Please stop inviting heads of state to Bluesky
by Elizabeth Lopatto from The Verge - All Posts on (#6BGNX)
Image: Bluesky Bluesky, the chaotic, invite-only errors and asses" platform, told its users today there's a new rule: no heads of state. I'm guessing the posters are too feral to be trusted.
In some sense, this is understandable. The thing is still in beta. The team is tiny, and actively juggling moderation while trying to ship features. I'm not sure who got invited, but something prompted today's announcement.
An official skeet.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is already there, as is Sen. Brian Schatz and Sen. Ron Wyden. There are celebrities there, as well - CNN's Jake Tapper, filmmaker Rian Johnson, model Chrissy Teigen, and filmmaker Lilly Wachowski. But the more high-profile members that join, the more moderation challenges the...