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People elsewhere have said it before, and I'm going to echo their words: It is simply irresponsible to launch a new social media platform without a solution fo
by BaseballPhysics 3y ago
People elsewhere have said it before, and I'm going to echo their words: It is simply irresponsible to launch a new social media platform without a solution for trust and safety already in place.
That they did so puts their judgement in serious question.
- capableweb 3y agoDoes being a private, invite-only deployment count as launching nowadays? We used to reserve that word for when services publicly launch and are ready for the general public.
- ohgodplsno 3y agoWhen you're spamming about yourself throughout the internet, paying for publicity about how you super secret private exclusive club is so much better than Twitter, yes, it's a launch. In the same way that Clubhouse launched, despite being invite only.
- tedunangst 3y agoI don't think bluesky has control over other people hyping them. If they were buying Super Bowl ads, that would be one thing. Exuberant press from extremely online take makers is another.
- capableweb 3y ago> When you're spamming about yourself throughout the internet > paying for publicity about how you super secret private exclusive club is so much better than Twitter I haven't seen either of those things happening from the bluesky team. I've seen them talk about bluesky, which makes sense, but spamming? Neither have I seen any ads to join bluesky, which would be weird considering you cannot really join bluesky unless you get an invite. Where did you see the paid advertisement precisely?
- zamnos 3y agoHere's one I saw recently: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708385/bluesky-weather-report-moderation-app-store https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708385/bluesky-weather-r...
- capableweb 3y agoThere is nothing about that article that makes it evident it's a paid ad, where are you getting that assumption from?
- lordofgibbons 3y agoGetting users to use a new social media platform is an extremely difficult ask. What's the point of investing weeks/months building content moderation for "trust and safety" if nobody ends up using the platform?