So, fresh on the heals of last week's news that #Bluesky is considering targeted advertisements and more VC investment, today we learn that they have a paid subscription model in the works.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/bluesky-teases-paid-subscription-bluesky-in-new-mockup/

This should not come as a surprise to anyone. Bluesky is burning through money, and their only options at this point are monetizing their user base through ads, subscriptions and data harvesting, and/or more outside investment. Probably they'll need all these enshitifying tactics.

The #Fediverse may end up suffering from what #XMPP is going through.

Better-funded (but enshittification-prone) platforms (like #WhatsApp, #Telegram, #Discord, #Matrix, and #Bluesky) can swoop in, provide better marketing and faster development. A critical mass of people moves there.

Suddenly, you're socially pressured into using them. They become a necessity to find work, to organize communities, to buy and sell stuff, to apply for government programs...hell, to even book Metro tickets.

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I REALLY don't want to join #Bluesky and love it here on the fedi. But people keep telling me I just won't find enough people here to follow and engage with.

If you love #linux #WebDevelopment #php or #elixir #elixirlang #phoenixframework drop a comment here and retoot so I can follow you.

I really love the community here and want to find my people. :)

Anyone here use multiple social platform/protocols? I'm pretty content with #mastodon but I'm seeing a lot of chat about #bluesky and even #nostr.

I've tried searching for articles explaining the difference/pros/cons of each but I'm getting overwhelmed with all the different things. So many things.

I must be getting old, because I'm getting to the point where I cant be fucked anymore. I use #mastodon #matrix #xmpp #irc and #email. Lets cool it with the protocols for a hot minute.

In this searing investigative report on #Bluesky, @davetroy asks how are the users flocking there safe from EXACTLY THE SAME THING that happened at Twitter/X?

https://america2.news/without-sky-social-media-and-the-end-of-reality/

"Notably, Musk has not made any mention of Bluesky and the exodus of some 20 million people from X. In the past, he has railed against Threads and Substack. This time... crickets. It's as if he has a plan in mind to use Bluesky to his advantage. Perhaps he intends to buy it. We don't know. Plan accordingly."

#snac #snac2 #bluesky #bridge

Also—and I really don’t want to sound like a BlueskyBro here—is there any software that implements custom timelines in the Fediverse, such as the super cool ones Bluesky has?

It would be super cool if lists could be made not only of profiles, but also of hashtags and keywords, ideally even having custom algorithms, too!

#Bluesky #Fediverse #timeline #timelines #customTimeline #customTimelines #algorihm #algorithms #FediLists #FediTips #mastohelp #mastoaiuto #lists #list #Mastodon

@FediTips @mastodonmigration @fedilove @fediverse

“I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will.”

This is a very good piece from Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) on #Bluesky fishing the #enshittification button and pushing it partnering with crypto gifts and this is also proving why although I have a account, I'm really not into it due to the fact that they can collapse at any time plus not fully federating is a problem.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast

This section of the piece is one of the major reasons why Cory (@pluralistic), me, and many others are very skeptical of #Bluesky: the inability to leave it and go to another server or service.

That's #enshittification.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast

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Bluesky lacks the one federated feature that is absolutely necessary for me to trust it: the ability to leave Bluesky and go to another host and continue to talk to the people I've entered into community with there. While there are many independently maintained servers that provide services to Bluesky and its users, there is only one Bluesky server. A federation of multiple servers, each a peer to the other, has been on Bluesky's roadmap for as long as I've been following it, but they haven't (yet) delivered it.

It gets even worse for #Bluesky.

Here's two good threads on the platform's ownership and it's basically a must-read.

https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/113472115447080382

https://toad.social/@davetroy/113476788536250587

Mark my words: #enshittification is coming in 2-4 years since they need to find ways to make money plus the reasons at the start of this thread makes is a ticking time bomb waiting to happen, much like the dead birdsite.