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

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WANG: "Absolutely. We are used to being trapped in one algorithm that’s controlled by a small group of people and they decide what we see, what type of content gets taken away, who to promote, and decentralization just means a more democratic way where users get to vote with their feed. So on bluesky there are about 50,000 different feeds that somewhere been created by other users. So there are feeds that are like either about cats, maybe about five cat feeds, more than 250 swiftie feeds, and various other feeds that are either organized chronologically or based on what your followers are liking. You can even use a politics filter to turn off politics or turn it back on, depending on what your mood is that day. So we’re — you actually get to interact with real people and have fun conversation again in a safe environment."