In a call with ONA members, @emilyliu.me confirms that Bluesky is working on a subscription model with premium features TBD. Says the team is also thinking about other ways to verify accounts beyond domain verification.
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Bluesky's @emilyliu.me says they're working on adding link click metrics "in the very near term."
In response to a question about Bluesky referrals (which show as "direct" when coming from the app), Emily says they're working on ensuring they're recognizable as Bluesky so can be measured correctly.
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Bluesky's @emilyliu.me shared a great resource: a directory of Bluesky accounts organized by domain name, so this list is all the .gov accounts on the platform: blue.mackuba.eu/directory/gov
Bluesky's @emilyliu.me: "We do want to have scheduling natively" at some point, but in the meantime Buffer and a few others have a post scheduling feature.
In talking about community-created Bluesky Feeds, Emily shared this example of gift links to subscription articles: bsky.app/profile/davi...
Bluesky's @emilyliu.me closing out the ONA call with journalists: "In many ways it feels like we're in a very lucky position" to be learning from other platforms. Bluesky is "a much more collaborative product." Really excited by link traffic to news orgs, "feels like we're all mission-aligned."