Bluesky

A look at Blacksky, the Bluesky custom feed run by a team of six moderators, which is slowly turning into the main avenue for many Black users on the service (Jason Parham/Wired)

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A look at Blacksky, the Bluesky custom feed run by a team of six moderators, which is slowly turning into the main avenue for many Black users on the service (Jason Parham/Wired)

XPChronicle December 15, 2024

Jason Parham / Wired: A look at Blacksky, the Bluesky custom feed run by a team of...

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In a mockup posted on GitHub, Bluesky teases Bluesky+, a $8 per month paid subscription offering profile customizations, higher video upload limits, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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In a mockup posted on GitHub, Bluesky teases Bluesky+, a $8 per month paid subscription offering profile customizations, higher video upload limits, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

XPChronicle December 9, 2024

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: In a mockup posted on GitHub, Bluesky teases Bluesky+, a $8 per month...

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A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts amid a growth spurt; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100 (Casey Newton/Platformer)

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A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts amid a growth spurt; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100 (Casey Newton/Platformer)

XPChronicle November 26, 2024

Casey Newton / Platformer: A look at Bluesky’s moderation efforts amid a growth spurt; Bluesky plans to...

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Bluesky is booming partly because it isn't hindered by bad adtech, AI slop, throttled links, and largely hostile user experiences, unlike some of its big rivals (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)

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Bluesky is booming partly because it isn't hindered by bad adtech, AI slop, throttled links, and largely hostile user experiences, unlike some of its big rivals (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)

XPChronicle November 19, 2024

Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine: Bluesky is booming partly because it isn’t hindered by bad...

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Bluesky says it has "no intention" of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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Bluesky says it has "no intention" of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content (Jay Peters/The Verge)

XPChronicle November 15, 2024

Jay Peters / The Verge: Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train...

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Why Bluesky not adding the federation systems that let users leave the Bluesky server and take their community to other hosts can lead to "enshittification" (Cory Doctorow/Pluralistic)

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Why Bluesky not adding the federation systems that let users leave the Bluesky server and take their community to other hosts can lead to "enshittification" (Cory Doctorow/Pluralistic)

XPChronicle November 2, 2024

Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic: Why Bluesky not adding the federation systems that let users leave the Bluesky...

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Bluesky says it has 13M+ users, has raised a $15M Series A led by Blockchain Capital, and plans a subscription for features like higher quality video uploads (Bluesky)

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Bluesky says it has 13M+ users, has raised a $15M Series A led by Blockchain Capital, and plans a subscription for features like higher quality video uploads (Bluesky)

XPChronicle October 24, 2024

Bluesky: Bluesky says it has 13M+ users, has raised a $15M Series A led by Blockchain Capital,...

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Bluesky says it added 500K new users in a day this week after X announced plans for controversial changes, including basically getting rid of the block feature (Mia Sato/The Verge)

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Bluesky says it added 500K new users in a day this week after X announced plans for controversial changes, including basically getting rid of the block feature (Mia Sato/The Verge)

XPChronicle October 18, 2024

Mia Sato / The Verge: Bluesky says it added 500K new users in a day this week...

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Bluesky says it had over 9M users as of September 6, after adding 3M new users in the week or so since Brazil blocked X, and that video support is "coming soon" (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

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Bluesky says it had over 9M users as of September 6, after adding 3M new users in the week or so since Brazil blocked X, and that video support is "coming soon" (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

XPChronicle September 8, 2024

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Bluesky says it had over 9M users as of September 6, after adding...

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