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If you click on a link in a Bluesky post, it is now automatically redirected via the domain go.bsky.app before it actually goes to the link in the post. There is no way to stop this or know that it is happening as the redirect only flickers on the screen for a fraction of a second.
Presumably this means Bluesky can now track all link clicking on their platform, including IP addresses, destinations etc?
Or have I misunderstood?
Bluesky is spinning it as a tool for publishers to track referrals, but going beyond the spin it seems to be giving Bluesky access to people's online activity?
I do wish social media organisations would stop rolling their own βsecureβ direct messaging (very difficult indeed to get right) and use standards like #MLS (as #Bluesky is doing) or, even better, standardise calling tools like #Signal!
From: @fj
https://mastodon.social/@fj/114233442446693026
#Bluesky is not good for following hashtags. We have made the right decision to host #ListeningClub here
Barack #Obama joins #Bluesky - https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/23/barack-obama-joins-bluesky/ "Other U.S. politicians are already active on Bluesky, including well-known names like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Al Green, Gavin Newsom, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" #aoc
As opposition accounts on X are suspended in Turkey at this critical juncture in their political struggles (https://www.politico.eu/article/musks-x-suspends-opposition-accounts-turkey-protest-civil-unrest-erdogan-imamoglu-istanbul-mayor/), perhaps now is a good time to encourage our friends here on #Threads and #Bluesky to at least have an escape plan. Pack a social media emergency go bag by creating a Mastodon/Fediverse account (https://joinmastodon.org/) and start using it, at least as a secondary platform.
Bluesky To Sell Your Content To AI Data Miners
So it begins. Hidden in Jay Graber's recent charm offensive is this innocuously framed initiative: Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/)
Not so fast.
1) Shows they are planning on doing content deals with AI companies.
2) Seems like it is Opt-out vs. Opt-in (see below).
3) It is just a voluntary robots.txt file
h/t @Lydie https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie/114149023344861046
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"but #bluesky is a public benefit corporation"
sounds great!
but that's a shallow understanding
it means a company *may* (it doesn't have to) consider motivations other than pure profit
the designation has no real bite
like a company showing rainbows during pride month, then donating to the GOP:
it's empty bullshit
when bluesky gets popular enough its #crypto bro owners will pull an elon #musk destroying #twitter routine
bluesky's future failure is baked into its foundation
This is why I have been trying to warn about #BlueSky.
BlueSky has just been partially bought by a cryptocurrency company "Blockchain Capital" and appointed a blockchain / cryptocurrency expert to their board:
https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a
The board member is a bitcoin researcher involved with NFT analytics.
BlueSky describe the tie-up with Blockchain Capital as a "natural partnership" and says the blockchain company has "a uniquely deep understanding of our decentralized foundation".
(via @jwz)
Does anyone know if #bluesky is federated with the #fediverse? I've heard it is. I have several, IDK, muggle friends who are non-techy using it.
Another week goes by with no idea who owns #Bluesky.
A month ago they announced they were finalizing a deal lead by Bain Capital (yes that Bain Capital) valuing the company at $700M.
No information on who the investors are was been shared
Since then crickets.
So, who now owns Bluesky?
Maybe if you are over there, ask them. See what you can find out. Why is it being kept a secret?
Tech media, do your job.
