Comment on Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only

flo24@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• PaulHulford@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Each current member usually get at least one invite to share biweekly. That’s how they have been growing it.

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  • PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Google+ did the same thing when it rolled out, then they tried to force people to use it before they cancelled the project.

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    • Doug@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In fairness, Gmail had a similar invite system when it launched and that’s been way more successful than G+

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      • wjrii@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • kescusay@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • evatronic@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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)

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  • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup. I have a bunch of invites (for sane people only)

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    • Why9@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Uhh… I can’t prove I’m sane, but a DM would be nice…!

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      • workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This guy is crazy! Don’t listen to him!

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    • NuttyChunks@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would love an invite if you have any left

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    • Default@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would love one if you have a spare.

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    • moitoi@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If I could have one, I’m waiting for months now. :(

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    • workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I requested an invite a couple of months ago when I downloaded the app. Wish someone would invite me!

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    • WillFord27@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d love an invite if it’s still available (:

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• ripcord@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It says that in the first sentence

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  • snowe@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lol they didn’t even bother reading the lemmy description. 😂

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• geosoco@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, that's part of what's surprising about the number.

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• Clent@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • beckerist@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    [deleted]

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    • Clent@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would prefer not to use the letter in any form.

      Fuck Ruskie Muskie

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    • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Xitter (pronounced shitter)

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  • ChucklesMacLeroy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I didn’t bother and was gonna give it a walk around. Downloaded but can’t access without an invite.

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• LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been trying to get an invite since June.

  Apparently if you ask, you’re not good enough or some shit.

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  • cypher_greyhat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re not missing anything. I eventually got an invite, found that 40% of the content was furry and I deleted my account.

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• nucleative@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?

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