alt Hacker NewsIt’s really impressive how well Bluesky is performing. It really feels like a throwback to older social media platforms with its simplicity and lack of dark-patterns. I’m concerned that all the great work on the platform, protocol, etc won’t shine in the long term as they eventually need to find a revenue source.
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They've done an incredible job running with an extremely low headcount and crazy efficient use of hardware. It would be easy to 10x their expenses if they were blindly following the standard cloud deployment playbook. Hopefully this level of efficiency mean they don't have to work as hard and can stay pre-revenue, a pure play, for a very long time.
Absolutely. The profit motive is the root of most evil. It is a shame that so many are trained to believe it is the only motive available.
I love Mastodon but I have to admit that BlueSky has clearly out-engineered them. Of course they started with much more expertise and resources. I hope ActivityPub compatibility soon to unite the two