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Response from the CEO https://twitter.com/arcalinea/status/1651790592639397890 https://twitter.com/arcalinea/status/1651790592639397890 Not a lot of new informa

by sp332 4y ago

Response from the CEO https://twitter.com/arcalinea/status/1651790592639397890 https://twitter.com/arcalinea/status/1651790592639397890 Not a lot of new information except that an updated ToS is expected soon.

verdverm 4y ago
I mean it is kind of revealing, either 1. The CEO is lying 2. The CEO did not read the ToS the lawyers wrote && did not expect these terms from the "standard social media ToS" they requested from the lawyers Both are not a good impression to give for the brand BlueSky is trying to create I really think we need a non-profit foundation for the social media protocols that will replace the walled gardens we have today.
- wmf 4y ago
  We've been through this a dozen times; it's always #2.
  - verdverm 4y ago
    I'm more apt to believe #1 as a form of crisis response not well thought through
  - yazzku 4y ago
    For-profit that sells an illusion of control with hot words like 'federated'. We haven't been there either.
- hgsgm 4y ago
  CEO is obviously lying. "My lawyers disobeyed my instructions" is wholly unbecoming a CEO. CEO's job is to get the big stuff right, not pass the buck to the people who work for her.
  - verdverm 4y ago
    That is not what this person said. They got what they asked the lawyers for, they are not blaming the lawyers
- dgellow 4y ago
  I don't think people realize how beta the platform is. The whole thing is a kind of a (extremely high quality) hack that wasn't expected to host 50k people. They went with the ToS they got without polishing and are iterating in real-time.
  - verdverm 4y ago
    Moving fast is no excuse for being sloppy with legal documents.
- wintermutestwin 4y ago
  >I really think we need a non-profit foundation for the social media So much this! It is not like it requires faang level engineering to provide the valuable parts (to the user) of these services. I'd gladly donate to a nonprofit whose only political agenda is privacy and data sovereignty.

by sp332 4y ago

verdverm 4y ago

I mean it is kind of revealing, either 1. The CEO is lying 2. The CEO did not read the ToS the lawyers wrote && did not expect these terms from the "standard social media ToS" they requested from the lawyers Both are not a good impression to give for the brand BlueSky is trying to create I really think we need a non-profit foundation for the social media protocols that will replace the walled gardens we have today.

wmf 4y ago
We've been through this a dozen times; it's always #2.
- verdverm 4y ago
  I'm more apt to believe #1 as a form of crisis response not well thought through
- yazzku 4y ago
  For-profit that sells an illusion of control with hot words like 'federated'. We haven't been there either.
hgsgm 4y ago
CEO is obviously lying. "My lawyers disobeyed my instructions" is wholly unbecoming a CEO. CEO's job is to get the big stuff right, not pass the buck to the people who work for her.
- verdverm 4y ago
  That is not what this person said. They got what they asked the lawyers for, they are not blaming the lawyers
dgellow 4y ago
I don't think people realize how beta the platform is. The whole thing is a kind of a (extremely high quality) hack that wasn't expected to host 50k people. They went with the ToS they got without polishing and are iterating in real-time.
- verdverm 4y ago
  Moving fast is no excuse for being sloppy with legal documents.
wintermutestwin 4y ago
>I really think we need a non-profit foundation for the social media So much this! It is not like it requires faang level engineering to provide the valuable parts (to the user) of these services. I'd gladly donate to a nonprofit whose only political agenda is privacy and data sovereignty.