we've been reaching out to & been in contact with a bunch of newsrooms (including local news) but if you have personal contacts at news orgs, please have them email [email protected]!
I'd argue the problem is still audience building.
Bluesky is still a walled garden. Can't even view profiles or feeds without an account. So how do you spread news behind a club wall? You can't.
Bluesky should have a read-only mode for people that aren't permitted inside, at the very least.
I did see that the new level of Bluesky that will allow it to expand from 1m to 10m users is being developed. All the while, you do have a point. Passing the baton to Emily.
I mean, I totally get trying to cultivate the platform. But before I got an invite, I'd see artists I follow, post their Bluesky, and I'm like "great. what do I do with this?" but then they are gone now. I thought I would at least be able to SEE the site, like every other website, just no account :/
