cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/20853350

Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. As of Tuesday, there are 24 million users on the social media platform. With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO Jay Graber has to do a lot to keep her promise to not “enshittify” the platform with ads while still funding its explosive growth.

Enshittification, as its known, generally comes as social media platforms expand and need to squeeze money out of users in order to please investors and keep the lights on. Since Bluesky doesn’t plan to run ads, WIRED senior writer Kate Knibbs asked, how does Bluesky plan to make money? “Subscriptions are the first step,” Graber said, referring to a plan to have users pay a regular fee for the ability to upload higher-quality video, for example, or access certain customization features.

  • @actually
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    411 days ago

    Blue sky does not primarily make money off its users?

    • @[email protected]
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      611 days ago

      I was responding to this specific statement

      It’s [enshittification is] inevitable for every service trying to make money.

      • @actually
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        210 days ago

        Ok I get it, I think you are correct and also convinced blue sky must enshittify eventually, but may be years from now