Silicon Curtain

566. Rose Wang - Bluesky Social Aims to Help Users Escape the Tyranny and Toxicity of Social Algorithms


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It’s been claimed that on Election Day in the US 280,000 X users closed

their accounts. At the same time, Bluesky saw a massive spike in new
users, up from 13 million in October, surpassing 21 by November. Rose
Wang, whom I’m honoured to speaking with today, is quoted as saying that
the company's 20-person team has been in "firefighting mode" as this
spectacular growth has far surpassed their projections and has caused
some technical stress. Bluesky is touted as a far more decentralised and
democratic digital experience, that aims to avoid issues that have
dogged all other social platform as they scaled and commercialised their
business models. Let’s find out how Rose and her team intent to achieve
this.
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Rose Wang is Chief Operating Officer of Bluesky Social, a microblogging
social media service. It was spun out from Twitter, after its
acquisition by Elon Musk. Although similar to Twitter in look and feel,
Bluesky Social has ambitions to expand and innovate its platform
significantly. Rose was also CEO and Co-founder of Chirps, a snack
product made from insect protein, with the progressive ambition to
reduce land and water usage, and greenhouse gas emissions.
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