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39. From their Company/About page
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 04:50 PM
Nov 2024
https://bsky.social/about/faq

What is the corporate structure of Bluesky?

Bluesky, the company, is a Public Benefit Corporation. It is owned by Jay Graber and the Bluesky team. The board consists of Jay Graber and Jeremie Miller, the inventor of Jabber/XMPP. Find past public statements we have made about Bluesky PBC's governance and structure in our original announcement, other posts on our blog, and on social media.

What is the relationship between Bluesky and Twitter?

Bluesky was initially a project kicked off by Jack Dorsey when he was CEO of Twitter in 2019. Jack chose Jay to lead Bluesky, and Twitter paid Bluesky services income to build an open social protocol for public conversation that it could someday become a client on. Bluesky has been an independent company since its formation in 2021.

In late 2022, Twitter chose to sever the service agreement with Bluesky, and Bluesky agreed. The Bluesky PBC has continued to pursue its original founding mission to “develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.”


tl;dr: Jack Dorsey gave Bluesky money to develop and hired Jay Graber to run it. When she let users in, those little scamps kept calling Jack an asshole and demanded features he didn't want like the ability to block trolls. So he got mad, quit the board and cut off funding. So Jay found her own funding.

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who owns blue sky nt msongs Nov 2024 #1
Dorsey co-founded it after he sold twitter, but he left soon after (I think) Coexist Nov 2024 #3
I don't do the social media thing but it would be nice if there was an alternative to push Eloon's play thing into the tulipsandroses Nov 2024 #2
If this keeps up, it will be. When Brazil banned twitter, they moved to Bluesky crazy fast and talked shit about Leon Coexist Nov 2024 #4
A lot of people on Bluesky are learning Portuguese... haele Nov 2024 #24
Found it on Duck Duck Go... 2naSalit Nov 2024 #5
it's great because you can find starter packs to follow based on your interests, Coexist Nov 2024 #6
Mahalo, 2naSalit.. I went to the Cha Nov 2024 #12
how does one un-join, if necessary?...........nt DoBW Nov 2024 #32
There's a link in your Setting Menu right by your user name blogslug Nov 2024 #40
thaqnks...gonna check it out............nt DoBW Nov 2024 #41
thanks for the link... stillcool Nov 2024 #34
Thank you. I signed up. love_katz Nov 2024 #38
Tw#tter needs to go the way of Friendster Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #7
I'm in awesomerwb1 Nov 2024 #8
Look for starter packs Coexist Nov 2024 #9
I'm going to message you. :) n/t OneGrassRoot Nov 2024 #33
OK, I just joined. ananda Nov 2024 #10
I joined today too! Island Blue Nov 2024 #26
Me too. And I haven't missed it. ananda Nov 2024 #28
I just joined bluesky duncang Nov 2024 #11
We need a DU Starter Pack! Coexist Nov 2024 #13
Yes! Island Blue Nov 2024 #27
I'm brand-new there too. summer_in_TX Nov 2024 #14
I'm @Peaquad ananda Nov 2024 #15
How long has Bluesky existed? Norbert Nov 2024 #16
its been around since Leon bought twitter, pretty much Coexist Nov 2024 #19
I have been on bluesky since summer and even then many people also were on bluesky as well as Bev54 Nov 2024 #17
Oh. Do they have ballot boxes there? Sympthsical Nov 2024 #18
I don't know what that means? Coexist Nov 2024 #20
Post removed Post removed Nov 2024 #22
Several! Sympthsical Nov 2024 #37
I love Bluesky! blogslug Nov 2024 #21
Thank you for the directory list. irisblue Nov 2024 #23
the POLITICS starter pack is wonderful ananda Nov 2024 #29
Oh I hope we can embed from there soon! Coexist Nov 2024 #36
hmm who owns it? Ysabel Nov 2024 #25
From their Company/About page blogslug Nov 2024 #39
Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users October 24, 2024 by The Bluesky Team Naio Nov 2024 #30
What's with the Captcha CanonRay Nov 2024 #31
Sorry I don't know? Coexist Nov 2024 #35
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