And, yes, many people asked for it. The number one complaint from people who joined and then bailed was the inability to find their friends.

Instead, Bluesky spent quite some time refusing to do that because they know how user unfriendly that can be. Instead, they came up with a very thoughtful and privacy-protecting, double opt-in method of doing it... and people insist that it's the same thing they refused to do for years. 🙄

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And, if that's the case, most smaller companies will just remove that content the second they get a threat over it. So congrats, Brian, you just created a massive, legally backed, heckler's veto to remove any content someone doesn't like. GREAT JOB!