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Why do they need to, except for letting them read postings and follow selected users/entities? To avoid the cesspool effect, Bluesky should just charge publish
by shiroiushi 2y ago
Why do they need to, except for letting them read postings and follow selected users/entities?
To avoid the cesspool effect, Bluesky should just charge publishers (anyone who wants to post) a high monthly fee, and make user accounts for reading free. Then governments or companies or anyone else can just use it as their announcement service.
People who want to chat can use Reddit or whatever.
- bostik 2y ago> To avoid the cesspool effect, Bluesky should just charge publishers (anyone who wants to post) a high monthly fee So they should become a subscription-based press release distribution channel? That doesn't sound too different from the "verified" account practice at current Twitter, just more expensive.
- shiroiushi 2y agoNon-verified accounts on Twitter can still post, respond to posts, etc. I'm proposing that they don't allow this, and in fact simply disable replies altogether. It should just be a one-way announcement service.
- johneth 2y agoThat's called a newsletter.
- shiroiushi 2y agoExactly! That's all anyone really needs here. Official government accounts don't need comments from the peanut gallery (random people, who might not even be constituents) every time they make an official announcement.
- Petersipoi 2y agoSounds to me like you want to build a platform that nobody uses
- muddi900 2y agoDid the limited audience save twitter from the cesspool? Even before Elon, it was a shit place to be.