Alternatives to “open” Twitter, Bluesky will post publicly and will be responsible for moderation in a different way.
Invitation-only social network Bluesky, created by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, is among the faces of its competitors and has more than a million users, more likely to attract personalities such as Thierry Breton.
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Decentralized architecture
Bluesky is a project on Twitter since 2019, representing a new social media model based on a decentralized architecture that allows for smarter changes and more transparent modality rules.
“A centralized situation against abuse and fabricated information has a better chance of being effective in the long term, even if it requires too much effort from people,” confirmed the co-founder and CEO of the l’oiseau bleu project. , Jack Dorsey.
The new social network is finally launching with its 2023 debut as a co-op-only app (via invite codes for real users) and a slick Twitter presentation.
Posts up to 300 characters long are available from newest to oldest, including non-video link. The interface allows you to “target,” “repost,” or reply to a message.
Million users
On September 12, Bluesky announced its first million users, including more than 550 million monthly users on Twitter and more than 100 million followers on Threads, a new microblogging platform created by Meta, qui détient déjà Facebook, WhatsApp. and Instagram.
But Bluesky advocates a more advanced model in which all content cannot be checked for a unique entity, and the user or developer is free to interact with the platform and is included through application links.
It offers an innovative approach to moderation where users can easily find specific ways to block or cache violent or sexual content reported by a combination of algorithms and community signals.
Registered as a business enterprise with a “mission”, Bluesky claims that “advertising is not the primary economic model” and does not include money for women from its users, but has launched the first paid offer to allow them to buy their name. to the Internet address.
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