Please cease inviting heads of state to Bluesky

In some sense, that is comprehensible. The factor remains to be in beta. The crew is tiny, and actively juggling moderation whereas attempting to ship options. I’m undecided who acquired invited, however one thing prompted in the present day’s announcement.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is already there, as is Sen. Brian Schatz and Sen. Ron Wyden. There are celebrities there, as properly — CNN’s Jake Tapper, filmmaker Rian Johnson, mannequin Chrissy Teigen, and filmmaker Lilly Wachowski. However the extra high-profile members that be part of, the extra moderation challenges the Bluesky crew is more likely to encounter. In spite of everything, when pundit Matt Yglesias joined, earlier than a block button was accessible, one consumer threatened to beat him with hammers.

So I’m sympathetic to the motivation for this coverage, but it surely’s additionally too unhealthy. On Wednesday, for causes I’m not completely clear on, the shitposters of Bluesky have been sending one another attractive jpegs of Alf, a sitcom puppet from a TV present airing within the late Eighties. Personally, I believe it could be very humorous for King Charles to inadvertently see Alf’s hog.