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BS is a cynical data-grab and will lock down and back-stab its users as soon as it can do so and be competitive.

ericjmorey 2y ago
I'm thinking that it's a cynical way to put all the data on an open network rather than a gated and paywalled one. As far as I can tell, Bluesky is still entirely funded by Twitter and that will eventually be cut off. They're betting on the Google/Mozilla type relationship to be maintained for now. They need to make the indexing service easier to replicate before that happens or the network will collapse when funds dry up.
- jazzyjackson 2y ago
  They have nothing to do with Twitter anymore. Last round was funded by Blockchain Capital https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a
sumeno 2y ago
Even if true, which I'm skeptical of, social media sites don't have to be permanent. It's no different from any other service being enshittified, just use it until it sucks and then stop.
threeseed 2y ago
As opposed to X, which told users it would be using their content to train Grok. No matter which way you spin it, Bluesky is significantly better than X.
- AI_beffr 2y ago
  except on X you can actually say what you think. https://x.com/search?q=bluesky%20banned&src=typed_query&f=top https://x.com/search?q=bluesky%20banned&src=typed_query&f=to...
  - andelink 2y ago
    I can't even view that link without logging in
  - wrboyce 2y ago
    https://x.com/elonjet https://x.com/elonjet …weird
    - AI_beffr 2y ago
      not really. its stalking. it poses a direct threat to someones safety. and people arent even supposed to have that information under the current rules... thats why its only possible to get his jets location by crowd-sourcing it. anonymity for high profile passengers is a legitimate concern, enough for the FAA to bake it into how these flights are tracked. soon this loophole will be closed and then what will you point to? how could you seriously compare this to being banned for saying something that is politically incorrect?
  - teddyfrozevelt 2y ago
    you can't even say "cis" on twitter without the tweet getting hidden
  - inpdx 2y ago
    Elon just posted a Tweet that if you post pictures of food you can get banned. Food. It's run at the caprice of a thin-skinned Napoleon at this point.
- blitzar 2y ago
  Tweets seem a truly terrible way to train Ai.
  - Bengalilol 2y ago
    In my opinion : yes. But when you think about who Elon became, I think … Yeah a truly terrible way to train an AI.

I'm thinking that it's a cynical way to put all the data on an open network rather than a gated and paywalled one. As far as I can tell, Bluesky is still entirely funded by Twitter and that will eventually be cut off. They're betting on the Google/Mozilla type relationship to be maintained for now. They need to make the indexing service easier to replicate before that happens or the network will collapse when funds dry up.

jazzyjackson 2y ago
They have nothing to do with Twitter anymore. Last round was funded by Blockchain Capital https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a

sumeno 2y ago

Even if true, which I'm skeptical of, social media sites don't have to be permanent. It's no different from any other service being enshittified, just use it until it sucks and then stop.

threeseed 2y ago

As opposed to X, which told users it would be using their content to train Grok. No matter which way you spin it, Bluesky is significantly better than X.

AI_beffr 2y ago
except on X you can actually say what you think. https://x.com/search?q=bluesky%20banned&src=typed_query&f=top https://x.com/search?q=bluesky%20banned&src=typed_query&f=to...
- andelink 2y ago
  I can't even view that link without logging in
- wrboyce 2y ago
  https://x.com/elonjet https://x.com/elonjet …weird
  - AI_beffr 2y ago
    not really. its stalking. it poses a direct threat to someones safety. and people arent even supposed to have that information under the current rules... thats why its only possible to get his jets location by crowd-sourcing it. anonymity for high profile passengers is a legitimate concern, enough for the FAA to bake it into how these flights are tracked. soon this loophole will be closed and then what will you point to? how could you seriously compare this to being banned for saying something that is politically incorrect?
- teddyfrozevelt 2y ago
  you can't even say "cis" on twitter without the tweet getting hidden
- inpdx 2y ago
  Elon just posted a Tweet that if you post pictures of food you can get banned. Food. It's run at the caprice of a thin-skinned Napoleon at this point.
blitzar 2y ago
Tweets seem a truly terrible way to train Ai.
- Bengalilol 2y ago
  In my opinion : yes. But when you think about who Elon became, I think … Yeah a truly terrible way to train an AI.