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When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines

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768 points cyndunlop | 1 comments | 19 Feb 25 17:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bitmasher9 ◴[19 Feb 25 18:28 UTC] No.43105534[source]▶
It’s really impressive how well Bluesky is performing. It really feels like a throwback to older social media platforms with its simplicity and lack of dark-patterns. I’m concerned that all the great work on the platform, protocol, etc won’t shine in the long term as they eventually need to find a revenue source.
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1. mullingitover ◴[19 Feb 25 18:40 UTC] No.43105695[source]▶
They've done an incredible job running with an extremely low headcount and crazy efficient use of hardware. It would be easy to 10x their expenses if they were blindly following the standard cloud deployment playbook. Hopefully this level of efficiency mean they don't have to work as hard and can stay pre-revenue, a pure play, for a very long time.