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| ragebait always wins. People like ragebait. Sure but we don't need to help it along. People are gonna people, we shouldn't create machines that encourage the

| ragebait always wins. People like ragebait. Sure but we don't need to help it along. People are gonna people, we shouldn't create machines that encourage the worst tendencies. If Bluesky goes the advertising route (likely) they'll find just like everyone else that stoking fires is the best way to ensure engagement, which ensures eyeballs, which benefits advertisers. My problem with ads is not the ads themselves, it's that the ads become the customer, and the users become the product being sold to the advertisers. This creates a series of perverse economic incentives that significantly shift the way the site is designed and developed.

Karrot_Kream 2y ago
Last I heard Bluesky was contemplating a paid app with enhanced features and also some rumors about hosted domains. They haven't ruled out ads. I'm not sure where that landed and how far along that process they are. The most I know about the situation is this interview [1] here on TechCrunch. [1]: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-reshaping-social-media-but-advertising-isnt-off-the-table/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-...