@band @iDGS Threads not being it is a gimme, that's just Facebook leveraging their Instagram product to stay in the game.
Bluesky is a B Corporation but that's a minor differentiator. They are a for-profit, so it would be nice to know who the main investors were/are. Seeing Mike Masnick's name there makes me more curious.
Is the code open source? I guess that's not too important since it's an open spec, but it would make starting other servers easier. https://bsky.social/about/faq 1/2