It says that in the first sentence
Comment on Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only
flo24@lemmy.world 1 year ago
isn’t bluesky invite only?
ripcord@kbin.social 1 year ago
snowe@programming.dev 1 year ago
lol they didn’t even bother reading the lemmy description. 😂
geosoco@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yes, that's part of what's surprising about the number.
Clent@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes but I’m sure many recorded invites and didn’t bother. Musk musking TSFKAT ( the-site-formerly-known-as-twitter) was the needed motivation to accept it.
beckerist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
[deleted]Clent@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I would prefer not to use the letter in any form.
Fuck Ruskie Muskie
Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Xitter (pronounced shitter)
ChucklesMacLeroy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I didn’t bother and was gonna give it a walk around. Downloaded but can’t access without an invite.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I’ve been trying to get an invite since June.
Apparently if you ask, you’re not good enough or some shit.
cypher_greyhat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re not missing anything. I eventually got an invite, found that 40% of the content was furry and I deleted my account.
nucleative@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Invite only is a fascinating choice for a social network that requires network effect to succeed.
Gmail is the most famous/successful example but interesting to note that email is a federated network that can interoperate with every other email address too.
What about this bluesky network?
PaulHulford@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Each current member usually get at least one invite to share biweekly. That’s how they have been growing it.
PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 1 year ago
Google+ did the same thing when it rolled out, then they tried to force people to use it before they cancelled the project.
Doug@midwest.social 1 year ago
In fairness, Gmail had a similar invite system when it launched and that’s been way more successful than G+
wjrii@kbin.social 1 year ago
Gmail was also both "federated" and an insanely good product compared to its contemporaries. G+ had a couple of interesting innovations, but it wasn't all that special and invite-only on a closed ecosystem is very iffy.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Gmail was invite only at first probably because Google didn’t want it to grow faster than they could buy hard drives. It gave you a gigabyte of email storage which at the time was huge. I’m certain they did that for technical reasons.
kescusay@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m still salty about that. Google+ was fantastic on release. Simple, clean, elegant, and fast. Then they steadily, systematically fucked it up. By the time it was cancelled, it had become unusable.
evatronic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
G+'s downfall was they kept it invite-only too long. Demand was there, people wanted in but Google was like, “Nah…”
By the time it was open-access, everyone had moved on or back to their old social media platforms. It could’ve been great, but Google, in typical Google fashion, got distracted by something shiny and killed it.
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So, in the shape of a pyramid? Sounds like a good business model. I wonder if anyone has ever done that before? (yes, it’s a joke)
Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Yup. I have a bunch of invites (for sane people only)
Why9@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Uhh… I can’t prove I’m sane, but a DM would be nice…!
workerONE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This guy is crazy! Don’t listen to him!
NuttyChunks@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I would love an invite if you have any left
Default@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I would love one if you have a spare.
moitoi@feddit.de 1 year ago
If I could have one, I’m waiting for months now. :(
workerONE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I requested an invite a couple of months ago when I downloaded the app. Wish someone would invite me!
WillFord27@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’d love an invite if it’s still available (: