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Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. (www.theverge.com)

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[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 98 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Going from one shitty capitalist business to another shitty capitalist business.

[-] pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 days ago

I just learned that before their fundraising round Bluesky called themselves a "public benefit LLC" and I thought thats nice of them to benefit the public 😅 , then I found out about US corporate law and what it actually means...

[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 3 days ago

It means that they are getting funds from the public, I'm guessing…

[-] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

Sounds like a classic "To Serve Man" type of situation to me... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)

[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 3 days ago

I think I will avoid spoilers…

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