Centrist political analyst rate(Opens in a new tab) the moment he arrives. dialogue(Opens in a new tab) That would make people who overuse the word “wake up” froth at the mouth. Chief Executive Officer begging(Opens in a new tab) Users are requested not to contact the posts on the platform “Skeets”. Users keep calling said posts “skeets”. Oh, and dril and actor Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are there now, too.
As one Bluesky user said, it is It seems(Opens in a new tab) Bluesky has “juicy”.
If you’re not familiar with Bluesky don’t worry. Most of everyone was not familiar with the platform before yesterday either. So, what is Bluesky?
What is bluesky?
Bluesky is a “decentralized” social media platform backed by CEO and former Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. It was meant to run a bit like Mastodon, another Twitter alternative, with its unified world of individual servers that users could traverse. But Bluesky is so new, and it’s those community dividers that end up working against Mastodon – many users find them confusing(Opens in a new tab) – It hasn’t been built yet.
Bluesky, Jack Dorsey’s decentralized Twitter killer, is now on Android
What we’re left with is an abstract “micro-blogging” app very reminiscent of the early days of Twitter. It looks like old Twitter from the UI, and as of yesterday, down to the fun, low-stakes posts. Short and funny posts reign supreme on the app right now.
On Bluesky, you can’t DM anyone. There is no video function. Users can’t even upload a GIF.
Users have 300 characters per post (sorry, I mean per “skate”) and can post non-animated images. That’s it. How do you find content? There is a following feed full of time posts from users you follow. And there’s a “What’s Hot” feed, which appears to show posts on the platform chronologically that receive a lot of “Reposts” and “Likes” regardless of whether you follow the user or not.
There are no images for the NFT file. No blue checkmark check badges, even if you have $8 to spare. Hell, I can’t even figure out where to change my password, if that’s even possible at first.
Can I get Bluesky?
Bluesky is now invite only. Two weeks ago, I got an invite and created my account. At that time, the platform was very boring. The user base was almost entirely technical: annoying Web3 guys preached about blockchain and good developers seriously talking about their craft. I think that’s fine, but this isn’t Twitter. I thought Bluesky would go the way of other Twitter alternatives: fine as a niche community, but nope, it won’t replace Twitter.
Will Bluesky be the Twitter killer?
But then from Wednesday evening into Thursday, something happened. It looks like a number of Bluesky invite codes have landed in the right hands: funny Twitter stickers.
Ever since Elon Musk first took over Twitter, many users have longed for a place to go that is free of Musk and his way of running a social media site. Each of Musk’s decisions has dented the platform, but perhaps the most controversial change is the prioritization of people who pay $8 for Twitter Blue. Their posts are everywhere now, filling up the For You feed and being pushed to the top of the replies in a tweet’s reply thread.
Bluesky was the right app, in the right place, at the right time.
Now, it is still very early. One fine day does not make a platform. Just because Bluesky spent all day trending on Twitter doesn’t mean Twitter should be worried, though, according to Platformer’s Zoe Schiffer. mentioned(Opens in a new tab) That Bluesky has been a hot topic in private Twitter conversations.
What are Bluesky’s weaknesses?
Bluesky can still screw everything up. For example, a platform’s currently invite-only status can be a boon or a ban. Bring in new people too quickly, you might bring in a lot of unwanted people who destroyed Twitter too quickly. Bringing in new people is so slow, good users will lose interest because it took them so long to get that invitation. And let’s not forget, they still want to do that “decentralized” thing that most normal people find baffling.
If Bluesky actually ends up taking a piece of Twitter’s market share, that would be pretty hilarious, because Twitter actually gave Bluesky a large chunk of its seed funding. Before Musk took over, Twitter and Bluesky had a partnership, and when Musk burst onto the scene after spending $44 billion to acquire Twitter, that partnership ended.
But not before Bluesky Receive(Opens in a new tab) 13 million dollars from her competition now to create what she has so far. This is a fun fact that would make for some good Skeetable content.