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minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI think they are still trying to damage control the PR scandal about the racial slur: https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/bluesky-racial-slurs-banned-list-usernames/
minus-squarehetscop@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThey’ve been invite only since before that, it’s unrelated
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThen it’s indeed strange that they keep the invite system while it’s a perfect timing for them to grab the Twitter userbase
minus-squareAlto@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’d wager they’re simply not ready for the sudden influx
minus-squareCaptainJanegay@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSince they say that all their content moderation is currently being done by two backend devs on top of their actual jobs, that seems like a safe bet.
I think they are still trying to damage control the PR scandal about the racial slur: https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/bluesky-racial-slurs-banned-list-usernames/
They’ve been invite only since before that, it’s unrelated
Then it’s indeed strange that they keep the invite system while it’s a perfect timing for them to grab the Twitter userbase
I’d wager they’re simply not ready for the sudden influx
Since they say that all their content moderation is currently being done by two backend devs on top of their actual jobs, that seems like a safe bet.