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Derrick Pereira 🍸
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Head of Product covering E-commerce, Loyalty and Retail at Landmark Digital

🧳 47 countries (& one breakaway state 👀)
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🇦🇪 44 yrs in Dubai
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We've always been a fan of blueskies.
December 6, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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hard to exaggerate how nuts the engagement is on Bluesky compared to 𝕏. a vastly smaller user base (at least officially), but just look at these stats for one of the biggest newspapers on Earth. Musk has absolutely trashed the platform. folks, you are not locked in on 𝕏. not even a little.
November 23, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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Someone told me that this app may seem very empty because of this default setting that requires replies to have 2 likes or more before they show up.

Indeed! I changed it so that all replies show up, and suddenly the place seems much more lively. I highly recommend changing it in your settings.
July 26, 2023 at 9:07 AM
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So, it would seem that Meta has the EXACT same problem at Threads that Google had with Google+. Slamming millions of users into a product has not been proven to work.

I wonder if anyone in Meta remembers Google+.

https://gizmodo.com/threads-has-lost-more-than-80-of-daily-active-users-1850707329
Meta’s Threads app is set to launch on July 6 per the iOS App Store.

They are tying it closely to Instagram. Very curious to see how this works. What is the last successful app Meta built and launched organically? Will they solve the problems Google+ had in trying to repurpose existing users. 🧵
August 4, 2023 at 10:29 PM
You know when you come out of a crowded, stuffed, noisy elevator onto your floor? Yeah, that's the feeling I get moving from Threads to Bluesky... I like this floor.
July 7, 2023 at 1:50 PM
Landmark Digital views
July 5, 2023 at 5:10 PM
It's great to see so many Product folks here on Bluesky! Quality content as well. Hello Product fam 👋🏻
July 4, 2023 at 5:23 PM
This is fantastic! Quick way to discover new users.
Here you go: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wzsilnxf24ehtmmc3gssy5bu/feed/newskies

Plus, if you wanna poke other feeds: https://goodfeeds.co/

If you pin a feed (rather than just adding it) you can swipe over to it on the Bluesky homepage
July 4, 2023 at 10:06 AM
Meta also throwing down the gauntlet to Twitter. Threads due to roll out 6th July. If you type in threads on Instagram's search you get a 'ticket' reminder.
July 4, 2023 at 10:05 AM
24hrs into Bluesky and already the signal-to-noise ratio is so much better vs Twitter! Early days, let's hope it remains that way.
July 4, 2023 at 6:37 AM
First post over here, let's see how Bluesky handles photos.

Devetashka Cave, Bulgaria
July 3, 2023 at 5:46 PM