Right in the article they are discussing adding ads and premium subscriptions features in the future.
I can already see the timeline for BlueSky over the next few years:
Receive startup venture capital
Provide a useful, user-friendly service
Grow a userbase <-- (you are here)
Add a few more useful features, continue growing
Dominate the market, run at a loss
Add less useful features like ads, premium features, subscriptions
People complain, but most are too hooked in to leave
The useful features added earlier start getting removed, content gets sanitized <-- (Imgur, Reddit is here)
Big fundraising campaign, IPO, or bought out by big corp or the melon husk of the day.
Content quality goes way downhill, actively making life harder for users, volunteers and staff, bots rampant, more stupid features, monetization monetization monetization <-- (Twitter is here)
People leave for another useful, user-friendly service
3 Comments
Kichae@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
It... It's already backed by billionaires. Owned by billionaires. How is this a question?
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
Can't be ruined by billionaires if it's already in that state upon its creation taps forehead
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
Right in the article they are discussing adding ads and premium subscriptions features in the future.
I can already see the timeline for BlueSky over the next few years:
duskfall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 3y