Bluesky continues to strengthen its video capacities. The application Add the support for downloads of up to 3 minutes, a notable extension of its previous one minute limit. The change should give creators of videos on Bluesky much more flexibility in what they can publish. It will also probably be appreciated by fans, the new photo and video application based on Bluesky.
The update also provides necessary reception box management tools for DM Bluesky, with the addition of a new “requests” section for incoming user messages that you do not know. You will also be able to reject incoming cats, which should help reduce the number of This has flooded the reception boxes for many users in recent weeks.
Bluesky’s latest update was deployed while CEO Jay Graber appeared on stage in Sxsw for a keynote on the growing decentralized social media platform, which has just under 33 million users. Graber, who wore a t -shirt with a Latin slogan “Mundus sine Césaribus” (a world without caesars) – An apparent game on the affinity of Mark Zuckerberg for the Roman Empire – explained why Bluesky is “printed with other applications.
“If a billionaire came and bought Bluesky or took it back, or I decided tomorrow to change things in a way that people really did not like, then they could rid and continue another application,” she said. “This opening guarantees that there is always the possibility of switching to a new alternative, always using the same network. There is much less tolerance in the ecosystem for a very heavy change. »»
It has also opened the way Bluesky thinks about its commercial model and its generative AI. On the business side, she said that the company “explores subscriptions” as well as “development services” paid for those who build experiences in addition to Bluesky. In the same vein, she also said that the company was considering how it could possibly transform some of its functionalities, such as moderation services or personalized flows, into a “market” where the company can obtain a reduction in potential transactions.
With regard to large languages models, she said that the company “worked with certain partners to develop a framework for user consent, for the way they want their data to be used for generative AI”.
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