[publicdebates]

> There are other services that could be used for this purpose instead. Notably, I could embed replies from the social media formerly known as Twitter.

Twitter split into x, bluesky, and truthsocial. By picking one, you now allow comments from only 1/3 of your readers. Maybe that's intentional, a sort of ad hoc political filter or gate. But I think it's noteworthy.

[galleywest200]

Doesn’t Twitter make you pay an exorbitant fee for accessing their API? At least BlueSky is free to access anything on the AT Protocol.

[jsheard]

Yep, the free tier only gives you 100 reads per month, and the cheapest paid tier is $200 per month.

[mcintyre1994]

If we grant your premise, isn’t bluesky the only one of them where you can access the data freely?

[publicdebates]

For now. Twitter used to have a free API also.

[Vaslo]

Blue sky isn’t even close to X

[lukev]

Firstly, the idea that "1/3" of people went to truthsocial is laughable.

Readers are free to create accounts on whichever platforms they choose, in order to follow you. And publishes are free to choose which platforms they endorse.

Notably, of the three mentioned, ATProto is by far the most open and extensible protocol, and less subject to the whims of an addled billionaire.