Bluesky profile

Paid services and other commercial development support its business; the precise revenue mix needs financial disclosure.

Bluesky disclosed $100 million of Series B funding raised in April 2025. Funding supplies capital; it is separate from customer revenue.

Investment funding pays for building the network before a mature commercial model emerges. The disclosed $100 million Series B is capital raised, not revenue earned from users.

Privately held; no public share price. Bluesky is a public benefit company building around AT Protocol. Its $100 million Series B, raised in April 2025 and disclosed in March 2026, was led by Bain Capital Crypto.

The commercial challenge is funding an open social network without relying entirely on the familiar closed-feed advertising model.

Custom-feed generators can use rules, matching or AI to select posts. Bluesky makes algorithmic choice part of the product rather than hiding all selection behind one default feed.

Bluesky supplies its own feeds and protocol tools; independent developers create many custom feeds and moderation services.

The policy covers account, content, usage and device data and feature-dependent age verification. It says Bluesky does not retain biometric/facial data supplied to third-party age-verification vendors. Third-party feeds and other network services still have their own handling and copies.

Bluesky’s moderation sits beside user-selected moderation tools and feed choices. Independent feed operators control their own selection logic.

Choose or build feeds, use moderation lists and decide whom to follow through starter packs instead of accepting one universal timeline.

20/25 points

Bluesky offers custom feeds and composable moderation rather than one unavoidable ranking system. That increases choice, but the open network means public posts can be accessed through other services; choosing a feed is not making those posts private.

20/25 points

The policy covers account, content, usage and device data and feature-dependent age verification. It says Bluesky does not retain biometric/facial data supplied to third-party age-verification vendors. Third-party feeds and other network services still have their own handling and copies.

15/25 points

A chosen feed changes what you see; it does not make every post reliable.

20/25 points

Choose or build feeds, use moderation lists and decide whom to follow through starter packs instead of accepting one universal timeline.

Comparison priority: the feeds and moderation choices you want to assemble. More choice is useful when you spend a little time choosing it.

A good conversation, new follower or useful custom feed rewards returning to a community shaped around your interests.

Mentions, replies and follows bring social activity back to your attention.

Starter packs make finding a network fast. A chosen feed removes the need to assemble every relevant account yourself.

Reposts, likes and curated starter packs give people and conversations visible social momentum.

Live news and community conversations still create FOMO. Choosing a different feed changes selection, not the social feeling of missing a moment.