Yeah it's interesting! Makes you wonder if there's a space in the market for a social network app that gives you tighter controls on visibility and access, while still not feeling like a group chat lol
There are a surprising number of people who still use clubhouse every day; call it product-market fit!
Imo it's a similar playbook to Clubhouse. Network effects and virality are a function of "how much are people gushing about this thing?"
In the case of Bluesky, they focused on TPOT ("that part of twitter", which is like a rationalist and postrationalist aristocratic group of ppl). in a way, they use twitter like how people from early twitter days used it; like a group chat curated by the algorithm, one that lets you see and interact with people outside of the group chat if you want.
I think it's an interesting retention strategy
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