Short messaging service BlueSky is considering offering premium features for a monthly price of $8. For the money, introductions may include special labeling of accounts, more options to customize profile pages, and higher resolution for uploaded and accessed videos. This comes from a screenshot of an overview page that is being prepared internally and right now on GitHub was discovered. Folders for direct translation of posts, analysis of posts and bookmarks can be added later. A developer confirmed the authenticity of the files, but noted that the points mentioned would likely not correspond to the final specifications.
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More and more questions about financing
It was already known that Bluesky plans to make money through premium functions. The service announced this in October, long before the largest-ever wave of new registrations that led to a significant increase in service following the US presidential election. The service is currently free to use and approximately 25 million accounts have now been created. That’s why the question of financing the service has been raised again recently, given what’s happening at competitor X (formerly Twitter) and attempts to establish a payment option there too. Bluesky said the service should theoretically remain free and that paying accounts will not be given algorithmic preference.
Screenshots of the planned overview page are now distributed by an account on BlueSky, a lively discussion about the material has already developed, and requests for other premium functions have also been formulated. Just a few days ago, when Bluesky boss Jay Graber was asked about this, he did not rule out that there will be advertisements on the platform in the future. They don’t want to repeat the mistakes of other social networks. Threads, another short messaging service, is reportedly introducing advertising to finance the offer, which is also free.
Along with Meta and Mastodon’s threads, Bluesky is currently one of the most important Twitter alternatives and has benefited particularly strongly from the recent closure of Elon Musk’s short messaging service Twitter, now called X. . Unlike classic, hermetically sealed social networks, there are greater connection options between the three services. Accounts on Bluesky and Mastodon have been able to interact with each other for several months; If you want, you can bring content from other networks into your timeline. Threads are also opening up to competitors, but connection to the so-called Fediverse – to which Mastodon belongs – does not yet work in Europe.
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