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> To avoid the cesspool effect, Bluesky should just charge publishers (anyone who wants to post) a high monthly fee

So they should become a subscription-based press release distribution channel? That doesn't sound too different from the "verified" account practice at current Twitter, just more expensive.

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Non-verified accounts on Twitter can still post, respond to posts, etc. I'm proposing that they don't allow this, and in fact simply disable replies altogether. It should just be a one-way announcement service.

That's called a newsletter.

Exactly! That's all anyone really needs here. Official government accounts don't need comments from the peanut gallery (random people, who might not even be constituents) every time they make an official announcement.

Sounds to me like you want to build a platform that nobody uses

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