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Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domains (fortune.com)
submitted 1 week ago by SleafordMod@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I thought this was slightly funny.

Mark Zuckerberg is known these days for wearing t-shirts with Latin phrases on them, especially ones where he compares himself to Julius Caesar.

Bluesky made a shirt in the same style, but theirs says "a world without Caesars" in Latin.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ofcourse they ain’t making shit from custom domains. Anyone who is interested in connecting a domain to their Bsky account and has the skills or patience to learn how to probably already has a domain bought at another registrar to connect to.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 10 points 1 week ago

Also they only make referral fees because they're not a registrar themselves

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also most people won't care anyway. Even big businesses are unlikely to really be that bothered.

For years everyone's been fine with Twitter and that never had custom domains.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But up until recently, Twitter used the blue checks to verify identity. Bluesky (as far as I know) doesn't verify anyone's identity. Instead, your domain name is your verification.

[–] OtherOtherOther@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, business are pretty much the most consistent in verifying via domain. They get shouted at for it as soon as they join. Now most brands know to do it ass a measure of, idk, good faith in the platform and its norms.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

No, its because they don't advertise it at all. The page for buying them has the date 2023 on it.