I guess Ryan runs this instance on a shoestring and even then subsidises it despite our donations. Given that, the bumps along the way are part of the #Mastodon experience I guess. While I'm pleased to see #Bluesky picking up, I do wonder who is paying for it all in the long run.

@keefeglise who'se paying for bluesky? Hopefully the BlueSky company...🤨

@BeAware @keefeglise

They are VC funded to the tune of around $8 million for now, I believe. There is talk of them charging for "premium services" and custom domains/user handles. Not sure how much they plan to make through that, however. Seems a bit of a flimsy business model to me. But these tech companies don't care much for robust business models. It's always a case of building a user base then worrying about the money later (usually by monetising the user base)

@BeAware @keefeglise

Worth noting, founder Jack Dorsey (who also founded Twitter) recently left the board citing the reason as "they are making all the same mistakes as Twitter"