Bluesky has, at the time of writing these lines, close to 20 million users, by the way your public computer in real time. Growing at the rate of thousands of days and it became the most reliable alternative to X in a long time.
The question now is… Who is behind Bluesky? The answer is no contract at all Jack Dorsey.
Jay Graber + 20
To the head of the council really Jay Graber, the 33-year-old CEO who leads a team of twenty full-time employees. The number of employees is not broken down between full-time and part-time or outside public support. But that’s the official figure: two six full-time.
As reported The New York Timesthis small group works mainly to manage the growth that the platform has experienced in recent days, dealing with usage, code errors and content control. Bluesky is now a road that has suddenly absorbed many more cars than previously expected.
Its origins go back to the idea of the aforementioned Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, who dreamed of creating a “decentralized” social network.
Project Initially, he received funding from Twitter itself, but Elon Musk cut these ties as soon as he bought a social outfit. Sometime later, Bluesky raised more than $23 million in funding two rounds of financing. oxygen tank while he decides what he wants to be when he grows up and what are you waiting for money.
Rose Wang, its director of operations, defined the essence of the project by explaining that it was “built by the people, for the people”. In a video launch promo, he said that users are “no longer tied to the dominant algorithm that promotes the most polarizing posts or the biggest brands.” bang.
heavyweights
Hey the initial core teamGraber said in March 2022, it was also included Daniel HolmgrenA protocol engineer with experience in IPFSand Paul Frazeedeveloper full library which was first created patchwork.
The plan is also important for technical advisors Martinus Kleppmannthe author of the bookDesigning Data-Intensive Applications“and” Jeremiah JohnsonThe first operator of the Device Protocol.
Bluesky’s philosophy contrasts with that of his rivals. Facebook, TikTok or Instagram (relative contention) have the function of fenced gardens that punish or almost destroy the connection to the open Web, and make it difficult for users to move between platforms.
Bluesky, on the other hand, is committed to an open protocol that allows independent developers to create their own social networks on their own infrastructure. Like Mastodon.
The future
Graber is clear about the future of the platform;
“We don’t want to build something that allows users to have the freedom to move and the developers to have the freedom to build. (…) If someone has an idea to improve the state of social media, they don’t have to pressure us to change things.
This vision is already giving results. Bluesky became a refuge users who left X *or from weariness with the administration of Moses, or from the cake which he represented Donald Trump in the election victory and boost to network master.
The Bluesky team maintains a very small but agile structure, and it now remains to be seen how far it can provide continuity and scope for the platform.and if it can stand up to the technological giants.
His latest decision is not to use user posts to train generative AI technology another big difference with Meta, X or Google. And in the process, Boosti serves its own more respected and user-friendly social network model.
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