Sorry, Brandon!
In a post on its platform, Bluesky's official account revealed last week that its "current policy is that we cannot accommodate heads of state to join us in our beta yet."
That's not exactly surprising. The social media platform of roughly 60,000 users still has a lot of work to do as it races to establish a fully-fledged set of features as well as the rules and regulations that govern it. At the same time, though, keeping VIPs like Biden out could keep the platform from getting the most out of its moment in the limelight.By limiting access to invite-only, Bluesky is hoping to buy itself more time — but the demand is clearly there. The company's waitlist currently has some 1.2 million people on it, according toIn its post last week, Bluesky also asked users to please let them know before inviting more prominent figures, to avoid the system from becoming overloaded.
Some high-profile figures that have already joined include US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez andanchor Jake Tapper, who used the word "skeet" — a popular amalgam of "sky" and "tweet" — during a
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