Bluesky Reveals Massive Hidden Investment
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Are they talking about it over there or just meh
@mastodonmigration maybe the techies are but not much from ordinary users
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@duncan_bayne @nazokiyoubinbou @mastodonmigration Right, but MacOS never pretended to be open or an alternative to the things people were fleeing from Microsoft. Ubuntu is the analogy because it rides on the story of Linux as liberating, but with capitalism.
@dalias @duncan_bayne @mastodonmigration Apple does kind of pretend at openness. Oh they don't pretend to be FLOSS of course, but they created a walled garden and trick people into thinking it's wide open — right up until someone finds out they can't log into their account because of a bad gift card and everything they had in there is inaccessible...
Ubuntu actually is pretty open for all that it's so corporate. The fact Mint could be built on it kind of says they haven't really fully reached the Bluesky level of centralization and closedness.
Well, perhaps there isn't really an ideal metaphor, but the way people put Apple up on that pedestal as the perfect alternative really makes me feel like it comes darned close.
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@mastodonmigration It's normal to delay announcing funding rounds like this. This is a nothingburger.
It certainly is not. Have never seen it before. Name another example.
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@mastodonmigration maybe the techies are but not much from ordinary users
Interesting
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It certainly is not. Have never seen it before. Name another example.
@mastodonmigration The average delay from getting funding and announcing it is about 3 months. It's completely normal. This is just how venture capital works.
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@mastodonmigration The average delay from getting funding and announcing it is about 3 months. It's completely normal. This is just how venture capital works.
Nonsense. Saying it does not make it so. It is simply not true. Plus, we are talking about a year, and particularly with an investment of this magnitude.
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To understand all this better, consider that the Crypto PAC 'Fairshake' spend over $20M in Illinois and $10M of that on a failed attempt to defeat Julianna Stratton. They have over $220M more to spend on influencing the midterms. For these guys the opportunity to achieve some degree of message control over liberal social media is well worth $100M.
How will they do it? Algorithmic manipulation of social media? Quieting critics, amplifying favorable messaging? Has it already begun?
The implausible excuse now coming from Bluesky PBC officers as to why they failed to disclose this $100M is that the were "too busy."
Read more here...
https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116261923081401965
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The implausible excuse now coming from Bluesky PBC officers as to why they failed to disclose this $100M is that the were "too busy."
Read more here...
https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116261923081401965
@mastodonmigration If they expect anyone to accept that, it just demonstrates the absolute contempt they have for their users. Amazing.
On the other hand, it was well known from Day One what BS was. Maybe the people using it are the sort that WANT to be treated that way.
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@mastodonmigration If they expect anyone to accept that, it just demonstrates the absolute contempt they have for their users. Amazing.
On the other hand, it was well known from Day One what BS was. Maybe the people using it are the sort that WANT to be treated that way.
There is certainly something psychologically binding about parroting something you know to be untrue out of fealty. Explains a lot of society actually.
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The implausible excuse now coming from Bluesky PBC officers as to why they failed to disclose this $100M is that the were "too busy."
Read more here...
https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116261923081401965
@mastodonmigration so maybe the BS team had a little yardwork to do, or something in the garage needed tidying up? Perhaps a kid had a ballet recital that interfered with announcements regarding creepy investors.
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@mastodonmigration so maybe the BS team had a little yardwork to do, or something in the garage needed tidying up? Perhaps a kid had a ballet recital that interfered with announcements regarding creepy investors.
Those sock drawers ain't gonna tidy themselves...
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Those sock drawers ain't gonna tidy themselves...
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The implausible excuse now coming from Bluesky PBC officers as to why they failed to disclose this $100M is that the were "too busy."
Read more here...
https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116261923081401965
@mastodonmigration 12 months don't just 'slip' by. $100,000,000 is something you talk about every day. Something that grabs your attention and places it squarely in your Gantt chart, or whatever AI tool you're using to reduce 'busyness'. And don't be so dismissive with your 15 word social media post, Mike. Do we believe you? Nope.
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The implausible excuse now coming from Bluesky PBC officers as to why they failed to disclose this $100M is that the were "too busy."
Read more here...
https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116261923081401965
@mastodonmigration $100 million dollars investment but can't hire a PR Firm. Sure Jen
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The implausible excuse now coming from Bluesky PBC officers as to why they failed to disclose this $100M is that the were "too busy."
Read more here...
https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116261923081401965
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@jwz It's loonies all the way down 🤦
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@landelare @kertinker as it happens, Windows is the really weird one for GL
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@xyla Such a rule breaker. I would follow the rules and just use a knife.
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This story just makes me sad all over again that we never got a third season of Impulse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWLCtREegLQ
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@stefano That golden antenna in the middle looks really exotic 😄
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@aeva @kertinker This crap is why I'm using DirectX.
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@ai6yr I haven't been following the Oahu dam but it Reminds me of the Oroville, CA evacuation in 2017 @me_valentijn @jeridansky
