Is Bluesky Billionaire-Proof?
theintercept.com
Questions and answers about the new social media network Bluesky that you don’t need an invite to see. First, Jack Dorsey is not an owner.
  • Kichae@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It… It’s already backed by billionaires. Owned by billionaires. How is this a question?

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 year ago

      Can’t be ruined by billionaires if it’s already in that state upon its creation taps forehead

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Right in the article they are discussing adding ads and premium subscriptions features in the future.

    I can already see the timeline for BlueSky over the next few years:

    • Receive startup venture capital
    • Provide a useful, user-friendly service
    • Grow a userbase <-- (you are here)
    • Add a few more useful features, continue growing
    • Dominate the market, run at a loss
    • Add less useful features like ads, premium features, subscriptions
    • People complain, but most are too hooked in to leave
    • The useful features added earlier start getting removed, content gets sanitized <-- (Imgur, Reddit is here)
    • Big fundraising campaign, IPO, or bought out by big corp or the melon husk of the day.
    • Content quality goes way downhill, actively making life harder for users, volunteers and staff, bots rampant, more stupid features, monetization monetization monetization <-- (Twitter is here)
    • People leave for another useful, user-friendly service