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What's Bluesky monetization strategy? Are they net positive financially? I ask because if they are operating on red, chances are they might start doing some of
by hu3 2y ago
What's Bluesky monetization strategy? Are they net positive financially?
I ask because if they are operating on red, chances are they might start doing some of the things Twitter currently does.
- rsynnott 2y agoThey've started charging for an easy verified domain thingy (https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-business-plan https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-business-plan - Doing it yourself involves messing with DNS records), and I _think_ they said they'd charge for longer/higher quality video uploads (video currently limited to 60s) and profile customisation stuff. They've claimed they won't do targeted ads; we'll see how long that lasts.
- vinay427 2y agoWhile this seems like a reasonable way to start monetising, I would add that the domain verification is very straightforward for anyone who's touched nameservers before. As an aside, their use of domains seems like a relatively clean way to inherit existing identity verification, particularly for organisations.
- rsynnott 2y ago> I would add that the domain verification is very straightforward for anyone who's touched nameservers before. This kind of feels like a bit of an example of this: https://xkcd.com/2501/ https://xkcd.com/2501/ :) Perhaps one in a thousand people on earth have ever even _heard_ of a nameserver. I'd agree that if you've done anything with one before, the domain verification is fairly trivial, but most people have not.
- vinay427 2y agoRight, I really just meant the last sentence in your comment but that could have been phrased more clearly. I definitely support having the easier option!
- lasc4r 2y agoI'm not sure you're aware of what's happening on Twitter, but for starters it's called X now for some reason, crazy I know.
- hu3 2y agoEveryone knows. That isn't remotely related to my question though.