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@xylya @derpoltergeist @mmasnick The parts I don't enjoy include their heavy use of algorithm-based feeds and (probably) collecting and monetizing user data, the latter probably through targeted advertising at minimum (last year the buzz was that ads were inevitable; I haven't seen recent info, though). I've been reading that their infrastructure requires a bunch of expensive centralized(ish) services, and they're a for-profit corporation, so they need the revenue to survive. The company will almost certainly be shaped by pressure to continue financial growth no matter what. The company charter is not available to the public, and... Bluesky is Jack Dorsey's baby.

Yes, what Moosk did to twitter after Dorsey left is pretty horrific, but actions don't go from negative to positive just because of contrast. Many of us watched for years as Dorsey bent rules to keep misogynist, anti-LGBTQ, racist, and anti-democratic activists, politicians, pundits, etc. active on twitter (if they were rich or popular enough), only deplatforming the worst of them when their relevance--and probably their profit-generating ability--faded. I've not yet seen any commitment from Dorsey to do anything different with Bluesky.

Corrections to my probable misunderstanding of some of the statements above are welcome. I'm not a tech or business expert.