Bluesky COO: ‘You Actually Get to Interact with Real People and Have Fun Conversation Again in a Safe Environment’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Steele I ░░░░░░░░ left Elon Musk s ░░░░░░░░ for bluesky and suddenly ░░░░░░░░ media is fun again ░░░░░░░░ s a headline from ░░░░░░░░ more than a year ░░░░░░░░ Bluesky was created to ░░░░░░░░ a de centralized social ░░░░░░░░ outlet meaning one that ░░░░░░░░ users to create and ░░░░░░░░ their own algorithm so ░░░░░░░░ have the power to ░░░░░░░░ content that you actually ░░░░░░░░ to see by people ░░░░░░░░ actually get this part ░░░░░░░░ to hear from Since ░░░░░░░░ election users have been ░░░░░░░░ x en masse myself ░░░░░░░░ and then just like ░░░░░░░░ vogue writer have found ░░░░░░░░ new home in bluesky ░░░░░░░░ daily usage on the ░░░░░░░░ now climbing by about ░░░░░░░░ and the coo of ░░░░░░░░ Rose Wang joins us ░░░░░░░░ Welcome rose I ve ░░░░░░░░ looking forward to this ░░░░░░░░ WANG Thanks for having ░░░░░░░░ MENENDEZ We re very ░░░░░░░░ to talk to you ░░░░░░░░ you said something that ░░░░░░░░ want you to unpack ░░░░░░░░ me which is that ░░░░░░░░ are tired of the ░░░░░░░░ deciding everything That got ░░░░░░░░ amen from both of ░░░░░░░░ Tell us what it ░░░░░░░░ look like to not ░░░░░░░░ the algorithm deciding everything ░░░░░░░░ Absolutely We are used ░░░░░░░░ being trapped in one ░░░░░░░░ that s controlled by ░░░░░░░░ small group of people ░░░░░░░░ they decide what we ░░░░░░░░ what type of content ░░░░░░░░ taken away who to ░░░░░░░░ and decentralization just means ░░░░░░░░ more democratic way where ░░░░░░░░ get to vote with ░░░░░░░░ feed So on bluesky ░░░░░░░░ are about 50 000 ░░░░░░░░ feeds that somewhere been ░░░░░░░░ by other users So ░░░░░░░░ are feeds that are ░░░░░░░░ either about cats maybe ░░░░░░░░ five cat feeds more ░░░░░░░░ 250 swiftie feeds and ░░░░░░░░ other feeds that are ░░░░░░░░ organized chronologically or based ░░░░░░░░ what your followers are ░░░░░░░░ You can even use ░░░░░░░░ politics filter to turn ░░░░░░░░ politics or turn it ░░░░░░░░ on depending on what ░░░░░░░░ mood is that day ░░░░░░░░ we re you actually ░░░░░░░░ to interact with real ░░░░░░░░ and have fun conversation ░░░░░░░░ in a safe environment ░░░░░░░░ So what is that ░░░░░░░░ You know I mean ░░░░░░░░ will be honest X ░░░░░░░░ a hellscape It is ░░░░░░░░ even yeah it is ░░░░░░░░ So what is it ░░░░░░░░ people find out of ░░░░░░░░ gate so appealing I ░░░░░░░░ that the backside I ░░░░░░░░ sort of gear information ░░░░░░░░ folks to what I ░░░░░░░░ but overall what is ░░░░░░░░ goal here for folks ░░░░░░░░ what kind of experience ░░░░░░░░ you looking for the ░░░░░░░░ to have at the ░░░░░░░░ of the day WANG ░░░░░░░░ re looking for users ░░░░░░░░ decide for themselves what ░░░░░░░░ they want to have ░░░░░░░░ is about having user ░░░░░░░░ again and so today ░░░░░░░░ our world we have ░░░░░░░░ media that looks a ░░░░░░░░ like a small group ░░░░░░░░ people who decide everything ░░░░░░░░ your moderation experience is ░░░░░░░░ matter where you are ░░░░░░░░ the word who you ░░░░░░░░ to interact with and ░░░░░░░░ times it is either ░░░░░░░░ brands or the most ░░░░░░░░ posts because at the ░░░░░░░░ of the day most ░░░░░░░░ media platforms are trying ░░░░░░░░ win over advertisers and ░░░░░░░░ the end user So ░░░░░░░░ we ve done at ░░░░░░░░ is we have prioritized ░░░░░░░░ end user as our ░░░░░░░░ citizen on our platform ░░░░░░░░ what we care about ░░░░░░░░ does the everyday user ░░░░░░░░ you know only a ░░░░░░░░ hundred followers do they ░░░░░░░░ a great experience That ░░░░░░░░ what is happening is ░░░░░░░░ re actually meeting real ░░░░░░░░ people with only a ░░░░░░░░ hundred followers are getting ░░░░░░░░ of likes on their ░░░░░░░░ because they re no ░░░░░░░░ tied—“