Luu Tuyen@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square265fedilinkarrow-up11.26Karrow-down124cross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoThat’s the same advantage all the other options have, too.
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSo you are of the opinion that the bluesky devs are currently lying about working to get it federated?
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI wasn’t thinking about that at all, but they probably aren’t trying very hard, if I had to guess. What’s their current monetization model?
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoNot sure. You can run your own instance right now so they have enabled that but you can’t yet federate with the main instance. I believe you can store your own data in your own instance though but I’m not sure.
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That’s the same advantage all the other options have, too.
So you are of the opinion that the bluesky devs are currently lying about working to get it federated?
I wasn’t thinking about that at all, but they probably aren’t trying very hard, if I had to guess. What’s their current monetization model?
Not sure. You can run your own instance right now so they have enabled that but you can’t yet federate with the main instance. I believe you can store your own data in your own instance though but I’m not sure.