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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I think I will avoid spoilers…