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I'm not sure if this is the reason, but BlueSky doesn't appear to have a trust/safety moderation team that can operate at full scale. I mean, neither does twitter, but Jack understands that some people do want that. On the other hand, it's much easier for Meta to launch since they already have those people in place for Instagram and Facebook.


No one cares. Seriously. The order should be:

1. Generate hype

2. Launch the MVP

3. Focus on growth and scaling

4. Add new features

5. Figure out trust & safety and the rest of the long tail of problems

Diverting resources to focus on problems before they become problems is the #1 recipe for failure for startups, and bluesky seems hell bent on it.


Moderation is a key feature of the MVP. If a horde of n-word spewing, cp posting spambots is the image that gets shared on newssites, it's dead in the water.


Also given Jack's behaviour recently not sure how committed he is to trust/safety.

He is definitely sympathetic to unfettered free speech and allowing misinformation to proliferate.




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