The CEO of Bluesky Says He Wants Less of a Focus on Liberal Politics (and More Sports)
Many Bluesky users seem a little irked at the moment over a Bluesky post quoting the platform’s CEO Toni Schneider. In it, he said he wants Bluesky to shift away from being a liberal bubble. “Did you ask him to describe the sort of person he thinks isn’t here but ought to be?” asked one user in a reply.
- ▪Many Bluesky users seem a little irked at the moment over a Bluesky post quoting the platform’s CEO Toni Schneider.
- ▪In it, he said he wants Bluesky to shift away from being a liberal bubble.
- ▪“Did you ask him to describe the sort of person he thinks isn’t here but ought to be?” asked one user in a reply.
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Many Bluesky users seem a little irked at the moment over a Bluesky post quoting the platform’s CEO Toni Schneider. In it, he said he wants Bluesky to shift away from being a liberal bubble. “‘Breaking’ is maybe the wrong word, but yes, we want to expand more and more so that Bluesky means not just one thing, not just liberal politics, for example,” Schneider said.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000794196","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"social-media","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"social-media,tech","TAGS":"bluesky,political-bubbles","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); One…
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