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Re:We need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky by acjohnson55 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @10:49AM (#42758052)
Bluesky also has but a handful of engineers
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Re:We need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky by zimpenfish on Sunday January 19, 2025 @03:05PM (#42761191)
But was initially started internally by Twitter with millions of dollars of funding and since being split out has taken several million dollars in outside funding from VCs. Which does help grease the wheels somewhat, no?
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Re:We need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky by acjohnson55 on Monday January 20, 2025 @12:09AM (#42765166)
Yeah, probably.
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Re:We need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky by shafyy on Monday January 20, 2025 @07:35AM (#42768052)
I don't know how many engineers work at Bluesky, but my guess is that their yearly budget is at least 10 times of Mastodon.
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