege. Get the brands addicted with free engagement early on and then once they're good and hooked you start charging.

You can block them, which I’ve been doing more than I’d like today. I blocked Gary Vee, Wendy’s, the UFC, The Verge, Khloe Kardashian, and about a dozen more accounts I would never follow.
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